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Front row (from left to right): Angela Shears, Jenny, Dr. Joy Beck, Kari F. Baber 
Second row (seated on couch, from left to right): Grace Shelby, Lindsey
Franks, Dr. Lynn Walker, Kezia Shirkey, and Dr. Sara Williams

Faculty Collaborators 

Lynn S. Walker, Ph.D.
Judy Garber, Ph.D.
Craig Smith, Ph.D.
Bruce Compas, Ph.D.
Andre Diedrich, M.D.
D. Brent Polk, M.D.
Stephen Bruehl, Ph.D.
Kirsten Haman, Ph.D.
Joy Beck, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate 
Martina Puzanovova. M.D. 

Graduate Students 
Kezia Shirkey, M.S.
Grace Shelby, M.S.

Fellows 
Christine Crish, Ph.D.
Sarah Horst, M.D. 
Sara Ripple, M.D. 

Research Assistants 
Jennifer Fuller, M.A.
Angela R. Shears, B.S.

Research Interns 
Rita Aregbesola 
Jenny Mehl 
Amanda Sherman 

Undergraduate Honors Students 
Gerianna Kneeland 
Davlyn Tillman 

Former Trainees   
Sara Williams, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
in the Pediatric Pain Service at Children's Hospital Boston 
 Tricia Lipani, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Blood
and Marrow Transplant, Columbia University Medical Center
Robyn Claar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Jessica Guite, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology,
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Deborah Van Slyke, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and
Oncology
, Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell
Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
John Stutts, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Louisville KY
Julia Anderson, M.D.  Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
, Department of Pediatrics,
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt 
David S. Jones, M.D.  
Kari Freeman Baber, Ph.D.  Resident in Psychology, Department of Health,
Commonwealth of Virginia, Norfolk, VA