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General Information

Full Name Sarah Maddox Groves
Maiden Name Sarah Frances Maddox

Education

  • 2016-2022
    PhD in Chemical and Physical Biology (Systems Biology Track)
    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Advisor- Vito Quaranta, M.D.
    • Dissertation- Network Control of Cell Identity and Plasticity in Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • 2012-2016
    BS in Physics and Mathematics
    College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Experience

  • Current
    Post-doctoral Research Trainee
    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Computational & Systems Biology
    • Advisors- Vito Quaranta, M.D. and Scott Hiebert, Ph.D.
  • 2022-2023
    Data Scientist
    Decode Health, Nashville, TN
  • 2017-2022
    Graduate Student Researcher
    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Chemical and Physical Biology (Systems Biology Track)
    • Dissertation- Network Control of Cell Identity and Plasticity in Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)
  • 2016-2017
    Graduate Student Researcher, Laboratory Rotations
    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Departments of Cell & Developmental Biology, Physics, and Cancer Biology.
  • 2015-2016
    Undergraduate Student Researcher
    College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
    • Department of Physics
    • Senior Thesis- Quantitative Analysis of Vital Signs in Premature Infants
  • 2015
    Undergraduate Summer Research Student
    University of Michigan and CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Design of Experiments for the 2015 CLOUD Run
  • 2014-2015
    Undergraduate Student Researcher
    College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
    • Department of Applied Science
    • Properties of Silk Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy
  • 2014
    Undergraduate Summer Research Student
    University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL
    • Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
    • Analyzing the Viscoelastic Properties of Langmuir Monolayers
  • 2014-2015
    Undergraduate Student Researcher
    College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
    • Department of Physics
    • Global Fits to the Precision Proton Form Factor Data from Mainz

Awards & Certificates

  • 2023
    • Educator Scholar, University of Virginia SASCO Outreach Core
  • 2022
    • Certificate in College Teaching, Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
    • Certificate in Data Science Essentials, Vanderbilt University ASPIRE Program
  • 2021
    • Podium Presentation Award, Junior Investigators Annual Meeting, Cancer Systems Biology Consortium
  • 2019
    • Graduate School Travel Grant Awardee
  • 2018
    • Graduate School Travel Grant Awardee
  • 2012-2016
    • James Monroe Scholar, College of William & Mary
    • Academic Dean's List, College of William & Mary
    • Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society member, College of William & Mary