People

Richard D. Hammer, MD
Director, Pathology Informatics
Academic Appointments
- Professor of Pathology
- Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs
- Associate Director, Clinical Laboratory
- Director, Hematopathology
- Director, Flow Cytometry
- Core Faculty, Institute for Data Science and Informatics
Education
- B.S. Pharm. Magna Cum Laude, Duquesne University
- M.D. Medical University of South Carolina
Additonal Study
- Pharmacology, post graduate studies, Medical University of South Carolina
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Medical University of South Carolina
- Resident in Pathology - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Hematopathology Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hematology
- Molecular Diagnostics Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Fellowship in Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine
Research Description
Development of cellular therapies and diagnostic testing in metabolism and hematology.
Interests
- stem cells
- leukemia/lymphoma
- epigenetics
- nutritional medicine
- diabetes
- aging
- translational research

Mikhail "Misha" Kovalenko, MS
Technical Director, WSI Analytics Lab
Education
- MSEE, Moscow State Agro-Engineering University, Moscow, Russia
- Predoctoral Fellowship, MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics
Interests
- Biomedical and health informatics
- Biomedical imaging
- Whole-slide imaging and analytics