Dr. Davenport was born and raised in the South suburbs of Chicago.

 Dr. Patel grew up in the Chicago area. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Microbiology.

 Dr. Chan-Jacobs was born and raised in Waterloo, Ontario in Canada. She completed her undergraduate studies in Anatomy and Cell Biology at McGill University, earning first class honors.

Dr. Omopariola grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended Texas Tech University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry.

Dr. Haroon grew up in Pakistan, where she earned a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree. She later completed advanced training in general dentistry at Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Vuong is a Central Illinois native and is happy to be back in the Midwest.