Immunology IDGP Alumni Current Positions (graduated in 2006+)
Immunology IDGP Alumni Current Positions (graduated in 2006+)
Faculty, Instructor | Director, Assoc Director, Head, Manager, Lead positions in industry and medicine | Senior or Principle Scientist positions | Scientist position | Government positions | Scientific writing, editing, IP counsel | Physician, Resident, Medical School, etc. | Postdoctoral Fellow, PSTP Fellow |
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Alexander | Bilal | Bohan | Berton | Kraus | Castilow | Arkee | Debreceni |
Benson | Brate | Chapman | Fowler | Martin | Gullicksrud | Bowen | I Jensen |
Boyden | Brincks | Fraczek | Graham | T Rosean | Khan | Elliff | S Jensen |
Butler | C Rosean | Gorman | Hornick | Upton | Lorentzen | Esparza | Johnson |
Cozine | Carlin | Itani | Jimenez | Van Oosten | Peri | LeFebvre | Jones |
Curtiss | Carlson | Janowski | Keller | Waldstein |
| Lu | Mambetsariev |
Grant | Danahy | Peri | Knudson |
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| Pham | Parlet |
Gurung | Davis | Tanner | Lemke |
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| Sabree | Peterson |
Hemann | Fraczek | Weiss | Lin |
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| Sandouk | Sariol |
Jabbari | Haverkamp |
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| Van Ert | Silva |
M Kim | Herrmann |
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| Wheeler | Slagle |
Langlois | Ingersoll |
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McDermott | Itani |
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McGill | Jancy |
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Nada | T Kim |
| Surette |
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Peters | Makkouk |
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Scroggins | Mambetsariev |
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Tabayoyong | Moore |
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Templeton | C Rosean |
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Trandem | Pietrok |
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Trujillo | Sarikonda |
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Ulland | Schmidt |
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Vijay | Shinall |
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Wang | Silva-Del Toro |
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Wolniak | Starbeck-Miller |
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Position and Contact Information Update
Position and Contact Information Update
The Immunology IDGP wants to stay connect with our alumni. If you have changed positions or have new contact information, please notify us using our Contact Information or Career Update form.
Carla-Maria Alexander, PhD
Title/Position
08/2004 - 07/2011
Lecturer, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
T Regulatory Cells and the Germinal Center
Tina Arkee, MD, PhD
Title/Position
07/2016 - 12/2021
Resident Physician, Nashville General Hospital
Role of TRAF3-CD28 Interactions in the Regulation of T Cell Signaling
Rebecca Benson, MD, PhD
Title/Position
08/2001 - 05/2006
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Regulation of B lymphocyte activation and apoptosis
Roger Berton, PhD
Title/Position
08/2018 - 11/2023
Translational Research Scientist II, Merck
The role of sepsis in shaping the naïve cd8 t cell compartment and factors that influence host’s susceptibility to sepsis
Cory Best, PhD
Title/Position
01/1994 - 03/2000
Characterization and Function of Two CD43 Isoforms on Murine Hematopoientic Cells
Mahmood Bilal, PhD
Title/Position
07/2010 - 04/2015
Associate Director - Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
The Role of Grb2 family members in T cell Receptor (TCR)-mediated signaling events
Dana Bohan, PhD
Title/Position
08/2017 - 07/2022
Senior Scientist / Consultant, Third Rock Ventures
Investigating early events during enveloped RNA virus infection: understanding cell tropism, routes of infection and virus utilization of cellular receptors
Jayden Bowen, MD, PhD
Title/Position
08/2019 - 07/2024
Resident Physician, Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The role of TREM-1 in allergic airway inflammation
Alexander Boyden, PhD
Title/Position
08/2006 - 08/2012
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Iowa
Influenza A Virus Induces Regulated T Cell-driven B Cell Responses
Ashley Brate, PhD
Title/Position
08/2014 - 10/2019
Associate Director, SeromYx Systems
The Role of CNS-Specific CD8+ T cells in Relapsing-Remitting Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
Erik Brincks, PhD
Title/Position
08/2005 - 12/2009
Senior Director, Translational Research, Lumos Pharma
Roles for TRAIL in the Immune Response to Influenza Virus Infection
Kevin Brown, MD, PhD
Title/Position
08/1998 - 05/2001
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina
Regulation of B Cell Activation by CD40 and the Epstein-Barr Virus Oncoprotein LMP1
Noah Butler, PhD
Title/Position
08/2003 - 08/2007
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa
Structural and Biological Basis for the Selection of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Escape Variant Viruses in Mice Infected with a Coronavirus
Lindsey Carlin, PhD
Title/Position
08/2007 - 07/2013
Clinical Account Manager, Miltenyi Biotec
Natural Killer Cell Activation, Trafficking, and Contribution to Immune Responses to Viral Pathogens
Michael Carlson, PhD
Title/Position
08/2002 - 09/2006
Scientific Sales Manager, Sysmex America
Humoral Immunity in Mice After Allogeneic Gone Marrow Transplantation
Elaine Castilow (Hamarstrom), PhD
Title/Position
06/2004 - 10/2008
Global Medical Training Director, SpringWorks Therapeutics
Mechanisms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine-Enhanced Disease
Nicole Chapman, PhD
Title/Position
08/2008 -09/2013
Senior Scientist, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
The Related Kinases FAK and Pyk2 Serve Distinct Functions in TCR-mediated T Cell Activation
Cassy Cozine, PhD
Title/Position
08/2001 - 01/2006
Associate Professor of Biology, Coe College
Characterization and Regulation of Isotype Switched B Cells In the Primary Germinal Center Response
Sequoia Crooks, MS
Title/Position
08/2019 - 07/2021
Investigating the basic mechanisms underlying memory CD8 T cell function and persistence
Miranda Curtiss, MD, PhD
Title/Position
08/2006 - 04/2011
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama - Birmingham
Role of Tim-1 in Immune Responses
Derek Danahy, PhD
Title/Position
08/2014 - 07/2019
Associate Director, Cross Portfolio Integration, Bristol Myers Squibb
Polymicrobial sepsis influences CD8 T cell responses and alters host susceptibility to infection and cancer
Ajai Dandekar, MD, PhD
Title/Position
06/2000 - 04/2004
Associate Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington
The Role of B Cells and Gamma-Delta T Cells in the Pathogenesis of Mouse Hepatitis Virus Induced Demyelination
Richard Davis, PhD
Title/Position
08/2010 - 08/2016
Director of Clinical Microbiology, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
Neutrophil Responses to Infection with Leishmania Parasites: MHC Class II-expression and Parasite Life-stage Interactions
Ivy Debreceni, PhD
Title/Position
08/2018 - 11/2024
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Iowa
Pathogenic role of CD226 in lacrimal gland autoimmunity in the non-obese diabetic mouse model of Sjögren Syndrome
Andrew Dosch, MS
Title/Position
08/2019 - 12/2021
Brain and Systemic Aging Lab, Mayo Clinic
The Role of Tim3 on CD8 T cells Following Influenza A Virus Infection
Jonah Elliff, MD, PhD
Title/Position
Interferons in Innate and Adaptive Immune Control of Ebolavirus Infection
PhD Defense 01/2026
Loren Erickson, PhD
Title/Position
08/1993 - 11/1997
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia
CD40-Dependent Activation of Murine B Cell Subsets
Greg Esparza, MD, PhD
Title/Position
08/2006 - 01/2012
Physician, Family Practice and Emergency Medicine, Morton County Clinic
The Molecular Requirements for Activation of Specific Toll-like Receptor 4 Signaling Pathways
Nan Fang, PhD
Title/Position
06/1995 - 07/1999
Founder / CEO, Singleron Biotechnologies
Regulation of SLP-76 Tyrosin Phosphorylation and its Association with other Molecules
Hailie Fowler, MS
Title/Position
08/2013 - 12/2015
Core Technician, Northwestern University