Past Students

Name Sort ascending Dissertation Started PhD earned Current position
Lichao Zhao Regulation of Leukocyte Adhesion by an ADAMs Family Membrane Prostease Cytopathology Specialist, Oklahoma University Physicians
Zeb Zacharias Induction and maintenance of diverse humoral and cellular immune responses following influenza A virus infection and vaccination Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Pathology University of Iowa
Kristy Wolniak Regulation of the Primary Germinal Center B Cell Response in Normal and Autoimmune Mice Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Doug White Effector Mechanisms of CD8+ T Cells in Adaptive Immunity to Lysteria Monocytogenes Chair of Rheumatology, Gundersen Health System and Medical Foundation
Amy Whillock The Role of TRAF3 in BCR Signaling Medical School: University of Iowa (MSTP)
Dorthea Wheeler Understanding Microglia in the Immune Response to Mouse Hepatitis Virus Infection Resident, Psychiatry University of Iowa
Kayla Weiss The Induction and Regulation of CD4 T Cells Following Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Senior Scientist, Pfizer
Siao-Yi Wang Interactions Between Complement and Cellular Mediated Mechanisms in Antibody Therapy of Cancer Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology Loyola University Medical Center
Alicia Wallis TRAF3 as a Regulator of T Lymphocyte Activation Scientist, Process Development Atara Biotherapeutics
Kody Waldstein The Role of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Modulating Early Innate Immune Responses Scientist, Counter-WMD, Department of Defense
Rahul Vijay Prostaglandin Modulation of Immune Responses Assistant Research Scientist, Microbiology University of Iowa
Shilpi Verma Characterization of murine splenic CD21hiCD23+Bc Staff Scientist, BD Biosciences
Rebecca VanOosten (Anderson) Cancer Immunotherapy by TRAIL Induced Apoptosis Associate Biosafety Officer, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Health
Aldo Vacaflores Salinas New Roles for an Old Cytokine: Characterizing How Exposure to IL-12 Alters Human CD4 and CD8 T Cell Responses CEO, Laboratorios de Diagnóstico de alta complejidad e Importadora especializada en transferencia tecnológica Laboratorio Plexus
Jonathan Trujillo T Cell Responses to S-glutathionylated and Heteroclitic Viral Epitopes in Mice Infected with a Neurotropic Coronavirus Fellow, Hematology The University of Chicago
Kathryn Trandem The Anti-inflammatory Response In Mice With Coronavirus-induced Encephalomyelitis MD, Pediatric Urology Sutter Health
Jun Tian Platelet Modulation of Immune Responses
Christopher Thompson The Role of Macrophage Sphingosine Kinase 1 in Phagocytosis, Phagosome Maturation, and Mycobacterial Infection Associate Professor, Biology Loyola University - Maryland
Colin Thalhofer Leishmania infantum chagasi Induces A Dynamic Cellular Inflammatory Response Senior Research Scientist, AgonOx, Inc
Steve Templeton Activation, Maturation, and Recruitment of Leukocytes to the CNS during Infection of Mice with Variants of MHV-JHM Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Indiana University School of Medicine
Kazuko Takahashi Ontogeny and Function of Murine Marginal Zone B Cells Instructor, Yokahama University
William Tabayoyong Engraftment of Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells is Regulated by NK Cells Assistant Professor, Urology University of Rochester Medical Center
Fionna Surette Development and Function of Plasmodium-specific memory CD4 T cells Scientist, Flagship Pioneering (FL72)
Farrah Steinke (Phillips) Novel Roles for TCF-1 and LEF-1 in Directing CD4+ T Cell Fate and Silencing CD4 Genes in CD8+ T Cells Associate Research Scientist, Animal Nutrition and Health Kemin Industries
Gabe Starbeck-Miller The Regulation of CD8 T Cell Responses by Inflammatory Cytokines and FcgammaRIIB Principal Scientist, Pfizer
Joseph Skurski The role of iRhom2 in the regulation of inflammation in innate immunity and inflammation-associated pathologies Scientist-Platform Development, Nkarta, Inc
Stephanie Silva-Del Toro Functional Consequences of Helicobacter pylori-induced Neutrophil Subtype Differentiation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri
Stephen Shinall Insights into the Immunobiology of the Germinal Center Reaction Gained From Analyses of Germinal Center B-Cell Populations Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs Advertising and Promotion AbbVie (formerly Abbott Laboratories)
Yan Shi Characterization of an Epstein-Barr Virus-Specific CD8 T Cell Response Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology University of Calgary
Sabrina Scroggins Generation and Characterization of Regulatory Dendritic Cells for the Amelioration of Acute Graft versus Host Disease Research Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology University of Iowa
Breanna Scorza Interaction of Human Keratinocytes with Leishmania spp.: A Comparative Study of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania major Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Iowa
Megan Schmidt Assessing T cell responses in respiratory syncytial virus infection and vaccination Medical Writer, MedThink SciCom
Alan Sariol Regulatory T cells in MHV infection Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Iowa
Ghanashyam Sarikonda Nonpeptide Antigens and Antigen Presentation to Human Gamma Delta T Cells Associate Director, Flow Cytometry Navigate Biopharma Services, a Novartis Subsidiary
Aline Sandouk Nuclear GRB2 as a Transcriptional Regulator and Functional Modulator of T Cells Biography
Shakoora Sabree Beyond Dose: The Impact of Intratumoral Injection Volume and Diluent on In Situ Immunization of Cancer Medical School: University of Iowa (MSTP)
Timothy Rosean The Tumor Microenvironment is Critical for the Development of Plasma Cell Neoplasia in Mice Scientific Program Specialist, Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute
Michael Pisano Analysis of Mouse Models of Multiple Myeloma Senior Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology A.T. Still University
Laura Pietrok Activating the localized immune response in respiratory syncytial virus and cancer
Nhat-Long Pham Regulation of Memory CD8 T Cell Differentiation Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology UT Southwestern Medical Center
Anna Peters Dysregulation of CD40 Signaling Pathways in Enhanced B Cell Activation and Autoimmunity Instructor, Pediatrics University of Cincinnati
Delila Peri Third Generation Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Mechanisms of Action Against B Cell Lymphomas Senior Medical Writer, Medtronic
Corey Parlet Mechanisms by which chronic ethanol consumption impairs cutaneous immunity Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Microbiology University of Iowa
Evelena Ontiveros Analysis of mouse hepatitis virus, strain JHM neuropathogenesis using targeted recombinant technology MD, Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois
Lyse Norian The Transcriptional Regulation of CD95L (Fas Ligand) in Activated T Cell Associate Professor, Nutrition Sciences University of Alabama and Birmingham
Jason Netland Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine Design Research Scientist, Immunology University of Pennsylvania
Kristin Ness Cytokine Requirements for the Differentiation and Expansion of IL-17A- and IL-22 Producing Human Vgamma2Vdelta2 T Cells
Jasdeep Nanra Developmental and Functional Characteristics of Murine Marginal Zone B Cells Director, Takeda Vaccines
Mohanad Nada Cancer Immunotherapy with Human Vγ2Vδ2 T Cells Assistant Professor & Director of Medical Laboratory Science Program, ImunoPathology American University of Iraq-Sulaimani (AUIS)
Michael Musci The Role of SLP-76 and SLAP-130 in the Regulation of T Cell Antigen Receptor Signal Transduction Hematology/Oncology, Hematology/Oncology Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers