Past Students

Name Dissertation Started Sort ascending PhD earned Current position
Delila Peri Third Generation Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Mechanisms of Action Against B Cell Lymphomas Senior Medical Writer, Medtronic
Kayla Weiss The Induction and Regulation of CD4 T Cells Following Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Senior Scientist, Pfizer
Qiong He Mechanism of Linezolid-induced NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation
Corey Parlet Mechanisms by which chronic ethanol consumption impairs cutaneous immunity Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Microbiology University of Iowa
Wai Lin TRAF3 regulates B cell survival and IL-6 recepton signaling Postdoctoral Associate, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
John Janczy Mechanisms for Activation and Inhibition of Inflammasomes Scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Cory Knudson The Impact of Robust Memory T Cell Responses Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Postdoctoral Associate, Thomas Jefferson University
Emily Hemann Pulmonary Dendritic Cells and CD8 T Cells Facilitate Protection Following Influenza A Virus Vaccination and Infection Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity The Ohio State University
Nicole Chapman The Related Kinases FAK and Pyk2 Serve Distinct Functions in TCR-mediated T Cell Activation Staff Scientist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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
Daniel McDermott Priming and Tracking the Virus-specific T Cell Response Assistant Professor, Biology Southern Arkansas University
Claire Buchta (Rosean) Mechanisms of TLR Signaling and Cooperation in B Lymphocytes Scientist I, Immunomic Therapeutics, Inc.
Jacob Gorman Regulation of T Cell Responses by the Surface Receptor Tim-3 Senior Scientist II, Immune-Oncology AbbVie
Gabe Starbeck-Miller The Regulation of CD8 T Cell Responses by Inflammatory Cytokines and FcgammaRIIB Principal Scientist, Pfizer
Kathryn Trandem The Anti-inflammatory Response In Mice With Coronavirus-induced Encephalomyelitis MD, Pediatric Urology Sutter Health
Lindsey Carlin Natural Killer Cell Activation, Trafficking, and Contribution to Immune Responses to Viral Pathogens Clinical Applications Manager , Miltenyi Biotec
Jodi McGill The Role Of Pulmonary Dendritic Cells In Regulating The Antigen-Specific CD8 T Cell Response Following Influenza Virus Infection Associate Professor, Vet Microbiology and Preventative Medicine Iowa State University
Prajwal Gurung Regulation Of Immune Responses By Apoptotic Cells Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine University of Iowa
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
Miranda Curtiss Role of Tim-1 in Immune Responses Fellow-Allergy & Immunology, Graduate Medical Education-Hospital The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nhat-Long Pham Regulation of Memory CD8 T Cell Differentiation Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology UT Southwestern Medical Center
Alexander Boyden Influenza A Virus Induces Regulated T Cell-driven B Cell Responses Assistant Research Scientist, Pathology University of Iowa
Kristin Ness Cytokine Requirements for the Differentiation and Expansion of IL-17A- and IL-22 Producing Human Vgamma2Vdelta2 T Cells
John Graham CD40-induced TRAF Degradation in Immune Regulation Associate Research Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
Siao-Yi Wang Interactions Between Complement and Cellular Mediated Mechanisms in Antibody Therapy of Cancer Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology Loyola University Medical Center
Ryan Langlois Plasmacytoid and Respiratory Dendritic Cells Control the Magnitude of the Virus-specific CD8 T Cell Response to Lethal Dose Influenza Virus Infections Associate Professor, Microbiology University of Minnesota
William Tabayoyong Engraftment of Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells is Regulated by NK Cells Assistant Professor, Urology University of Rochester Medical Center
Jessica Haverkamp (Tanner) Initiation and Regulation of Effector T Cell Responses in the Prostate Senior Scientist, Merck Research Labs
Erik Brincks Roles for TRAIL in the Immune Response to Influenza Virus Infection Director, Translational Research Lumos Pharma
Laura Fraczek Complement Factor H Regulation in the Central Nervous System Senior Technical Support Scientist, Abbott Laboratories
Anna Peters Dysregulation of CD40 Signaling Pathways in Enhanced B Cell Activation and Autoimmunity Instructor, Pediatrics University of Cincinnati
Ping Lu Identification of Gon4-Like as a Factor that is Essential for B Lymphopoiesis and Capable of Mediating Transcriptional Repression Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pediatric Ontology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jason Netland Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine Design Research Scientist, Immunology University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Ingersoll The Role of Complement Anaphylatoxins in CNS Pathology and Glial Cell Function Scientist II, Nektar Therapeutics
Carla-Maria Alexander T Regulatory Cells and the Germinal Center Lecturer, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Elaine Castilow (Hamarstrom) Mechanisms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine-Enhanced Disease Senior Manager, Scientific Communica Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc
Colin Thalhofer Leishmania infantum chagasi Induces A Dynamic Cellular Inflammatory Response Senior Research Scientist, AgonOx, Inc
Zachary Kraus TRAF5: A Key Positive Regulator of Lymphocyte Activation Senior Staff Scientist, CDER/OBP U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Noah Butler Structural and Biological Basis for the Selection of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Escape Variant Viruses in Mice Infected with a Coronavirus Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology University of Iowa
Daniel Lorentzen A Novel Antimicrobial Mechanism of Cystic Fibrosis and Healthy Airways IP Counsel, Genus Plc.
Rebecca VanOosten (Anderson) Cancer Immunotherapy by TRAIL Induced Apoptosis Associate Biosafety Officer, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Health
Ali Jabbari Memory CD8 T Cells Responses: Initiation, Early Kinetics, and Secondary Memory Generation Associate Professor, Dermatology University of Iowa
Michael Carlson Humoral Immunity in Mice After Allogeneic Gone Marrow Transplantation Midwest Sales Manager, MaxCyte, Inc.
Shilpi Verma Characterization of murine splenic CD21hiCD23+Bc Staff Scientist, BD Biosciences
Ghanashyam Sarikonda Nonpeptide Antigens and Antigen Presentation to Human Gamma Delta T Cells Associate Director, Flow Cytometry Navigate Biopharma Services, a Novartis Subsidiary
Rebecca Benson Regulation of B lymphocyte activation and apoptosis Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Tanja Hadzic The Role of Low-molecular Weight Thiols and Interleukin-2 in T Cell Proliferation Global Head, Clinical Scientists at IQVIA
Julieann Grant Tumor Immunotherapy in the RM-1 Mouse Model of Prostate Cancer Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine University of Michigan Health System
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
Cassy Cozine Characterization and Regulation of Isotype Switched B Cells In the Primary Germinal Center Response Assistant Professor, Biology Coe College