Past Students

Name Sort descending Dissertation Started PhD earned Current position
Megan Schmidt Assessing T cell responses in respiratory syncytial virus infection and vaccination Medical Writer, MedThink SciCom
Breanna Scorza Interaction of Human Keratinocytes with Leishmania spp.: A Comparative Study of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania major Postdoctoral Fellow, 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
Yan Shi Characterization of an Epstein-Barr Virus-Specific CD8 T Cell Response Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology University of Calgary
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)
Stephanie Silva-Del Toro Functional Consequences of Helicobacter pylori-induced Neutrophil Subtype Differentiation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri
Joseph Skurski The role of iRhom2 in the regulation of inflammation in innate immunity and inflammation-associated pathologies Scientist-Platform Development, Nkarta, Inc
Gabe Starbeck-Miller The Regulation of CD8 T Cell Responses by Inflammatory Cytokines and FcgammaRIIB Principal Scientist, Pfizer
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
Fionna Surette Development and Function of Plasmodium-specific memory CD4 T cells Scientist, Flagship Pioneering (FL72)
William Tabayoyong Engraftment of Embryonic Stem Cell-derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells is Regulated by NK Cells Assistant Professor, Urology University of Rochester Medical Center
Kazuko Takahashi Ontogeny and Function of Murine Marginal Zone B Cells Instructor, Yokahama University
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
Colin Thalhofer Leishmania infantum chagasi Induces A Dynamic Cellular Inflammatory Response Senior Research Scientist, AgonOx, Inc
Christopher Thompson The Role of Macrophage Sphingosine Kinase 1 in Phagocytosis, Phagosome Maturation, and Mycobacterial Infection Associate Professor, Biology Loyola University - Maryland
Jun Tian Platelet Modulation of Immune Responses
Kathryn Trandem The Anti-inflammatory Response In Mice With Coronavirus-induced Encephalomyelitis MD, Pediatric Urology Sutter Health
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
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
Rebecca VanOosten (Anderson) Cancer Immunotherapy by TRAIL Induced Apoptosis Associate Biosafety Officer, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Health
Shilpi Verma Characterization of murine splenic CD21hiCD23+Bc Staff Scientist, BD Biosciences
Rahul Vijay Prostaglandin Modulation of Immune Responses Assistant Research Scientist, Microbiology University of Iowa
Kody Waldstein The Role of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Modulating Early Innate Immune Responses Scientist, Counter-WMD, Department of Defense
Alicia Wallis TRAF3 as a Regulator of T Lymphocyte Activation Scientist, Process Development Atara Biotherapeutics
Siao-Yi Wang Interactions Between Complement and Cellular Mediated Mechanisms in Antibody Therapy of Cancer Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology Loyola University Medical Center
Kayla Weiss The Induction and Regulation of CD4 T Cells Following Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Senior Scientist, Pfizer
Dorthea Wheeler Understanding Microglia in the Immune Response to Mouse Hepatitis Virus Infection Resident, Psychiatry University of Iowa
Amy Whillock The Role of TRAF3 in BCR Signaling Medical School: University of Iowa (MSTP)
Doug White Effector Mechanisms of CD8+ T Cells in Adaptive Immunity to Lysteria Monocytogenes Chair of Rheumatology, Gundersen Health System and Medical Foundation
Kristy Wolniak Regulation of the Primary Germinal Center B Cell Response in Normal and Autoimmune Mice Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
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
Lichao Zhao Regulation of Leukocyte Adhesion by an ADAMs Family Membrane Prostease Cytopathology Specialist, Oklahoma University Physicians