Past Students

Name Dissertation Started Sort descending PhD earned Current position
Jodi Gullicksrud T Cell Factor-1 Regulates CD4+ and CD8+ T Cell Responses in a Stage-specific Manner Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania
Dorthea Wheeler Understanding Microglia in the Immune Response to Mouse Hepatitis Virus Infection Resident, Psychiatry University of Iowa
Alicia Wallis TRAF3 as a Regulator of T Lymphocyte Activation Scientist, Process Development Atara Biotherapeutics
Farah Itani Infection with Neuroantigen-encoding Listeria: Induction of CD8 T Cell Responses and Suppression of Demyelinating Disease Scientist, Cellular Immunology Johnson & Johnson
Nurbek Mambetsariev Mechanisms of TRAF3 Mediated Regulation of B Cell Survival Resident, Internal Medicine PSTP McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Jhanelle Johnson (Markes) Scientist II, Boehringer Ingelheim
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
Hailie Fowler Production Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies
Ashley Brate The Role of CNS-Specific CD8+ T cells in Relapsing-Remitting Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Associate Scientist, Cygnal Therapeutics
Emma Hornick The Contributions of NLRs to Pathogenic and Protective Immune Responses during Influenza Virus Infection Postdoctoral Associate, Microbiology and Immunology University of Iowa
Derek Danahy Polymicrobial sepsis influences CD8 T cell responses and alters host susceptibility to infection and cancer Associate Scientist, In Vivo Pharmacology, Agios Pharmaceuticals
Megan Schmidt Assessing T cell responses in respiratory syncytial virus infection and vaccination Medical Writer, MedThink SciCom
Samantha Jensen Phytoestrogen Metabolizing Bacteria Alter Central Nervous System Autoimmunity Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Cornell School of Medicine
Isaac Jensen NK cell responses control and define the sepsis-induced cytokine storm and immunoparalysis state Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Alan Sariol Regulatory T cells in MHV infection Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Iowa
Stephanie Silva-Del Toro Functional Consequences of Helicobacter pylori-induced Neutrophil Subtype Differentiation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri
Murphy Keller The composition and Function of Extracellular Vesicles in Leishmaniasis Scientist, Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory
Amy Whillock The Role of TRAF3 in BCR Signaling Medical School: University of Iowa (MSTP)
Tina Arkee Role of TRAF3-CD28 Interactions in the Regulation of T Cell Signaling Medical School: University of Iowa (MSTP)
Michael Pisano Analysis of Mouse Models of Multiple Myeloma Senior Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology A.T. Still University
Aline Sandouk Nuclear GRB2 as a Transcriptional Regulator and Functional Modulator of T Cells Biography
Kody Waldstein The Role of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Modulating Early Innate Immune Responses Scientist, Counter-WMD, Department of Defense
Fionna Surette Development and Function of Plasmodium-specific memory CD4 T cells Scientist, Flagship Pioneering (FL72)
Mitchell LeFebvre Enhancing Whole Parasite Plasmodium Vaccination Strategies Medical School: University of Iowa (MSTP)
Joseph Skurski The role of iRhom2 in the regulation of inflammation in innate immunity and inflammation-associated pathologies Scientist-Platform Development, Nkarta, Inc
Laura Pietrok Activating the localized immune response in respiratory syncytial virus and cancer
Dana Bohan Investigating early events during enveloped RNA virus infection: understanding cell tropism, routes of infection and virus utilization of cellular receptors Scientist I, SARS-CoV-2, Vir Biotechnology
Shakoora Sabree Beyond Dose: The Impact of Intratumoral Injection Volume and Diluent on In Situ Immunization of Cancer Medical School: University of Iowa (MSTP)
Roger Berton Sepsis-Induced Alterations of Naïve CD8 T Cell Compartment
Tiffany Ybarra Role of TRAF3 in regulating TLR signaling pathways in B Lymphocytes
Merri-Grace Jones (Allred) Role of type I interferon signaling in chemokine upregulation in early pathogenesis of Sjögren syndrome in NOD mouse model
Sequoia Crooks Investigating the basic mechanisms underlying memory CD8 T cell function and persistence Research Associate, Genentech
Elvia Silva Impact of pulmonary Mouse Hepatitis Virus 1 (MHV-1) infection on the T cell compartment
Andrew Dosch The Role of Tim3 on CD8 T cells Following Influenza A Virus Infection
Ariana Jimenez MS - Investigating the role of transfer RNA fragments during murine gammaherpesvirus 68 infection Research Specialist-Lead, Emory University