Current Immunology Grant Trainees

Immunology Current students

2023-2024 T32 Training Grant Recipients

Alison Barkhymer

 

Alison Barkhymer

barkh007@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2020

Mentor: Ryan Langlois

Research Interest: How viruses interact with early innate immunity.

 

 

Immunology-E Cruz

Eduardo Cruz

cruzh004@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2021

Mentor: Ingunn Stromnes

Research Interest: Antigen-specific CD4+ T cell dynamics in pancreatic cancer.



 



 

Immunology-Jenna Dick

Jenna Dick

jkdick@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2017

Mentor: Geoff Hart

Research Interest: Understanding Fc-dependent cellular functions in malaria and COVID-19 

 





 

Immunology-jacob_hildebrand

Jacob Hildebrand

hilde236@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2019

Mentor: Sara Hamilton-Hart

Research Interest: Studying NK cell and CD8 T cell interactions during severe malaria infection.

 

 

Immunology-thomas_hougard

Thomas Hougard

moham551@umn.edu



Medical Scientist Training Program (MD./PhD), 2020

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2022

Mentor: Michael Farrar

Research Interest: The role of regulatory T cells in Alzheimer's disease.

 

 

Immunology-t.mathes

Tailor Mathes

Mathe709@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2020

Mentor: Tyler Bold

Research Interest: Investigating T cell-dependent and independent mechanisms by which diverse lung phagocytic cell types impact intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis