Current Immunology Grant Trainees

2021-2022 T32 Training Grant Recipients



M.Ashby 
Katherine (Maude) Ashby
ashby037@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2018
Mentor: Kristin Hogquist

Research Interest: Negative selection of autoreactive T cells

 


 
Alex Dwyer
Alexander Dwyer
dwyer171@umn.edu

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD./PhD), 2016
Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2018
Mentor: Brian Fife

Research Interest: Pathogenic hybrid peptide-specific CD4+ T cells as a therapeutic target in Type 1 Diabetes

 

A. Elfstrum
Alexis Elfstrum
elfst022@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2019
Mentor: 
Kaylee Schwertfeger

Research Interest: The role of Lyve-1+ macrophages in breast cancer using mouse models and in vitro modeling experiments.


 

Kevin Osum
Kevin Osum
kcosum@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2017
Mentor:
Marc Jenkins

Research Interest: Generation and maintenance of memory CD4+ T cells.

 

 

F. Mohamed
Fathima Mohamed
moham551@umn.edu

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD./PhD), 2017
Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2019
Mentor: Bruce Blazar

Research Interest: Investigating therapeutic targets for Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease

 

 

M rollins
Meagan Rollins
rolli080@umn.edu

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2018
Mentor: 
Ingunn Stromnes

Research Interest: Understanding mechanisms of T cell exhaustion; engineered T cell immunotherapy for the treatment of pancreatic cancer