Current Immunology Grant Trainees

2023-2024 T32 Training Grant Recipients

Alison Barkhymer
barkh007@umn.edu
Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2020
Mentor: Ryan Langlois
Research Interest: How viruses interact with early innate immunity.

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2021
Mentor: Ingunn Stromnes
Research Interest: Antigen-specific CD4+ T cell dynamics in pancreatic cancer.

Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2017
Mentor: Geoff Hart
Research Interest: Understanding Fc-dependent cellular functions in malaria and COVID-19

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.

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.

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.