Current Immunology Grant Trainees
![Immunology Current students](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/images/business_card_interior_designer.jpg)
2023-2024 T32 Training Grant Recipients
![Alison Barkhymer](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/images/alison_barkhymer-200x280.jpg)
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](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/images/eduardo_cruz-200x280.jpg)
Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2021
Mentor: Ingunn Stromnes
Research Interest: Antigen-specific CD4+ T cell dynamics in pancreatic cancer.
![Immunology-Jenna Dick](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/images/jenna_dick-200x280.jpg)
Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Student 2017
Mentor: Geoff Hart
Research Interest: Understanding Fc-dependent cellular functions in malaria and COVID-19
![Immunology-jacob_hildebrand](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/images/jacob_hildebrand-200x280.jpg)
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](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/images/thomas_hougard-200x280.jpg)
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](/sites/med.umn.edu/files/images/t.mathes-200x280.jpg)
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.