Graduates
Please find a list of recent IGG alumni and their current positions below.
| Name | Year Graduated | Advisor | Thesis | Current Position |
| Davia Blake | 2023 | Kristen Lynch | "The Role of Alternative Splicing and Alternative Polyadenylation in Regulating Activated T cell Biology" | Senior Scientist, AbbVie |
| Rina Kim | 2023 | Bob Vonderheide | "Ferroptosis of tumor neutrophils causes immune suppression in cancer" | Life Science Specialist, L.E.K. Consulting |
| Megan Frederick | 2022 | Kenneth Zaret | "Overcoming The Chromatin Barrier: A Hematopoietic Pioneer Transcription Factor Paves the Way For Site-Specific ATP-Dependent Nucleosome Remodeling" | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania |
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Sarah Maddux |
2022 | Michael A. Silverman | "Akkermansia muciniphila modulates early life immune development" | Postdoctoral Researcher, Amgen |
| Joseph Perry | 2022 | Christopher Hunter |
"Immune checkpoint mediated oversight of regulatory T cells at homeostasis and during infection" |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
| Lindsey Rice | 2022 | Christopher Hunter | "Coping with latent infection in the central nervous system" | Scientist, Phenomic |
| Stacy Thomas | 2022 | Gregory Beatty | "Liver macrophages in pancreatic cancer metastasis" | Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania (MSTP) |
| Jennifer Wu | 2022 | E. John Wherry | "In vitro modeling of CD8 T cell exhaustion uncovers novel transcriptional regulator Bhlhe40" | Senior Scientist, Regeneron |
| Scarlett Yang | 2022 | Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko | "Chasing a beta life: Role of the ubiquitin ligase FBXW7β isoform in B-lymphopoiesis and leukemia" | Senior Regulatory Affairs Associate, Gilead Sciences |
| Claudia Arevalo | 2022 | Scott Hensley | "Of Mice, Ferrets and Men: From original antigenic sin to a new universal influenza virus vaccine candidate." | Senior Scientist - Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer |
| Megha Basavappa | 2022 | Jorge Henao-Mejia, Sara Cherry | "The Role of Long Noncoding RNAs in Innate Antiviral Immunity" | Scientist, Moderna |
| Laura Chopp | 2022 | Remy Bosselut | "Integration of Single Cell Transcriptomics and Epigenomics to Identify New Regulators of T Cell Development and Function" | Medical Student, University of Michigan |
| Patrick Lundgren | 2022 | Christoph Thaiss | "A Subpopulation of Lipogenic Brown Adipocytes Drives Thermogenic Memory" | Associate, Flagship Pioneering |
| Joseph Clark | 2021 | Christopher Hunter | "Understanding the Role of IL-1 Family Cytokines IL-18 and IL-33 in Protective and Pathological Responses to Toxoplasma Gondii" | |
| Bonnie Douglas | 2021 | De'Broski Herbert | "Antigen Specific CD4+ T Cell Responses Against a Gastrointestinal Nematode" |
Scientific Affairs Manager, Prime Education LLC |
| Emma Lewis | 2021 | Michal Elovitz, Paige Porrett | "Immune Modulation at the Maternal-Fetal Interface Regulates Perinatal Outcomes" | Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident, University of Pennsylvania |
| Ruth-Anne Langan Pai | 2021 | David Fajgenbaum, Taku Kambayashi | "Identifying and Targeting Mechanisms of Immune Cell Activation in iMCD-TAFRO" | Science Consultant, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative |
| Sophia Reeder | 2021 | David Weiner | "Vaccine Mediated Immunity to Malaria" | Lecturer, University of Washington |
| Tanner Robertson | 2021 | Janis Burkhardt | "Lymphocyte Egress Signal Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Promotes ERM-Guided, BLEB-Based Migration" | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin Madison |
| Glendon Wu | 2021 | Craig Bassing | "Vb Recombination Signal Sequences Mediate Monoallelic and Monogenic TCRb Gene Assembly: Implications for the TCRb Repertoire and Allelic Exclusion in Health and Disease" | Scientist, Moderna |
| Thomas Burn | 2020 | Edward Behrens | "Regulation of Selection and Central Tolerance by the N-Terminal Region of RAG1" | Research Officer, Doherty Institute |
| Ruth Choa | 2020 | Taku Kambayashi | "Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Induces Adipose Loss through Sebum Hypersecretion" | Internal Medicine Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Samirkumar Devalaraja | 2020 | Malay Haldar, George Cotsarelis | "Tumor-Derived Retinoic Acid Regulates Intratumoral Monocyte Differentiation to Promote Immune Suppression" | Analyst, Avoro Capital Advisors |
| Austin Huffman | 2020 | Bob Vonderheide | "Immune Dysregulation in Pancreatic Cancer" | Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group |
| John Johnson | 2020 | Michael Cancro | "Transcriptional Landscapes in Lymphocyte Development and Differentiation: TCF-1 Enforces Epigenetic Identity in Developing T cells and T-BET Resolves Functionally Distinct Memory B Cells" | Computational Biologist I, Dispatch Biotherapeutics |
| Lexus Johnson | 2020 | Andy Minn, Carl June | "Cellular Localization of Inflammatory Signaling as a Determinant of Tumor-Immune Biology" | Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania |
| Jeffrey Lin | 2020 | Bob Vonderheide | "Type 1 Conventional Dendritic Cells are Systemically Dysregulated Early in Pancreatic Carcinogenesis' | Internal Medicine Resident, Tufts Medical Center |
| Jacob Paiano | 2020 | Andre Nussenzweig | "Genome Integrity and Cell Division: Next-Generation Answers to Enduring Questions" | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School |
| Rebecca Rosenthal | 2020 | Michael Cancro | "T-BET Expressing B Cells With Distinct Residency and Functional Characteristics Give Rise to Plasma Cells" | Veterinarian, The Pet Mechanic |
| Sushila Toulmin | 2020 | Laurence Eisenlohr | "The Regulation and Function of Major Histocompatibility Complex II on Lung Type II Alveolar Cells" | Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania (MSTP) |
| Michael Werner | 2020 | Gerd Blobel | "Structure-Function Analysis of BET Proteins in Transcription" |
Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Resident, Hofstra/Northwell |
| Kelly Zullo | 2020 | De'Broski Herbert | "Leucine Rich Repeat IG-Domain Containing NOGO Interacting Protein 3 (LINGO3) is a Novel Regulator of Mucosal Homeostasis" | Engagement Manager, Trinity Life Sciences |
| Katherine Forsyth | 2019 | Laurence Eisenlohr | "Contribution of Non-Classical Antigen Presentation to CD4+ T Cells During Orthopoxvirus Infection" | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania |
| Omar Khan | 2019 | E. John Wherry | "The HMG Transcription Factor TOX Induces a Transcriptional and Epigenetic Program of CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion in Chronic Infection and Cancer" | Director - Cell Therapy, Orange Grove Bio |
| Jae Won Lee | 2019 | E. John Wherry, Gregory Beatty | "Hepatocytes direct the formation of a pro-metastatic niche in the liver" |
Resident - Pathology, Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| Michael Leney-Greene | 2019 | Helen Su, Michael Lenardo | "A Mendelian Disease of Autoimmunity Reveals GIMAP5 as a Novel Member of the Ragulator Complex" | Investigator, AI Proteins |
| Walter Mowel | 2019 | Jorge Henao-Mejia | "Epigenetic Control of Innate Lymphoid Cell Homeostasis and Development" | Postdoctoral Fellow - Immunobiology, Yale University |
| Brenal Singh | 2019 | Taku Kambayashi | "The Immunomodulatory Functions of Diacylglycerol Kinase Zeta on Type 2 Immune Responses" | Senior Scientist II, AbbVie |
| Ryan Staupe | 2019 | E. John Wherry | "Regulation of Effective B Cell Responses to Chronic Infection" | Senior Scientist, Merck |
| Tori Yamamoto | 2019 | Nicholas Restifo | "Engineering CD8+ T Cells to Overcome Death Signaling Within The Tumor Microenvironment" | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco |