Graduates
Please find a list of recent IGG alumni and their current positions below.
Name | Year Graduated | Advisor | Thesis | Current Position |
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 |
Sarah Maddux |
2022 | Michael A. Silverman | "Akkermansia muciniphila modulates early life immune development" | |
Joseph Perry | 2022 | Christopher Hunter |
"Immune checkpoint mediated oversight of regulatory T cells at homeostasis and during infection" |
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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" | |
Scarlett Yang | 2022 | Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko | "Chasing a beta life: Role of the ubiquitin ligase FBXW7β isoform in B-lymphopoiesis and leukemia" | Regulatory Affairs Professional, Gilead |
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" | Postdoctoral Fellow, 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" | Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania (MSTP) |
Ruth-Anne Langan Pai | 2021 | David Fajgenbaum, Taku Kambayashi | "Identifying and Targeting Mechanisms of Immune Cell Activation in iMCD-TAFRO" | Director, PSC Partners Seeking a Cure |
Sophia Reeder | 2021 | David Weiner | "Vaccine Mediated Immunity to Malaria" | Research Fellow, Seattle Children's Hospital |
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, Takeda Pharmaceuticals |
Thomas Burn | 2020 | Edward Behrens | "Regulation of Selection and Central Tolerance by the N-Terminal Region of RAG1" | Postdoctoral Researcher, Doherty Institute |
Ruth Choa | 2020 | Taku Kambayashi | "Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Induces Adipose Loss through Sebum Hypersecretion" | Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania (MSTP) |
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" | Consultant, 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" | Postdoc, Janssen R&D |
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' | Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania (MSTP) |
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" |
Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania (MSTP) |
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" | Scientist, PureTech Health |
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" | Scientist, ArsenalBio |
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 |