T32 Trainees
Current Trainees
Pre-doctoral
Isabel Breuer
Advised by Kristen Lynch
Project: T cell signaling and cancer
Stefan Lundh
Advised by Ben Stanger
Project: The role of TOX in CD4 T cells during chronic LCMV infection
Post-doctoral Trainees
Molly Bunkofske, PhD
Advised by Chris Hunter
Project: CD8+ T cell recognition of Toxoplasma gondii cysts during chronic CNS infection
Rumeysa, Biyik-Sit, PhD
Advised by Kai Tan
Project: The role of tumor-associated macrophage (TAM)-derived HB-EGF in high-risk neuroblastoma chemoresistance
Sean Callahan, PhD
Advised by Shelley Berger
Project: Metabolic-Epigenetic Axis in Microglia Development and Activity
Charles Drummer, PhD
Advised by Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko
Project: Neuroblastoma-specific isoforms of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases as immunotherapy targets
Austin Good, PhD
Advised by Ben Stanger
Project: Mechanisms of PARPi resistance in hrdPDAC
Emily Goering, PhD
Advised by Warren Pear
Grant Kinsler, PhD
Advised by Arjun Raj
Project: Probing the functional effects of oncogenes at the single cell level
Cordelia McGehee, M.D., PhD
Advised by Sydney Shaffer
Shannon McGettigan, PhD
Advised by David Allman
Project: Investigating survival mechanisms in normal and malignant plasma cells.
Donn Van Deren, PhD
Advised by Malay Haldar
Project: Exploring the impact of non-CNS tumors on brain immune function
Recent Past Trainees
Ben Kahn, PhD
Advised by Ben Stanger
Project: The lymph node is an intrinsically tolerant site for metastasis
Samantha Kemp, PhD
Advised by Ben Stanger
Project: Using a cancer-on-a-chip approach to study the pancreatic cancer tumor microenvironment
Current Position: Scientist, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research
Tatiana Blanchard, PhD
Advised by Beatriz Carreno and Carl June
Project: Translocation induced LOXHD1 is an immunological target for Ewing Sarcoma
Current Position: Co-Founder & CEO Laurel Biotherapeutics
Andrew Rech, M.D., PhD
Advised by Carl June
Project: Overcoming barriers for successful CAR T cell therapy in solid tumors.
Current Position: Instructor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Of Pennsylvania
Amber Hamilton, PhD
Advised by Will Bailis
Project: Multiomics to discover and validate immunotherapies in pediatric cancers
Kelly Rome, PhD
Advised by Will Bailis
Project: Elucidating the role of Branched-Chain Amino Acid metabolism in T cell immunity
Laura Kim, PhD
Advised by Celeste Simon
Project: Competition for Arginine between HCC tumor and immune cells
Nicholas Lesner, PhD
Advised by Celeste Simon
Project: Hepatic Urea Cycle Function in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Khoa Tran, PhD
Advised by Shelley Berger
Project: Investigation of chromatin dynamics underlying cellular senescence.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Tufts University
Divij Matthew, PhD
Advised by E. John Wherry
Project: Pembrolizumab with delayed Itacitinib pulse for first line treatment of metastatic lung cancer
Current Position: Research Associate of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics
Gregory Schwartz, M.D., PhD
Advised by R. Babak Faryabi and Warren Pear
Project: Deconvoluting the hierarchy of single cell communities
Current Position: VP, Immunology, Immunology BlueRock Therpeutics
Neil Sullivan, PhD
Advised by Steven Albelda
Project: Characterization of tumor NK cell subsets from early-stage NSCLC patients
Current Position: R&D Senior Scientist: Immuno-Oncology
Joseph Pereira (Perry), PhD
Advised by Christopher Hunter
Project: PD-L1 –PD-1 interactions limit effector Treg cell populations at homeostasis and during infection
Current Position: Post-doc, Sharpe Lab, Harvard University
Philip Rommel, PhD
Advised by Carl June
Project: Enhancing tumor infiltration of CAR T cells through the expression of RUNX3
Current Position: Research Associate, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Derek Oldridge, M.D., PhD
Advised by E. John Wherry
Project: Spatial profiling of the solid tumor immune microenvironment at single cell resolution
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania