Current Students

• Marisa Aitken
  

  
  
  Advisor: Sean Post, Ph.D.

  Understanding the oncogenic interplay between hnRNP K and mutant NPM1 in acute myeloid leukemia.

• Amir Alpert
  

  
  
  Advisor: Gregory Lizee, Ph.D.

  Investigating the relationship between T cell age and functionality.

• Swetha Anandhan
  

  
  
  Advisor: Padmanee Sharma

• Rachel Babcock
  

  
  
  Advisor: Stephanie Watowich, Ph.D.

• Anchit Bhagat
  

  
  
  Advisor: Eugenie Kleinerman, M.D.

• Akash Boda
  

  
  
  Advisor: Michael Curran

• Sherille Bradley
  

  
  
  Advisor: Greg Lizee, Ph.D.

  Identification of novel tumor associated antigens for the development of T cell based immunotherapies.

• Apoorvi Chaudhri
  

  
  Apoorvi.Chaudhri@uth.tmc.edu
  Advisor: Dr. Patrick Hwu, M.D.

• Chao-Hsien Chen
  

  
  
  Advisor: Michael Curran, Ph.D.

  Investigating CNS myeloid cell degradation of tau protein and its polarization in Alzheimer’s disease.

• Taylor Chrisikos
  

  
  
  Advisor: Stephanie Watowich, Ph.D.

  Investigating molecular mechanisms regulating innate immune function in the tumor microenvironment.

• Alexandria Cogdill
  

  
  
  Advisor: Jennifer Wargo, M.D. / James Allison, Ph.D.

• Caitlin Creasy
  

  
  
  Advisor: Chantale Bernatchez, Ph.D.

  Identifying features of the tumor and TIL (tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes) that correlate with response to Adoptive T cell therapy and determining the impact of anti-PD1 on TIL in rare tumors.

• Colm Duffy
  

  
  
  Advisor: James Allison, Ph.D.

  Investigating tumor immunology and response to immunotherapy across tumor types.

• Haven Garber
  

  
  
  Advisor: Jeffrey Molldrem, M.D.

  A study of the impact of allogeneic T cells on leukemic evolution after stem cell transplant.

• Farah Hasan
  

  
  
  Advisor: Cassian Yee, M.D.

  Investigating the effect of hypoxia on human CD8+ T-cell differentiation and function

• Jared Henderson
  

  
  
  Advisor: Eric Davis, M.D.

• Paulina Horton
  

  
  
  Advisor: Pamela Wenzel

• Kyle Jackson
  

  
  
  Advisor: Greg Lizee, Ph.D.

  Improving identification of peptide targets for personalized cancer immunotherapies.

• Shiping Jiao
  

  
  
  Advisor: Padmanee Sharma

• Arthur Liu
  

  
  
  Advisor: Michael Curran, Ph.D.

• Alexander Perakis
  

  
  
  Advisor: Gheath Al-Atrash, D.O., Ph.D.

  Determining the role of cross-presentation as a mechanism of novel tumor antigen expression by multiple myeloma.

• Donastas Sakellariou-Thompson
  

  
  
  Advisor: Chantale Bernatchez., Ph.D.

  Preclinical development of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy for ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, and metastatic colorectal cancer.

• Rosa Santana Carrero
  

  
  
  Advisor: Kimberly Schluns, Ph.D.

  Determining the roles of Interleukin 15 in stimulating anti-tumor responses within the tumor microenvironment.

• Parin Shah
  

  
  
  Advisor: Chantale Bernatchez

• Gloria Sierra
  

  
  
  Advisor: Jagannadha Sastry, Ph.D.

  Defining immunological mechanisms of mucosal adjuvants for vaccine-mediated therapy against HPV tumors

• Deborah Silverman
  

  
  
  Advisor: Patrick Hwu, M.D.

  Discovering novel mechanisms to enhance pancreatic adenocarcinoma response to immunotherapy.

• Anupallavi Srinivasamani
  

  
  
  Advisor: Michael Curran, Ph.D.

• Robert Szczepaniak-Sloane
  

  
  
  Advisor: Jennifer Wargo, M.D.

• Shradha Wali
  

  
  
  Advisor: Scott Evans, M.D.

  Studying mechanisms of anti-asthma response induced by Toll-Like Receptor signaling

• Xiaojie Yang
  

  
  
  Advisor: James Allison

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