Immunology Graduate Program
The Immunology Graduate Program (ImmGP) is an inter-departmental program within the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children’s that offers PhD and MS degrees in Immunology. The program is managed by Director Dr. David Hildeman, and a steering committee composed of members of several departments/divisions at Cincinnati Children's and UC. Dr. Jonathan Katz is the Director of the MS program. Notably, the ImmGP is partially supported through an NIH T32 training grant, “Pathogenesis and therapeutic targeting of Immune disorders”.
The ImmGP provides broadly based instruction in immunology, along with rigorous research training that emphasizes cutting-edge approaches to understanding the function of the immune system in health and disease. To this end, the program currently has 51 faculty members from 6 departments and 15 divisions within UC College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's. We currently have a total of 44 outstanding students (31 PhD students and 6 MS students) from around the country and abroad. This academic year we celebrated the graduation of 4 PhD students and 5 MS students. Graduates are highlighted on the below student lists in bold. Our students have distinguished themselves this year by receiving several travel and research awards.
The program is supported financially by a variety of sources. This year, tuition support was provided through University Graduate Scholarships awarded by UC. Student stipends were supported through a variety of sources including funds from an NIH T32 training grant, UC, NIH NRSA grants, external grants to their advisors, and funds from Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation.
In spring 2013, the ImmGP established an International Research Training Group (IRTG) with the University of Lübeck/Research Center Borstel in Lübeck, Germany. Largely due to the dedication and stellar research programs of the faculty here at Cincinnati Children's and at the University of Lübeck/Research Center Borstel, this international grant was renewed after an on-site review in Lubeck. In the last 4.5 years of the grant, 12 students have graduated with their PhD.
The research focus of the IRTG is:
- Humoral and Cellular Pathways of Allergic Inflammation
- Immuno-regulation of infection-driven inflammation
ImmGP students interested in research projects encompassed by these areas may have the opportunity to study and perform research in the beautiful city of Lübeck in north-central Germany for a 3-6 month period.
This year we hosted the annual retreat here in Cincinnati, combining it with our annual Immunology retreat. This allowed for a deeper and broader integration of the IRTG with Immunology research at Cincinnati Children's and UC. The program accommodated 11 IRTG research scholars (10 grad students and 1 med student) from the University of Lubeck and the Research Center Borstel in Germany this year alone.
Doctoral Students
Students in bold graduated with their PhD.
| Start Year | Student Name | Lab |
| 2012 | Maha Almanan | Hildeman |
| 2012 | Laura Brungs | S Thompson |
| 2012 | Shannon Rapovy | Qualls |
| 2012 | Carolyn Rydyznski | Waggoner |
| 2013 | Paige Bolcas | Rotating |
| 2013 | Kaitlin Carroll | Rotating |
| 2013 | Jonathan Fletcher | Ratner |
| 2013 | Courtney Jackson | Chougnet |
| 2013 | Andrew Patterson | Hoebe |
| 2014 | Katelyn Melgar | Starczynowski |
| 2014 | Anna Sliz | Hoebe |
| 2015 | Calvin Chan | Divanovic |
| 2015 | Sydney Felker | Mailk |
| 2015 | Seth Reighard | Waggoner |
| 2015 | Sharmila Shanmuganad | Hildeman |
| 2015 | Amnah Yamani | Hogan |
| 2016 | Corinne Foley | Hwa |
| 2016 | Tammy Hunter | Herr |
| 2016 | Tzu-Yu Shao | |
| 2016 | Alyssa Thomas | Janssen |
| 2016 | Jazib Uddin | Hogan |
| 2016 | Nicholas Weaver | Spearman |
| 2016 | Adrienne Wilburn | Divanovi |
| 2017 | Ayad Ali | Waggoner |
| 2017 | Tareian Cazares | Miraldi |
| 2017 | Melanie McKell | Qualls |
| 2017 | Oscar Negron | Flick |
| 2017 | Jarren Oates | Divanovi |
| 2017 | Benjamin Weinhaus | Lucas |
| 2017 | Xiangfei Xie | Rotating |
MS Students
Students in bold graduated with their MS.
| Start Year | Student Name | Lab |
| 2015 | Sara Abrahams | Flick |
| 2015 | Caroline Patel | Ridgway |
| 2016 | Rachel Cantrell | Janssen |
| 2016 | Lakshmi Prakruthi Rao Venkata | Barski |
| 2016 | Sribava Sharma | Wang |
| 2016 | Vishaka Sharma | Divanovic |
| 2016 | Jake (Joseph) Stevens | Katz |
Student Awards
Fellowships and Scholarships
Tareian Cazares 2017
- Decart SummerSchool URM scholarship, Data Science for Healthcare, University of Utah, Flights, Housing and Tuition
Jarren Oates 2017
- UC Provost award – full tuition and $25,000 of stipend for 3 years
Tammy Gonzalez 2016
- AAAAI Chrysalis Project Award - April 2018. This three day program introduces you to the breadth of Allergy / immunology. Includes a travel award and membership to AAAAI. Presents A/I career options and participants are paired with Fellow-in-Training (FIT) mentors.
- ASM Graduate Research Fellowship - June 2018
Travel Awards
Kathryn Sullivan Locker 2014
- Student Fellowship Awardee, PepTalk: The Protein Science Week Conference, San Diego, CA Jan 8-12, 2018
Paige Bolcas 2013
- PhD Travel Scholarship - AAAAI in Orlando FL on March 2nd-March 5th, 2018
Presentation Awards
Anna Sliz 2014
- Best Oral presentation award: 2017 Annual Immunology Retreat
Calvin Chan 2015
- Best Oral presentation award: 2017 Annual Immunology Retreat
Kate Carroll 2013
- AAI trainee abstract award, oral and poster presentation at 2018 conference
Poster Awards
Tzu-yu Shao 2016
- Best poster award: 2018 BTBA symposium
Katelyn Melgar 2014
- Poster Award - FASEB Hematologic Malignancies Conference 2017
Oscar Negron 2017
- Poster Commendation Award: 2018 Gordon Research Conference
Melanie McKell 2017
- UC Grad Student Expo: Poster Forum Award
Sharmila Shanmuganad 2015
- Autumn Immunology Conference (AIC) Young Investigator award in 2017.
Andrew Patterson 2013
- Cincinnati Children's Digestive Health Center Annual Scientific Symposium - First Place Poster
Oscar Negron 2017
- Plasminogen Activation & Extracellular Proteolysis GRC.
Publications
Maha Almanan 2012
- Taylor AE, Carey AN, Kudira R, Lages CS, Shi T, Lam S, Karns R, Simmons J, Shanmukhappa K, Almanan M, Chougnet CA, Miethke AG. Interleukin 2 promotes hepatic regulatory T cell responses and protects from biliary fibrosis in murine sclerosing cholangitis. Hepatology. 2018 Apr 26. PMID: 29698570
- Almanan M, Raynor J, Sholl A, Wang M, Chougnet C, Cardin RD, Hildeman DA. Tissue-specific control of latent CMV reactivation by regulatory T cells. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Aug 10;13(8):e1006507. PMID: 28796839
Laura Brungs 2012
- McIntosh LA, Marion MC, Sudman M, Comeau ME, Becker ML, Bohnsack JF, Fingerlin TE, Griffin TA, Haas JP, Lovell DJ, Maier LA, Nigrovic PA, Prahalad S, Punaro M, Rosé CD, Wallace CA, Wise CA, Moncrieffe H, Howard TD, Langefeld CD, Thompson SD. Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis Reveals Novel Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Susceptibility Loci. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Nov;69(11):2222-2232. PMID: 28719732
Shannon Rapovy 2012
- Lange SM, McKell MC, Schmidt SM, Hossfeld AP, Chaturvedi V, Kinder JM, McAlees JW, Lewkowich IP, Way SS, Turner J, Qualls JE. l-Citrulline Metabolism in Mice Augments CD4+ T Cell Proliferation and Cytokine Production In Vitro, and Accumulation in the Mycobacteria-Infected Lung. Front Immunol. 2017 Nov 16;8:1561. PMID: 29201027
Paige Bolcas 2013
- Bolcas PE, Brandt EB, Zhang Z, Biagini Myers JM, Ruff BP, Khurana Hershey GK. Vitamin D supplementation attenuates asthma development following traffic-related particulate matter exposure. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Jun 21. pii: S0091-6749(18)30898-4. PMID: 29936100
Kaitlin Carroll 2013
- McNally JP, Millen SH, Chaturvedi V, Lakes N, Terrell CE, Elfers EE, Carroll KR, Hogan SP, Andreassen PR, Kanter J, Allen CE, Henry MM, Greenberg JN, Ladisch S, Hermiston ML, Joyce M, Hildeman DA, Katz JD, Jordan MB. Manipulating DNA damage-response signaling for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Jun 13;114(24):E4782-E4791. PMID: 28533414
- Li KP, Shanmuganad S, Carroll K, Katz JD, Jordan MB, Hildeman DA. Dying to protect: cell death and the control of T-cell homeostasis. Immunol Rev. 2017 May;277(1):21-43. PMID: 28462527
- Carey AN, Zhang W, Setchell KDR, Simmons JR, Shi T, Lages CS, Mullen M, Carroll K, Karns R, Bessho K, Sheridan R, Zhao X, Weber SN, Miethke AG. Hepatic MDR3 expression impacts lipid homeostasis and susceptibility to inflammatory bile duct obstruction in neonates Pediatr Res. 2017 Jul;82(1):122-132.
PMID: 28355206
Jonathan Fletcher 2013
- Choi K, Komurov K, Fletcher JS, Jousma E, Cancelas JA, Wu J, Ratner N. An inflammatory gene signature distinguishes neurofibroma Schwann cells and macrophages from cells in the normal peripheral nervous system. Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 3;7:43315. PMID: 28256556
Courtney Jackson 2013
- Presicce P, Park CW, Senthamaraikannan P, Bhattacharyya S, Jackson C, Kong F, Rueda CM, DeFranco E, Miller LA, Hildeman DA, Salomonis N, Chougnet CA, Jobe AH, Kallapur SG. IL-1 signaling mediates intrauterine inflammation and chorio-decidua neutrophil recruitment and activation. JCI Insight. 2018 Mar 22;3(6). pii: 98306. PMID: 29563340
- Rueda CM, Rodríguez-Perea AL, Moreno-Fernandez M, Jackson CM, Melchior JT, Davidson WS, Chougnet CA. High density lipoproteins selectively promote the survival of human regulatory T cells. J Lipid Res. 2017 Aug;58(8):1514-1523. PMID: 28377425
Andrew Patterson 2013
- Patterson AR, Endale M, Lampe K, Aksoylar HI, Flagg A, Woodgett JR, Hildeman D, Jordan MB, Singh H, Kucuk Z, Bleesing J, Hoebe K. Gimap5-dependent inactivation of GSK3β is required for CD4+ T cell homeostasis and prevention of immune pathology. Nat Commun. 2018 Jan 30;9(1):430. PMID: 29382851
Calvin Chan 2015
- Mukherjee R, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Giles DA, Cappelletti M, Stankiewicz TE, Chan CC, Divanovic S. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced) oxidase 2 modulates inflammatory vigor during nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression in mice. Hepatol Commun. 2018 Mar 24;2(5):546-560. PMID: 29761170
- Cappelletti M, Lawson MJ, Chan CC, Wilburn AN, Divanovic S. Differential outcomes of TLR2 engagement in inflammation-induced preterm birth. J Leukoc Biol. 2018 Mar;103(3):535-543. PMID: 29345344
- Giles DA, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Stankiewicz TE, Graspeuntner S, Cappelletti M, Wu D, Mukherjee R, Chan CC, Lawson MJ, Klarquist J, Sünderhauf A, Softic S, Kahn CR, Stemmer K, Iwakura Y, Aronow BJ, Karns R, Steinbrecher KA, Karp CL, Sheridan R, Shanmukhappa SK, Reynaud D, Haslam DB, Sina C, Rupp J, Hogan SP, Divanovic S. Thermoneutral housing exacerbates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice and allows for sex-independent disease modeling. Nat Med. 2017 Jul;23(7):829-838. PMID: 28604704
Sharmila Shanmuganad 2015
- Li KP, Shanmuganad S, Carroll K, Katz JD, Jordan MB, Hildeman DA. Dying to protect: cell death and the control of T-cell homeostasis. Immunol Rev. 2017 May;277(1):21-43. PMID: 28462527
Amnah Yamani 2015
- Zeng C, Vanoni S, Wu D, Caldwell JM, Wheeler JC, Arora K, Noah TK, Waggoner L, Besse JA, Yamani AN, Uddin J, Rochman M, Wen T, Chehade M, Collins MH, Mukkada VA, Putnam PE, Naren AP, Rothenberg ME, Hogan SP. Solute carrier family 9, subfamily A, member 3 (SLC9A3)/sodium-hydrogen exchanger member 3 (NHE3) dysregulation and dilated intercellular spaces in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 May 4. pii: S0091-6749(18)30633-X. PMID: 29729938
- Yamani A, Wu D, Waggoner L, Noah T, Koleske AJ, Finkelman F, Hogan SP. The vascular endothelial specific IL-4 receptor alpha-ABL1 kinase signaling axis regulates the severity of IgE-mediated anaphylactic reactions. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Nov 17. pii: S0091-6749(17)31764-5. PMID: 29157947
Tammy Hunter 2016
- Lattwein KR, Shekhar H, van Wamel WJB, Gonzalez T, Herr AB, Holland CK, Kooiman K. An in vitro proof-of-principle study of sonobactericide. Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 21;8(1):3411. PMID: 29467474
- Gonzalez T, Biagini Myers JM, Herr AB, Khurana Hershey GK. Staphylococcal Biofilms in Atopic Dermatitis. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2017 Oct 23;17(12):81. PMID: 29063212
Tzu-Yu Shao 2016
Jiang TT, Shao TY, Ang WXG, Kinder JM, Turner LH, Pham G, Whitt J, Alenghat T, Way SS. Commensal Fungi Recapitulate the Protective Benefits of Intestinal Bacteria. Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Dec 13;22(6):809-816.e4. PMID: 29174402
Adrienne Wilburn 2016
- Cappelletti M, Lawson MJ, Chan CC, Wilburn AN, Divanovic S. Differential outcomes of TLR2 engagement in inflammation-induced preterm birth. J Leukoc Biol. 2018 Mar;103(3):535-543. PMID: 29345344
- Turner LH, Kinder JM, Wilburn A, D'Mello RJ, Braunlin MR, Jiang TT, Pham G, Way SS. Preconceptual Zika virus asymptomatic infection protects against secondary prenatal infection. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Nov 16;13(11):e1006684. PMID: 29145516
Melanie McKell 2017
- Lange SM, McKell MC, Schmidt SM, Hossfeld AP, Chaturvedi V, Kinder JM, McAlees JW, Lewkowich IP, Way SS, Turner J, Qualls JE. l-Citrulline Metabolism in Mice Augments CD4+ T Cell Proliferation and Cytokine Production In Vitro, and Accumulation in the Mycobacteria-Infected Lung. Front Immunol. 2017 Nov 16;8:1561. PMID: 29201027
Presentations
Paige Bolcas 2013
- Vitamin D Supplementation Attenuates Asthma Development Following Traffic-Related Particulate Matter Exposure. AAAAI 2018 Orlando, FL. Poster
Kate Carroll 2013
- Extending remission and reversing new onset type 1 diabetes by targeted ablation of autoreactive T cells. AAI Autin, TX 2018. Oral Presentation
Tarien Cazares 2017
- Transcriptional regulatory network inference for intestinal myeloid cells. AIC 2017 Chicago. Poster
Calvin Chan 2015
- A RP105/BAFF axis links innate immunity with body weight control, 2017 Annual Immunology Retreat. Oral Presentation
Tammy Gonzalez 2016
- Investigating the Role of Staphylococcal Biofilms in the Pathogenesis of Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis. AAAAI 2018 Orlando, FL
Shannon Lange 2012
- L-citrulline metabolism augments CD4+ T cell Accumulation in the Mycobacteria-infected lung. AIC 2017 Chicago. Poster
Melanie McKell 2017
- L-arginine drives anti-mycobacterial acid production by macrophages. UC Grad Student Expo: Poster Forum Award. Poster
- L-arginine drives anti-mycobacterial acid production by macrophages. AIC 2017 Chicago. Poster
Katelyn Melgar 2014
- Molecular analysis and in vivo efficacy studies of a novel chemical-series of inhibitors targeting FLT3-ITD and kinase domain mutants in human AML. Poster Award - FASEB Hematologic Malignancies Conference 2017. Poster
Oscar Negron 2017
- Fibrin(ogen)-pathogen interactions support antimicrobial host defense following Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) peritonitis infection. Plasminogen Activation & Extracellular Proteolysis Gordon Research Conference. Ventura, CA. Poster
Caroline Patel 2015
- TLR4agonistic antibody reverses T1Dby inducing myeloid derived suppressor cells. AIC 2017 Chicago. Poster
Andrew Patterson 2013
- Gimap5-dependent inactivation of GSK3b is required for CD4+ T cell homeostasis and prevention of immune pathology, AAI Autin, TX 2018. Poster
- Cincinnati Children's Digestive Health Center Annual Scientific Symposium. Poster
Carol Rydyznski 2012
- Natural killer cell regulation of HIV vaccine responses. AAI Austin, TX 2018. Poster
Sharmila Shanmuganad 2015
- Characterization of T cell development and homeostasis in mice with T cell-specific loss of Bcl-2. AIC 2017 Chicago. Poster
Tzu-yu Shao 2016
- Immunity to invasive infection by commensal microbes. 2018 BTBA symposium. Poster
Anna Sliz 2014
- Loss of the Grb2 Associated Binding Protein 3 is Associated with Poor Uterine NK Cell Proliferation and Placental Accreta in Mice. Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI), San Diego, CA March 7-10, 2018. Poster
- The GRB2-associated binding protein 3 is required for IL-2- and IL-15- induced NK cell activation and successful pregnancy. Annual Immunology retreat 2017. Oral Presentation
Training Grant - Appointee Accomplishments
| Trainee | Maha, Almanan |
| Faculty Member | Hildeman, David |
| Program Start Date | 7/2012 |
| Grant Appointment Date | 7/2016 |
| Terminal Degree(s) Received | PhD 2018 |
| Topic of Research Project | Function of regulatory T cells in aging |
| Publications |
Taylor AE, Carey AN, Kudira R, Lages CS, Shi T, Lam S, Karns R, Simmons J, Shanmukhappa K, Almanan M, Chougnet CA, Miethke AG. Interleukin 2 promotes hepatic regulatory T cell responses and protects from biliary fibrosis in murine sclerosing cholangitis. Hepatology. 2018 Apr 26. PMID: 29698570 Almanan M, Raynor J, Sholl A, Wang M, Chougnet C, Cardin RD, Hildeman DA. Tissue-specific control of latent CMV reactivation by regulatory T cells. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Aug 10;13(8):e1006507. PMID: 28796839 |
| Current Position | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| Grants and Awards | AAI Travel Award, AAI Oral presentation award |
| Trainee | Giles, Daniel |
| Faculty Member | Divanovic, Senad |
| Program Start Date | 7/2011 |
| Grant Appointment Date | 8/2016 |
| Terminal Degree(s) Received | PhD 2017 |
| Topic of Research Project | Role of IL-17 axis in development and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| Publications |
Mukherjee R, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Giles DA, Cappelletti M, Stankiewicz TE, Chan CC, Divanovic S. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced) oxidase 2 modulates inflammatory vigor during nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression in mice. Hepatol Commun. 2018 Mar 24;2(5):546-560. PMID: 29761170 Moreno-Fernandez ME, Giles DA, Stankiewicz TE, Sheridan R, Karns R, Cappelletti M, Lampe K, Mukherjee R, Sina C, Sallese A, Bridges JP, Hogan SP, Aronow BJ, Hoebe K, Divanovic S. Peroxisomal β-oxidation regulates whole body metabolism, inflammatory vigor, and pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. JCI Insight. 2018 Mar 22;3(6). pii: 93626. PMID: 29563328 Giles DA, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Stankiewicz TE, Graspeuntner S, Cappelletti M, Wu D, Mukherjee R, Chan CC, Lawson MJ, Klarquist J, Sünderhauf A, Softic S, Kahn CR, Stemmer K, Iwakura Y, Aronow BJ, Karns R, Steinbrecher KA, Karp CL, Sheridan R, Shanmukhappa SK, Reynaud D, Haslam DB, Sina C, Rupp J, Hogan SP, Divanovic S. Thermoneutral housing exacerbates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice and allows for sex-independent disease modeling. Nat Med. 2017 Jul;23(7):829-838. PMID: 28604704 Cappelletti M, Presicce P, Lawson MJ, Chaturvedi V, Stankiewicz TE, Vanoni S, Harley IT, McAlees JW, Giles DA, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Rueda CM, Senthamaraikannan P, Sun X, Karns R, Hoebe K, Janssen EM, Karp CL, Hildeman DA, Hogan SP, Kallapur SG, Chougnet CA, Way SS, Divanovic S. Type I interferons regulate susceptibility to inflammation-induced preterm birth. JCI Insight. 2017 Mar 9;2(5):e91288. PMID: 28289719 Giles DA, Ramkhelawon B, Donelan EM, Stankiewicz TE, Hutchison SB, Mukherjee R, Cappelletti M, Karns R, Karp CL, Moore KJ, Divanovic S. Modulation of ambient temperature promotes inflammation and initiates atherosclerosis in wild type C57BL/6 mice. Mol Metab. 2016 Sep 21;5(11):1121-1130. PMID: 27818938 |
| Current Position | Post-Doctoral Fellow, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology |
| Grants and Awards |
| Trainee | Melgar, Katelyn |
| Faculty Member | Starczynowski, Daniel |
| Program Start Date | 7/2014 |
| Grant Appointment Date | 7/2016 |
| Terminal Degree(s) Received | In Training |
| Topic of Research Project | Novel FLT3 inhibitors for AML |
| Publications | 1st & 2nd author prior to starting on the T32 |
| Current Position | Trainee |
| Grants and Awards |
1F31CA217140-01 Role: PI, Project Title: Novel mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of refractory leukemia CancerFree Christmas Research Grant - CancerFree Kids 2017 Minority Graduate Student Abstract; Achievement Award - ASH Annual Meeting 2016 CancerFree Kids - Grant that's award to researchers at Cincinnati Children's and/or OSU. $50,000 to go toward research costs |
| Trainee | Chan, Calvin |
| Faculty Member | Divanovic, S |
| Program Start Date | 7/2015 |
| Grant Appointment Date | 4/2017 |
| Terminal Degree(s) Received | Appointed Trainee |
| Topic of Research Project | Role of BAFF axis in development of obesity and progression of obesity-associated sequelae |
| Publications |
Mukherjee R, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Giles DA, Cappelletti M, Stankiewicz TE, Chan CC, Divanovic S. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced) oxidase 2 modulates inflammatory vigor during nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression in mice. Hepatol Commun. 2018 Mar 24;2(5):546-560. PMID: 29761170 Cappelletti M, Lawson MJ, Chan CC, Wilburn AN, Divanovic S. Differential outcomes of TLR2 engagement in inflammation-induced preterm birth. J Leukoc Biol. 2018 Mar;103(3):535-543. PMID: 29345344 Giles DA, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Stankiewicz TE, Graspeuntner S, Cappelletti M, Wu D, Mukherjee R, Chan CC, Lawson MJ, Klarquist J, Sünderhauf A, Softic S, Kahn CR, Stemmer K, Iwakura Y, Aronow BJ, Karns R, Steinbrecher KA, Karp CL, Sheridan R, Shanmukhappa SK, Reynaud D, Haslam DB, Sina C, Rupp J, Hogan SP, Divanovic S. Thermoneutral housing exacerbates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice and allows for sex-independent disease modeling. Nat Med. 2017 Jul;23(7):829-838. PMID: 28604704 |
| Current Position | In Training |
| Grants and Awards | Best Oral presentation award: 2017 Annual Immunology Retreat |
| Trainee | Sullivan, KC |
| Faculty Member | Herr, A |
| Program Start Date | 7/2014 |
| Grant Appointment Date | 5/2017 |
| Terminal Degree(s) Received | Appointed Trainee |
| Topic of Research Project | Molecular mechanisms of T1D reversal by an agonistic anti-TLR4/MD-2 antibody |
| Publications | |
| Current Position | In Training |
| Grants and Awards | Kathryn Sullivan Locker 2014 - Student Fellowship Awardee, PepTalk: The Protein Science Week Conference, San Diego, CA Jan 8-12, 2018 |
Program Alumni and their Current Positions
| Last Name | First Name | Start Date | Degree Conferred | Positions Held |
| Allen | Jessica | 2004 | 2010 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Post-Doctoral Fellow Duke University Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease |
| Lin* | Adora | 2004 | 2008 |
Resident, Children's National Medical Center Clinical Fellow, AI/ NAID NIH Assistant Professor, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty Development Award from the AAAAI Foundation |
| Saunders ǂ | Vanessa | 2004 | 2010 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Scripp’s Research Institute, Jupiter, FL |
| Groschwitz * | Katie | 2005 | 2010 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pfizer, MA Humboldt Fellowship, Berlin Germany Medical Writer at Complete Publication Solutions, Philadelphia Pharmaceuticals |
| Kottyan (Nesbitt) | Leah | 2005 | 2009 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology and Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE) and IMMGP training faculty R01-funded |
| Zhang | Xun | 2005 | 2009 |
Scientist at Novo Nordisk, China Academy Director at The Werfen Group, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, Medical Devices |
| Zoller | Eric | 2005 | 2011 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Clinical Research Associate at Medpace |
| Fritz | Jill | 2006 | 2012 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's PRAT Fellow at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) |
| Phelan | James | 2006 | 2012 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, NIH |
| Prasad (Ullman) | Joni | 2006 | 2012 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Maryland Research Administrator at University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| Waddell (Beichler) | Amanda | 2006 | 2012 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Penn State University Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's |
| Aksoylar | Halil | 2007 | 2013 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
| Kurtulus | Sema | 2007 | 2013 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
| McBerry ǂ | Cortez | 2007 | 2012 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, NIH Staff Fellow at FDA |
| Mintz-Cole* | Rachael | 2007 | 2012 | Residency Duke University, Anesthesiology MD Anesthesiologist, Durham NC |
| Webb | Mark | 2007 | 2013 | Clinical Research Associate at Medpace |
| Burgess | Stacey | 2008 | 2013 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Virginia Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia R21-funded |
| Harley* | Isaac | 2008 | 2012 | Residency University of Colorado, Rheumatology MD Internal Medicine, Aurora CO |
| Liu | Bo | 2008 | 2014 | Scientist at Genesun Biopharmaceuticals inc. |
| Raynor | Jana | 2008 | 2014 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, St Jude's Research Hospital |
| Vaughn* | Samuel | 2008 | 2015 | Residency, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Psychiatry |
| Boespflug* | Nick | 2009 | 2013 | Residency, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Emergency Medicine MD, Emergency, Portland Oregon |
| Gour | Naina | 2009 | 2014 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, John Hopkins University |
| McNally | Jonathan | 2009 | 2015 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's |
| Phelan (Downey) | Jordan | 2009 | 2015 | Georgetown University Law Center Patent Agent at Cooley LLP |
| Raghu | Harini | 2009 | 2014 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford University Senior Scientist II at Abbvie |
| Verma | Akash | 2009 | 2014 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh |
| Bednar | Kyle | 2010 | 2015 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Janssen Research and Development - Discovery Immunology |
| Fields (Moreno-Fernandez) ǂ | Maria | 2010 | 2014 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's |
| Huang | Wenting | 2010 | 2015 | Post-Doctoral Fellow UC |
| Leddon* | Jennifer | 2010 | 2015 | Residency, UC Medical Center, Family practice |
| Liu | Ke (Coco) | 2010 | 2016 | Research Assistant, Xencor, Inc |
| Shehata | Hesham | 2010 | 2015 | University of California, San Francisco |
| D'Mello* | Rahul | 2011 | 2015 | Residency, Detroit Medical Center Hutzel Women's Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Giles | Dan | 2011 | 2017 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology |
| Hall (Stoffers) | Sara | 2011 | 4iNNO, Technology Associate | |
| Horwath* | Mike | 2011 | 2017 | UC MD student |
| Klarquist | Jared | 2011 | 2017 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz |
| Li | Kun-Po | 2011 | 2017 | Medical Campus |
| Almanan ǂ | Maha | 2012 | 2018 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's |
| Betz (Weage)* | Kristi | 2012 | 2015 | UC MD student |
| Davis, MD | Benjamin | 2012 | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology, University of Iowa |
| Kinder | Jeremy | 2012 | 2016 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's |
| McIntosh (Brungs) | Laura | 2012 | 2018 | Clinical Research Associate at Medpace |
| Lange (Rapovy) | Shannon | 2012 | 2017 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, St Jude's Research Hospital |
| Lu | Xioaming | 2012 | 2017 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's |
| Rydzinski | Carolyn | 2012 | 2018 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cincinnati Children's |
| Patel* | Zubin | 2013 | 2017 | UC MD student |
| Travers* | Jared | 2013 | 2017 | UC MD student |
| Jiang* | Tony | 2014 | 2017 | UC MD student |
| * denotes MSTP student |
| ǂ denotes URM student |
