Fellowship dates: 2012-17
Research Emphasis: Began building molecular tools, called peptide:MHCII tetramers, to understand antigen specific responses in both people and mice with autoimmune diabetes.

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
Contact Info: [email protected]

Contact Info: [email protected] 

Training dates: 2013-2015

Training dates: 2016-2017
Research Emphasis: Linnea was a research scientist during her third year of medical school at the University of Minnesota. She also trained in the lab during the summer as a recipient of the T35 Training grant for medical students research program in infection and immunity. 

Fellowship dates: 2010-2016
Advisor: Kris Hogquist
Research Emphasis:  Looked at the lineage differentiation model of iNKT cell development, in which each subset has a unique tissue localization and cytokine profile in efforts to analyze the developmental requirements of these subsets to make them applicable for human diseases.

Program: MICaB/MSTP
Year Entered: 2018
Defense Year: 2022
Advisor: Brian Fife
Dissertation Title: "Hybrid peptide-specific T cells incite islet inflammation and autoimmune diabetes"

Degrees received: 
BS, University of Madison, 2016
PhD, University of Minnesota-TC, 2022
MD, University of Minnesota-TC, 2024

Program: MICaB
Defense Year:2013
Advisor: Brian Fife
Dissertation Title: "Exploiting Antigen Specific Approaches to Induce Tolerance in Type 1 Diabetes."

Current Position: Nutrition Education Program, Albany Damien Center, Albany, New York
Contact Info: [email protected] 

Program: MICaB
Year Entered: 2008
Defense Year: 2013
Advisor: Brian Fife
Dissertation Title: "The Inhibitory Receptor PD-1 Differentially Regulates Effector and Anergic Autoreactive CD4+ T Cells During Type 1 Diabetes."

Degrees received: 
B.S., Colorado State University, 2007
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, TC, 2023

Program: MICaB
Year Entered: 2013
Defense Year:2018
Advisor: Brian Fife
Dissertation Title: "Programmed death-1 restrains islet-specific lymphocytes in type 1 diabetes."

Degrees received: 
I.B., United World College of the Adriatic, 2008
B.A., Macalester College, 2012
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, TC,  2018

Program: MICaB/MSTP
Year Entered: 2016
Defense Year: 2020
Advisor: Brian Fife
Dissertation Title: "The Divergent Role of Co-receptors and Cytokines in the Immune Response to Cancer and Self"

Degrees received: 
M.S., University of Oregon, 2009
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, TC, 2023