Justin Spanier, Ph.D.

Biography

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]

Justin Spanier, Ph.D.

Linnea Swanson, M.D.

Biography

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. 

Linnea Swanson, M.D.

You-Jeong Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

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.

You-Jeong Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Alexander J. Dwyer, Ph.D.

Biography

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

Current PositionMedical student, University of Minnesota Medical School 
Contact Info:
[email protected]

Alexander J. Dwyer

Caitlin Heiderscheidt, M.S.

Biography

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] 

Caitlin Heiderscheidt, M.S.

Kristen Pauken, Ph.D.

Biography

Program: MICaB
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."

Kristen Pauken, Ph.D.

Tijana Martinov, PhD

Biography

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

Current Position: Senior ScientistSenior Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA
Contact Info: [email protected]

 Tijana Martinov, PhD

Christopher Tucker, Ph.D.

Biography

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

Christopher Tucker, Ph.D.