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.
Fellowship dates: 2011-2014
Research Emphasis: Investigated the immune response to BCR-ABL induced leukemias and studied the response in the presence of nilotinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, currently used to treat human ALL and CML patients to determine how TKI treatment affects the CD4 T-cell immune response to BCR-ABL induced leukemia.
Fellowship dates: 2017-2019
Research Emphasis: Study of Leukemia antigen specific CD4 T cells, how they become toleragenic during Leukemia progression and how we can revert this so they can eradicate the tumor cells.
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist at Orion Pharma Oyj, Turku, Finland
Contact Info: [email protected]
Research Associate 2016-2017
Laboratory of Bryce Binstadt
Research Emphasis/Publications: Liaison between Medtronic and UOM (Dept. of Biomedical engineering and CFI) for a DARPA funded project for establishing the therapeutic effectiveness of a proprietary medical device on the peripheral nerve to treat inflammatory conditions.
Current Position:Senior Staff Toxicologist (Biocompatibility), Stryker, Prosper, TX
Contact Info: [email protected]
Fellowship dates: 2018-2020
Research Emphasis: The regenerative potential of cardiac progenitor cells in vivo. Publications
Current Position: Pediatric Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University
Contact Info: [email protected]
Fellowship dates: 2012-2018
Research Emphasis:
Investigating the mechanisms behind breakdowns in immune tolerance that lead to autoimmune disease.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Contact Info: [email protected]
Fellowship dates: 2018-2019
Research Emphasis:
Rachel worked on single-cell RNA sequencing including the filtering and mapping of large datasets (Bash), and statistical analysis and visualization (R) in serum transferred arthritis treated with and without ultrasound on the spleen. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-08721-0
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2017
Advisor: Vaiva Vezys
Dissertation Title: "Visualizing CD8+ T cell responses to foreign and self-antigen"
Current Position: Associate Director, T Cell Biology, Kelonia Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Contact Info: [email protected]
Program: MICaB
Defense Year: 2018
Advisor: Vaiva Vezys
Dissertation Title: "Function and utility of self-specific CD8 T cells."
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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