URMC / Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology / About Us / Trainees Trainees ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZPost-Doctoral Fellows and StudentsSara AhmedGraduate StudentYarovinsky LabEmail SaraAhmedShu-Ting (Robin) ChouGraduate StudentSant LabEmail Shu-Ting (Robin)ChouAnkit Dahal BSGraduate StudentMinsoo Kim LabEmail AnkitDahalLikhitha DanduGraduate StudentMosmann LabEmail LikhithaDanduSophia EliseevaGraduate StudentYarovinsky LabEmail SophiaEliseevaResearch Interest: T. gondii-induced peripheral tissue reprogramming Abdul EmbongGraduate StudentTopham LabEmail AbdulEmbongResearch Interest: Analysis of Human Memory B Cell Expansion After Influenza Vaccination: Assessing The Vaccine Efficacy of Licensed Flu Vaccines in the United States and the Influence of Original Antigenic Sin in Mounting Humoral Immunological ResponseAdam Geber BSGraduate StudentTopham LabEmail AdamGeberShilpi Giri Ph.D.Postdoctoral AssociateYarovinsky LabEmail ShilpiGiriResearch Interest: Role of IFN-gamma in host resistance to T. gondii and IFN-gamma mediated pathology in the intestineThomas HensonGraduate StudentSant LabEmail ThomasHensonYeonsun Hong Ph.D.Postdoctoral AssociateMinsoo Kim LabEmail YeonsunHongResearch Interest: Identification of key factors for immune cell activity (ex. T cell migration and MDSC differentiation) using the CRISPR-CAS9 systemMa Rie KimGraduate StudentMinsoo Kim LabEmail Ma RieKimResearch Interest: Role of the blood microbiota in systemic inflammationAshwin Kumar MSGraduate StudentTopham LabEmail AshwinKumarResearch Interest: Biological factors and genetic programs that govern maintenance and effector function of Lung CD8+ Tissue Resident Memory cellsRaj Kumar MongrePostdoctoral AssociateMinsoo Kim LabEmail RajKumar MongreResearch Interest: Host inflammatory responses that regulate sepsis prognosisKyungmin LeeUndergraduate StudentMinsoo Kim LabEmail KyungminLeeYeojin Lee PhDPostdoctoral AssociateYarovinsky LabEmail YeojinLeeAdina LongyearGraduate StudentSant LabEmail AdinaLongyearAndrew MartinGraduate StudentYarovinsky LabEmail AndrewMartinResearch Interest: The effect of IFN-gamma on monocyte’s ability to eliminate ToxoplasmaSean Nelson M.S.Graduate StudentSant LabEmail SeanNelsonResearch Interest: Investigating intranasal vaccination and its ability to potentiate influenza-specific lung-resident CD4 T cellsAlexandra Safronova Ph.D.Postdoctoral AssociateYarovinsky LabEmail AlexandraSafronovaResearch Interest: Gut microbiota, host defense and immunity: analysis with integrative omics approachCooper Sailer M.S.Graduate StudentMinsoo Kim LabEmail CooperSailerResearch Interest: Using optogenetics to explore chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell effector function in solid tumorsMichael Sportiello BSGraduate StudentTopham LabEmail MichaelSportielloResearch Interest: Resident memory T cells, influenza immune response, influenza vaccine development, applied bioinformatic methodsKevin-Kien VoMedical StudentMinsoo Kim LabEmail Kevin-KienVoChantelle White Graduate StudentSant LabEmail ChantelleWhite Research Interest: Investigating the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic viral factors on the development of CD4 T cell mediated immune responses to infection