URMC / Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology / About Us / Trainees Trainees ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZPost-Doctoral Fellows and StudentsAndrea Amitrano M.S.Graduate StudentMinsoo Kim LabEmail AndreaAmitranoResearch Interest: T cell metabolism in the tumor microenvironmentSarah ChaudharyUndergraduate StudentMinsoo Kim LabEmail SarahChaudharyShu-Ting (Robin) ChouGraduate StudentSant LabEmail Shu-Ting (Robin)ChouAnkit DahalGraduate StudentMinsoo Kim LabEmail AnkitDahalLikhitha DanduGraduate StudentMosmann LabEmail LikhithaDanduBahawar DhillonUndergraduate StudentCiucci LabEmail BahawarDhillonAbdul 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 GeberGraduate 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 ThomasHensonKhoa HoangUndergraduate StudentMosmann LabEmail KhoaHoangYeonsun 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 KumarGraduate StudentTopham LabProgram for Advanced Immune Bioimaging Email AshwinKumarResearch Interest: Biological factors and genetic programs that drive differentiation and maintenance of Lung CD8+ Tissue Resident Memory cellsRaj Kumar MongrePostdoctoral AssociateMinsoo Kim LabEmail RajKumar MongreResearch Interest: Host inflammatory responses that regulate sepsis prognosisAndrew MartinGraduate StudentYarovinsky LabEmail AndrewMartinResearch Interest: The effect of IFN-gamma on monocyte’s ability to eliminate ToxoplasmaJohn MillerGraduate StudentCiucci LabEmail JohnMillerSavannah MoritzkyGraduate StudentSant LabEmail SavannahMoritzkyResearch Interest: Exploring the importance of CD4+ T cells during the immune response and memory to influenza vaccine.Sean Nelson M.S.Graduate StudentSant LabEmail SeanNelsonResearch Interest: Investigating intranasal vaccination and its ability to potentiate influenza-specific lung-resident CD4 T cellsHerbey Quirarte Ph.D.Postdoctoral FellowSant LabEmail HerbeyQuirarteResearch Interest: How does human confrontation with influenza virus throughout life shapes CD4 T cell phenotype, specificity and functionAlexandra 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 tumorsAkshay SharathchandraUndergraduate StudentCiucci LabEmail AkshaySharathchandraMichael SportielloGraduate StudentTopham LabEmail MichaelSportielloResearch Interest: Resident memory T cells, influenza immune response, influenza vaccine development, applied bioinformatic methodsLauren VanasseUndergraduate StudentCiucci LabEmail LaurenVanasseChantelle 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