The team
Shannon A. Carty, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Director, Graduate Program of Immunology
Hometown: New York, NY
Undergrad: Harvard University
Graduate: MD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Postdoc: Koretzky lab, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Anything with T cells :)
Hobbies: Running (sporadically), cooking, refereeing fights between my two cats
Marisa (Reese) Aitken, MD, PhD
Hematology/Oncology PSTP Fellow
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Undergrad: State University of New York at Buffalo
Graduate: University of Texas at Houston (MD); MD Anderson Cancer Center/UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (PhD)
Research Interests: Immunometabolism, T cell directed therapies in hematologic malignancies
Hobbies: real estate, food tourism, entertaining/hosting, running, playing with my dog Zebbie
Nicholas Armas
Immunology PhD and MS in Bioinformatics Candidate
Hometown: Peoria, AZ
Undergrad: Univeristy of Arizona (Tuscon)
Research Interests: T cell fate decisions, CD8+ T cells, quiescence, TCR signaling
Hobbies: Journaling, video/board/card games, poetry, vinyl collection
Reid Williams
Immunology Pre-candidate
Hometown: Hanover, NH
Undergrad: Northeastern University
Research Interests: T cells, T cell fate decisions/differentiation, Mitochondrial ER contact sites, CAR-T cells
Hobbies: Running, reading, tennis, video and board games
Matthew Perricone
Immunology PhD Candidate, co-mentored with Costas Lyssiotis, PhD
Hometown: Sudbury, MA
Undergrad: Brown University
Research Interests: Tumor immunology, metabolic regulation of tumor immunity
Hobbies: Rec sports, board games, trivia
Kantaro Inoki
Undergraduate Researcher
Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Undergrad: University of Michigan
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Former Trainees
Shayna Jankowski: Undergraduate Researcher 2021-2023 (Research Technician @ Emory)
Aditi Vijendra: Undergraduate Researcher 2021-2024 (NIH Postbac Program)
Alexander Dils: Research Assistant 2019-2021, ASH HONORS awardee 2022 (Medical student @ Central Michigan University)
Blaire Lee: Undergraduate Researcher 2019-2020 (Medical student @ Georgetown)
Former Lab trainees and current position
Luis Medero-Correa, MS (Bioinformatics), PhD (Immunology). Graduate Student 2019-2024 (Postdoc, Broad Institute)
Aditi Vijendra, Undergraduate Researcher 2021-2024 (NIH postbac program)
Shayna Jankowski; Undergraduate Researcher 2021-2023 (Research assisstant, Emory)
Alexander Dils; Research Assistant 2019-2021 & ASH HONORS fellow 2022 (Medical Student, CMU)
J. Paige Gronevelt, M.S.; Lab Manager/Research Technician 2018-2021 (Associate Scientist III, Caymen Chemical)
Blaire Lee; Undergraduate Researcher 2019-2020 (Medical Student, Georgetown)
Margot May; Technician 2018 (Graduate School)
Jacob Ogle, UROP 2016-2017; Undergraduate Researcher 2017-2018