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

Research Interests

Hobbies

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