Category I – Mentor/Trainee

Margaret S. Bynoe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Deeqa Mahamed, Graduate Student

College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
 

Pamela Fink, Ph.D., Professor

Deborah W. Hendricks, Ph.D. Candidate

University of Washington

Kristine M. Garza, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Raquel M. Suro, Research Assistant

University of Texas, El Paso

Barbara J. Vilen, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Shannon Z. Jones, Graduate Student

University of Minnesota

Fernando Villalta, Ph.D., Professor and Chair

Tatiana Cardenas, Graduate Student

Candice A. Johnson, Graduate Student

Meharry Medical College

Xue-Zhong Yu, M.D., Associate Professor

Kenrick Semple, Graduate Research Assistant

University of South Florida 

Category II – Trainee and Junior Faculty

Sandra Bonne-Année, Doctoral Candidate

Thomas Jefferson University

Temitayo Awoyomi, Ph.D. Candidate

UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School

Adriana D. Benavides, Ph.D. Student

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Lillian Cruz-Orengo, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Student

Washington University School of Medicine

Louis E. Gonzalez, Research Associate

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
 

Qyana Griffith, Graduate Student

Boston University School of Medicine

Abdel Hamad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jeniffer B. Hernandez, Graduate Student

University of California, Irvine

Ileana Mauldin, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Virginia

Luciana L. Molinero, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Chicago
 

Thandi M. Onami, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

University of Tennessee
 

Caroline J. Padro, Graduate Research Associate

Ohio State University
 

Santiago Partida-Sanchez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Nationwide Children's Hospital
 

Roberto Tinoco, Ph.D. Student

University of California, San Diego
 

Abebayehu N. Yilma, Ph.D. Student

Alabama State University

Maureen N. Ajuebor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center
 

Paul A. Antony, M.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
 

Shanjana Awasthi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
 

Vladimir Badovinac, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
 

Ramireddy Bommireddy, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson
 

Deborah M. Brown, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
 

Ling Cao, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of New England
 

Devavani Chatterjea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Macalester College
 

Jin-Kyong Chun, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
 

Claudio Cortes, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Toledo
 

Carol J. Cox, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
 

Michael Criscitiello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine
 

Rujuan Dai, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
 

Sinisa Dovat, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
 

Haiyan Fu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
 

Gregorio Gomez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
 

Renukaradhya Gourapura, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
 

Laurie E. Harrington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, Birmingham
 

Xiao He, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Utah
 

Jodi F. Hedges, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Montana State University
 

Venkatesh Hegde, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
 

Jian Hong, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
 

Chuanyi Ji, Ph.D.

Research Associate, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Kamal Khanna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut Health Center
 

Uday Kumaraguru, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University

Queenie L. K. Lam, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong

Eszter Lazar-Molnar, Ph.D.
Instructor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sylvie Lesage, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Montreal
 

Jianguo Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
 

Peng Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
 

Thomas W. Lowder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Houston College of Education
 

Laura Mandik-Nayak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Lakenau Institute for Medical Research
 

Susan Moffatt-Bruce, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University Medical Center
 

Christina L. Nance, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
 

Roza I. Nurieva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
 

Julie K. Olson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
 

Thandi M. Onami, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
 

Guangyong Peng, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
 

Supriya Perambakam, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
 

Narayanan B. Perumal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine
 

Giorgio Raimondi, Ph.D.
Research Instructor, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
 

Subhadip Raychaudhuri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
 

Qingguo Ruan, Ph.D.
Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania
 

Lisa K. Ryan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School
 

Shashikumar Salgar Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Miami School of Medicine
 

Jeremy S. Schaefer, Ph.D.
Instructor, University of Texas, Houston

Deirdre D. Scripture-Adams, Ph.D.
Assistant Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles
 

Sarita Sehra, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine

Nithianandan Selliah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Roger Williams Medical Center
 

Tahiro T. Shin, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

Udai P. Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
 

Shailesh Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Louisville
 

Ronald Smeltz, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
 

Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
 

Michelle L. D. Snyder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Towson University
 

Jim (Jianxun) Song, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University
 

Susmit Suvas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oakland University
 

Vladimir Y. Toshchakov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine
 

Dat Q. Tran, M.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
 

Jing Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Medical Center

Gregory F. Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine
 

Hui Xu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College
 

Xuexian Yang, Ph.D.
Instructor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
 

Jun-Qi Yang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Dengping Yin, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
 

Qigui Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine
 

Shiguang Yu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
 

Bin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Texas, San Antonio
 

Zhu-Xu Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, London Health Sciences Center, Ontario
 

Ming Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
 

Song-Guo Zheng, M.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
 

Juhua Zhou, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
 

Baohua Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine
 

Gang Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medical College of Georgia

Li Zhou, M.D.
Assistant Scientist, Henry Ford Hospital

Sabina Adhikary, Predoctoral Trainee

Temple University

Claudia A. Alves de Araujo, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Chicago

Manjunatha Ankathatti Munegowda, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Saskatchewan

Ephraim A. Ansa-Addo, Predoctoral Trainee

Cellular and Molecular Immunology Research Centre

Sandra Bajana, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Geral C. Baldeviano, Predoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins University

Christina K. Baumgartner, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

BloodCenter of Wisconsin

Salah-Eddine Bentebibel, Predoctoral Trainee

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research

Shirin Z. Birjandi, Predoctoral Trainee

Loyola University Medical Center

Alexander Bocharov, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Sandra Bonne-Annee, Predoctoral Trainee

Thomas Jefferson University

Jonathan Boomer, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Washington University Medical School

Amber L. Buel, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Alabama-Birmingham

Matthew Butcher, Predoctoral Trainee

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Benoit Callendret, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Ana P. Castano, M.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Hong Chang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Yao Chen, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Asiya S. Chida, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Rochester Medical Center

Annapoorani Chockalingam, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Cornell University

Olesya Y. Chornoguz, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Weijen Chua, Predoctoral Trainee

Washington University in St. Louis

Gina M. Cox, Predoctoral Trainee

Ohio State University

Alison Crawford, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Wistar Institute

Lillian Cruz-Orengo, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Washington University School of Medicine

Dima Decker, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Iowa

David J. DiLillo, Predoctoral Trainee

Duke University Medical Center

Brian Dolan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

NIAID, NIH

Yukan Duan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins University

Priyanka Duttagupta, Predoctoral Trainee

Drexel University College of Medicine

Eva-Stina I. Edholm, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Anna U. Eriksson, M.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of California, Los Angeles

Alexey V. Fedulov, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Harvard School of Public Health

Ting Feng, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Alabama, Birmingham

David R. Fooksman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

New York University, Skirball Institute

Loise Francisco, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital

John P. Graham, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Iowa

Daniel S. Green, Predoctoral Trainee

Boston University School of Medicine

Qyana Griffith, Predoctoral Trainee

Boston University School of Medicine

Jianfei Guo, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Texas Health Science Center

Prajwal Gurung, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Iowa

Fei Han, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Northwestern University

Jessica M. Haverkamp, Predoctoral Trainee

Purdue University

Deborah W. Hendricks, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Washington

Joanne Hildebrand, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Iowa

William J. Housley, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Connecticut Health Center

Eduardo Huarte, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Montana State University

Jonathan P. Huber, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Kathryn Hulse, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Northwestern University
 

Madhumita Jagannathan, Predoctoral Trainee

Boston University School of Medicine

Brian M. Janelsins, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Pittsburgh

Sihyug Jang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Michigan

Evan R. Jellison, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Connecticut Health Center

Mithilesh K. Jha, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Yale School of Medicine

Cong Jin, Ph.D., Predoctoral Trainee

Duke University

Shannon Jones, Predoctoral Trainee

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Shilpa Keerthivasan, Predoctoral Trainee

Loyola University Medical Center

Taeg S. Kim, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Virginia

Ae Kim, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins University

Kathryn A. Knoop, Predoctoral Trainee

Emory University

Rahul Kushwah, Predoctoral Trainee

Hospital for Sick Children

Rebecca L. Lamason, Predoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Miles D. Lange, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Kenneth K. Lau, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Florida

Won-Woo Lee, D.V.M., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Yale University

Jessica Lee, Predoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins University

Jason R. Lees, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Maryland, Baltimore

John Leung, M.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Tufts Medical Center

Shitao Li, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Harvard Medical School

Qingsheng Li, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Jianxu Li, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Emory University

Dan Li, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Pei-Yi Lin, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Ying-Chun Lo, Predoctoral Trainee
Johns Hopkins University

Kristina T. Lu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

National Institutes of Health

Carrie Lucas, Predoctoral Trainee

Harvard University

Kara Lukin, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

National Jewish Health

Ileana S. Mauldin, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Virginia

Christine McCary, Predoctoral Trainee

Northwestern University

Jeremiah R. McDole, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Washington University School of Medicine

Caroline McPhee, D.V.M., Postdoctoral Trainee

The Jackson Laboratory

Talibah Metcalf, Predoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health

Terry-Ann Milford, Predoctoral Trainee

Loma Linda University

Jeffrey H. Mills, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Cornell University

Charlotte Mitchell, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Yale University

Mahmood Mohtashami, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Luciana Molinero, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Chicago

Vaishali R. Moulton, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

BIDMC, Harvard Medical School

Sarah C. Mullaly, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of British Columbia

Deepak K. Nayak, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Hristina Nedelkovska, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Rochester Medical Center

Yolanda C. Nesbeth, Predoctoral Trainee

Dartmouth College

Ryan Newton, Predoctoral Trainee

University of California, Irvine

Ling Ni, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research

Patricia Novy, Predoctoral Trainee

Duke University

Caroline Padro, Predoctoral Trainee

Ohio State University

Hao Pan, Predoctoral Trainee

City of Hope
 

Yfke Pasman, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Guelph
 

Jared R. Patch, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Plum Island Animal Disease Center

Nikolaos E. Patsoukis, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Harvard University Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Martin Pelletier, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

NIAMS, NIH

Olga Pena, Predoctoral Trainee

University of British Columbia

Prapaporn Pisitkun, M.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

NIAID, NIH

Yuri O. Poluektov, Predoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins University

Indu Ramachandran, Predoctoral Trainee

Baylor College of Medicine

Jeremy P. Ramsey, Predoctoral Trainee
Vanderbilt University

Dawn K. Reichenbach, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Pittsburgh

Guangwen Ren, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School

Gregory R. Robbins, Predoctoral Trainee

Loyola University Chicago

Naresha Saligrama, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Vermont

Ram Savan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

NCI, NIH

Uciane K. Scarlett, Predoctoral Trainee

Dartmouth College

Kenrick Semple, Predoctoral Trainee

University of South Florida

Revital Shamri, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Lan Shao, Postdoctoral Trainee

Stanford University

Rajesh K. Sharma, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Trainee
University of Louisville

Shalini Sharma, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Tennessee

Brian S. Sheridan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Connecticut Health Center

Laura C. Simone, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Laura M. Snell, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Toronto

Pejman Soroosh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

Thomas A. Stoklasek, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Connecticut Health Center

Ingunn Stromnes, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Washington

Jamie L. Sturgill, Predoctoral Trainee

Virginia Commonwealth University

Ewa Szymanska, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Alabama, Birmingham

John R. Teijaro, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Scripps Research Institute

Robert I. Thacker, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Roberto Tinoco, Predoctoral Trainee

University of California, San Diego

Ashley S. Triplett, Predoctoral Trainee

University of Louisville

Monika Tutaj, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

BloodCenter of Wisconsin

Sibylle von Vietinghoff, M.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

Adam Waickman, Predoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Janelle C. Waite, Ph.D, Postdoctoral Trainee

NYU School of Medicine

Lingyan Wang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Harvard Medical School

Zhaojun Wang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Baomei Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Washington University, St Louis

Kylie E. Webster, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Jennifer H. Wilson-Welder, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Albany Medical College

Amaya I. Wolf, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Wistar Institute

Zuoxiang Xiao, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Johns Hopkins University

Shutao Xie, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Gang Xin, Predoctoral Trainee

Imperial College, UK

Wei Xu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research

Dan Xu, Predoctoral Trainee

Ohio State University

Weiguo Yao, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Indiana University School of Medicine

Jui-Hung Yen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Temple University School of Medicine

Sanhong Yu, Ph.D., Postdoctroal Trainee

Penn State University

Alexandra Zanin-Zhorov, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

New York University

Qing Zhang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

Burnham Institute for Medical Research

Ai-Hong Zhang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Xin Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee

University of Connecticut Health Center