Research Collaborate Lab Hall

Center for Immunology

Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Immunology Trainees

Meet Our Students

Olaide Abiona

Graduate Student

oabiona@mcw.edu

Reilly Allison

Year Entered MCW: 2019

rallison@mcw.edu

Leonard Asare

Graduate Student

Kelli Sommers

G4 Student

ksommers@mcw.edu

Advised by Bonnie Dittel, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Alfredo Colina

Graduate Student

Erika Johansen

Graduate Student

ejohansen@mcw.edu

Sritejasvinthi Karimikonda

G4 Student

skarimikonda@mcw.edu

Advised by Nita Salzman, MD, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Mohamed Khalil

M3 Student

mokhalil@mcw.edu

Advised by Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD, and Scott Terhune, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Mallika Khurana

Graduate Student

mkhurana@mcw.edu

Ao Mei

Graduate Student

Katy LaFond

Graduate Student

klafond@mcw.edu

Angela Beltrame

Graduate Student

anbeltrame@mcw.edu

Donovan Drouillard

G3 Student

ddrouillard@mcw.edu

Advised by Michael Dwinell, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Jordan Munos

Year Entered MCW: 2021

Maria Poimenidou

Graduate Student

mpoimenidou@mcw.edu

Lauren Prochniak

Graduate Student

lprochniak@mcw.edu

Cade Rahlf

Graduate Student

Damon Schmalzriedt

G3 Student

dschmalzried@mcw.edu

Advised by Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Gage Stuttgen

Graduate Student

gstuttgen@mcw.edu

Dandan Wang

Graduate Student

danwang@mcw.edu

Nathan Witman

Graduate Student

nwitman@mcw.edu

Lu Zhou

Graduate Student

Elisabeth Solis

Graduate Student

Sameya Aurna

Graduate Student

Rajdip Basnet

Graduate Student

rbasnet@mcw.edu

Matthew Brown

G1 Student

maabrown@mcw.edu

Advised by Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Andrew Cao

G1 Student

Advised by Renren Wen, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Mohamed Gadelkarim

Graduate Student

mgadelkarim@mcw.edu

Olamilekan George

Graduate Student

otgeorge@mcw.edu

Mina Ghobrial

G2 Student

mghobrial@mcw.edu

Advised by Curt Sigmund PhD, and Pablo Nakagawa, PhD, Physiology

Shannon Kafura

Graduate Student

skafura@mcw.edu

Thomas Mier

G1 Student

Advised by Bonnie Dittel, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Meet Our Clinical & Research Fellows

Amina Bedrat, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Position within Catalyst: Consultant

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Kaitlin Johnson, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Position within Catalyst: Consultant

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Savannah Neu, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jennifer Stancill, PhD

Mentor: John Corbett, PhD

Research Interests: Pancreatic beta-cells, Diabetes, Oxidative stress, Inflammatory cytokines, Nitric oxide | PAC subcommittee: PAC Co-chair

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