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Kevin Jennings

Graduate Student

Locations

Microbiology & Immunology

Contact Information

kjennings@mcw.edu

Biography

Mentor: Nita Salzman, MD, PhD
Year Entered MCW: 2017
Previous Education: BS, Biochemistry, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, 2016

Research Interests

"I am interested in the interaction between gut bacteria and the host. Particularly the gut’s immune modulation as a response to commensal bacteria and how the balance of inflammation and immunosuppression is affected by our model bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis."

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