Bios

Principal Investigator

Laurent Brossay

Charles A. and Helen B. Stuart Professor of Medical Science, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

 

 

 

Postdoctoral Researchers

Shanelle Reilly

I am interested in the role that non-classical CD8+ T cells play during infections and cancer. Using MCMV as a model, I am working to understand the role these non-classical cells play during chronic infection. Beyond research, I have worked at the Brown Writing Center as a Writing Associate since 2018. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, skiing, traveling, playing/coaching volleyball, and spending time with my dogs. I also love to spend my weekends visiting the White Mountains in NH.

 

 

Jacob Myers
I am interested in studying the innate and adaptive immune response to cancer. Specifically, I focus on KLRG1 – an inhibitory receptor expressed on populations of T and NK cells – and its role in weakening anti-tumor immunity. I use in vivo tumor models and transgenic mice to study how KLRG1 interacts with E-cadherin, one of its binding partners, and how this interaction dampens the host immune response. Ultimately I hope to translate my research findings into novel immunotherapeutics for cancer.

 

 

Graduate Students

Samantha Borys

I am interested in understanding how checkpoint inhibitors influence the immune microenvironment of the salivary glands during immune related adverse events and viral infection. In addition to my research, I enjoy teaching and mentoring students interested in careers in science. I also love experimenting in the kitchen, playing tabletop/video games, gardening, kayaking, volunteering with exotic animals, and watching movies with my dog.

 

 

Miles Mundy

I am interested in how the immune response differs by tissue type. I hope to explore how natural killer cells in the lung and other secondary non lymphoid tissue respond to viral challenge, using MCMV as a disease model. I further hope to characterize the specific roles that tissue resident NK cells, conventional NK cells and other innate lymphoid cell  populations play in viral clearance. Outside of the lab, I enjoy playing video games, cooking, spending time with my dog, Kohaku, and traveling.

 

 

Staff

Celine Fugere – Lab Manager

Delia Demers – Senior Research Associate

 

Undergraduate Students

Gabrielle Derrick

 

 

Previous Graduate Students

Scott Robbins – Pathobiology Graduate Program, Brown University 2000-2004

Derek Boucher – MCB Program, Brown University 2004-2005

Johnna Wesley – Pathobiology Graduate Program, Brown University. 2002-2007

Marlowe Tessmer – Pathobiology Graduate Program, Brown University 2003-2007

Cindy Banh – MCB Graduate Program, Brown University 2006-2011

Nathanael Lee – Pathobiology Graduate Program, Brown University 2009–2010

Leon Toussaint – Pathobiology Graduate Program, Brown University 2007-2012

Emma Reilly – Pathobiology Graduate Program, Brown University 2007-2012

Tim Erick – MCB Graduate Program, Brown University 2011-2017

Courtney Anderson – Pathobiology Graduate Program, Brown University 2012-2018

Garvin Dodard – Pathobiology Graduate Program, Brown University 2015-2020

Angela Tata – MCB Graduate Program, Brown University 2015-2021

Alex Jordon – Pathobiology Graduate Program 2018-2024

 

Previous Post-Doctoral Trainees

Ayesha Fatima, MD – Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2008-2009

Shahjahan Miah – Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-2018

 

Previous Staff

Jeffery McNamara – Staff Scientist, 2018-2021

 

Previous Undergraduate Students

Irene Young, Boris Gershman, Carla Fowler, James Watson, William Schachterle, Jacquelyn Parente, Jonathan Chong, Jorge Rodriguez Barrios, Tran Le, Deanna Chaukos, Valerie Wong, Nathanael Lee, Evan Smith, Elizabeth Thompson, Amed Logrono, Jean Guan, Alexander Salter, Joseph Matthew, Nicole Peterson, Zack Bodinger, Vivian Ojeda, Mimi Lee, Lilit Gregoryan, Elizabeth Hart, Joshua Pirl, Elaine Hsu, Arya Ökten, Leena Surapaneni, Caylah Griffin, Melissa Aldana, Pran Teelucksingh