On Friday, June 6, and Saturday, June 7, 349 immunologists from 19 institutions met at UVA’s Newcomb Hall for the 2025 Southeastern Immunology Symposium. Across 26 talks and 172 posters, participants shared cutting-edge research on the role of the immune … Read More
Resident Member Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, has received an Exceptional Project research grant from the Breast Cancer Alliance. The award, issued to researchers “pursuing innovative, high-impact research in breast cancer,” will fund Rutkowski’s project “Defining How the Gut Microbiome Promotes Lung-associated … Read More
Kelsey Voss, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, was recently voted to join the CIC membership. Voss, who came to UVA from a postdoctoral position at Vanderbilt, is an expert in the immune system’s interactions with physiological iron. All cells need … Read More
Rossymar “Ross” Rivera Colón, a PhD student mentored by Kristin Anderson, PhD, won the third place and audience choice prizes at this year’s UVA Grad Thesis Slam. The event, put on by the university’s PhD+ program, challenges graduate students to … Read More
Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, & Cancer Biology and Resident Member of the Carter Immunology Center, received a $600,000 Empowering Lupus Research Program grant award from the Lupus Research Alliance. Autoimmune diseases like lupus affect over 200 … Read More
Two undergraduate students mentored by Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz, PhD, Iana Niknezhad and Aditi Shanbhag, received funding for summer research this week. Zegarra-Ruiz is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology and Resident Member of the CIC. His team studies … Read More
Malcolm O’Malley, a second-year graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering advised by Jeffrey Saucerman, PhD, has received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). He is a member of the CIC’s Immunology Training Program, having … Read More
Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, recently was voted to become a Resident Member of the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research. Her team will take over the research space vacated by former CIC director Vic Engelhard, PhD, after his retirement. Rutkowski, … Read More
Natasha Sheybani, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, was recently voted to become a member of the CIC. As research director of the Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, she specializes in using Focused Ultrasound … Read More
Dr. Christine Nelson, PhD, recently joined the CIC membership. Nelson’s research focuses on understanding the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB). Originally from Minnesota, she pursued her graduate studies in immunology with a focus on cancer and autoimmunity before transitioning … Read More
