Research Training in Experimental Immunology T32
The Research Training in Experimental Immunology T32 has an enormous and widespread impact at U-M Medical School by:
- Fostering the development of the Graduate Program in Immunology (GPI)
- Providing a cohesive infrastructure to bring multidisciplinary researchers from across campus together to facilitate collaborations on problems of immunologic importance
- Stimulating immunology-related faculty recruitment
- Providing outstanding research and mentoring support to meet the growing demands of students and post-doctoral fellows wanting to prepare for immunology-related careers
Applicant Eligibility
Our T32 currently supports 6 predoctoral candidates and 2 post-doctoral fellows. Students can be in any PhD program and apply.
Because the T32 is federally funded, applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents.
Our History
U-M Medical School's Immunology T32 was initially funded by an NIAID grant awarded in 1993. The 1993 application played an important and cohesive role in bonding immunology research laboratories located in various administrative homes across the medical school and involved faculty scientists and trainees who were associated with multiple participating departments, including Pathology, Surgery, Microbiology & Immunology, and several divisions in the Department of Internal Medicine.
This interdisciplinary structure provided an inclusive environment to place our students and fellows into the best immunology laboratories.
Current Trainees
- Benjamin Anderson
- Fawziyah Khatri
- Luis Teran Rodriguez
- Jonah Da Silva
- Isabel Vanderzee
- Kaylyn Whitehead
- Melanie Donahue
- Gabby Entrup
Resources & Learning Opportunities
The Immunology T32 organized resources from both the institution and the T32 itself to support preceptors and trainees. These programs are still active today and include a weekly work in progress seminar; a monthly invited speaker seminar program; and “Research Colloquium” courses that offer students an opportunity for focused, guided study of “Special Topics in Translational Immunology” and “Experimental Immunology”.
The seminar series also serves to gather diverse faculty and post-doctoral researchers, including many not officially associated with the GPI, but with overlapping research interests together to facilitate interactions and collaborations. The T32 also helps to sponsor an annual retreat for the Immunology community.
Executive Committee
Bethany Moore, PhD
Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
Malini Raghavan, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School
Shannon A Carty, MD
Associate Director Academic Program
Immunology Graduate Program
Medical School
Weiping Zou
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Pathology
Medical School
