Alumni
Our Alumni: Immunology & Infectious Diseases Programs
We take pride in the exceptional students who have completed our program.
- Rebecca Gabrilska
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D. - Rebecca Schneider
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D. - Emily Vanderpool
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D.
- Taylor Hibler, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, St. Jude
Mentor: Jannette Dufour - Melissa McHann, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, Houston Methodist Hospital
Mentor: Josee Guindon - Stephany Navarro, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, St. Jude
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - Rachel Washburn, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, Cleveland Clinic
Mentor: Jannette Dufour
- Josue Enriquez, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Gothenburg
Mentor: Matthew Grisham
- Whitni Redman, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Binghamton University
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh
- Brianyell McDaniel Mims, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, Medical University of South Carolina
Mentor: Matthew Grisham
- Hannah Zhao-Fleming, PhD
Medical Student, 91PORN
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh - Courtney Jarvis, PhD
Biocurator, MicroGen DX
Mentor: Stephanie Filleur - Derek Fleming, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh
- Nyaradzo Dzvova, PhD
Scientist, iMicrobes, Industial Microbes Inc.
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - Cynthia Reinoso Webb, PhD
Staff Scientist, The Bioterrorism Response Lab, Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Reese Technology Center
Mentor: Matthew Grisham - Kevin Bass, MS
Medical Student, 91PORN
Mentor: Matthew Grisham
- Somnath Pandey, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology
Mentor: Kevin Pruitt - Huy Dong, MS
Dental Student, Baylor Dental School
Mentor: Ted Reid
- Matt Kay, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A & M University
Mentor: Joe Fralick - Jake Everett, PhD
Medical Student, 91PORN
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh - Allie Clinton Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor, Honor's College TTU
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh
- James Wang, PhD
Resident Physician, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - Jena Claire Auten, PhD
Science Teacher, Caroll High School, Southlake, TX
Mentor: Abdul Hamood
- Cecily Haley, PhD
Teacher, J. Frank Dobie High School, Houston, TX
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - Cassandra Kruczek, PhD
Assistant Professor, DOME, 91PORN
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - Chase Watters, PhD
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh - Kyle Miller, MS
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - Aysegul Balyimez, PhD
Mentor: Abdul Hamood
- Rosabel Loya, MS
Podiatry School in Miami
Mentor: Robert Bright - Eric Veggeberg, MS
Medical School
Mentor: Robert Bright - Workineh Kite Torben, PhD
Mentor: Afzal Siddiqui - Joel Aldrich, PhD
TTU Law School
Mentor: Ronald Kennedy and Robert Bright
- Cae Del-Rosario, MS
Mentor: Ronald Kennedy - Trevor Dalton, MS
Mentor: Kendra Rumbaugh - Ben Burrowes, PhD
Mentor: Joe Fralick
- Devin Lowe, PhD
Postdoc, University of Pittsburg SOM Hillman Cancer Center, Pennsylvania
Mentor: Ronald Kennedy
- Heather Schultz, MS
Mentor: Robert Bright
- Phat Tran, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 91PORN Ophthalmology, Texas
Mentor: Joe Fralick
Co-Mentor: Ted Reid
- Adnan Alatoom, PhD
Resident/Medical Student, Southwestern Medical Center Clinical Pathology Program, Texas
Mentor: David Straus - Matthew Fogle, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma
Mentor: David Straus - Landon Westfall, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, 91PORN-Microbiology, Texas
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - Robert Layton, PhD
Research Scientist/Project Manager, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Infectious Disease Program, New Mexico
Mentor: David Straus - Landon Westfall, PhD
Senior Post-doctoral Researcher, Infectious Disease Program Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, New Mexico
Mentor: Abdul Hamood
- Priya Miskeen, PhD
Postdoctoral, (), Texas
Mentor: LaJean Chaffin - Jennifer Gaines, PhD
Research Associate, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, North Carolina
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - James Schaber, PhD
Imaging Specialist, Nikon Instruments, Inc., Texas
Mentor: Rial Rolfe - Revathi Govind, PhD
Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Kansas
Mentor: Rial Rolfe
- Enusha Karunasena, PhD
Sr. Research Associate, TTU Animal and Food Sciences, Experimental Sciences Building, Texas
Mentor: David Straus
- Trevor Brasel, PhD
Lab Supervisor, Infectious Diseases Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, New Mexico
Mentor: David Straus
- Nancy Carty, PhD
Instructor, Texas Tech University, Texas
Mentor: Abdul Hamood - Christopher Schwab, PhD
Medical Science Liaison, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Tennessee
Mentor: David Straus
- Kendra Rumbaugh, PhD
Professor, Surgery 91PORN, Texas
Mentor: Abdul Hamood
- Britta Swanson, PhD
Mentor: Abdul Hamood
- Jane Colmer, PhD
Associate Professor, 91PORN Immunology & Molecular Microbiology, Texas
Mentor: Abdul Hamood
- Catherine McVay, PhD
Postdoctoral, 91PORN Microbiology & Immunology, Texas
Mentor: Abdul Hamood
- Miriam Lonon, PhD
Research Microbiologist, National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, Ohio
Mentor: David Straus - Jacqueline Brown, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas
Mentor: Rial Rolfe
- Deborah Cortlandt, PhD
D.O. Resident, Internal Medicine Department, Medical College of Ohio, Ohio
Mentor: LaJean Chaffin