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Current CTSC Postdoctoral T32 Fellows

Kala Mahen, T32 Postdoc

Kala Mahen, PhD

  • Topic: Mechanisms through which intratumoral bacterial load drives immune suppression and therapy resistance in head & neck squamous cell carcinoma.   
  • Mentor: Natalie Silver
  • Location: Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute
Melissa Shinfuku, T32 Postdoc

Melissa Shinfuku, PhD

  • Topic: Developing phage cocktails to treat bacterial vaginosis
  • Mentor: Gina Lewin
  • Location: Case Western Reserve University 
Headshot of Brandon Smith

Brandon Smith, PhD

  • Topic: Immune checkpoints on astrocytes as a protective therapeutic mechanism during chronic autoimmunity
  • Mentor: Jessica Williams
  • Location: Cleveland Clinic Lerner Institute