Project: Therapeutic targeting of human islets with recombinant regulatory T cells

►Where are you from originally, and where did you go to school?

Originally from Evergreen, Colorado. I attended Yale University for college and Stanford University for medical school, graduate school and residency.

►What is your current position?

Assistant professor

►What is the “Big Picture” of what you study?

Immune tolerance in transplantation

►What is your favorite aspect of your research?

Finding new ways to bring scientific discovery forward to help patients.

► What do you hope to achieve with your research?

Contribute to the next generation of therapies for immune tolerance. small molecule optimized for testing in humans.