The M3D Program is proud to announce the four newest graduates of the M3D PhD program. The following students successfully defended their PhD thesis in Autumn 2025:
Dr. Haroldo Rodriguez defended his thesis “Characterizing the role of tumor-specific B cells in Merkel cell carcinoma disease control” on October 9th, 2025
Dr. Cade Ito defended his thesis “CRISPR Screening in Primary Human B Cells to Improve B Cell Therapies” on December 2nd, 2025.
Dr. Iyabode Tiamiyu defended her thesis “Cellular and Molecular Dissection of the CD8+ T-Cell Response to Kaposi Sarcoma: Implications for Immunotherapeutic Strategies” on December 5th, 2025
Dr. Alex Goldstein defended his thesis “Engineered Heart Tissues for Advanced Disease Modeling” on December 12th, 2025.