Ruddie Buddies/ Rudd Rats/ Ruddites

Brian D. Rudd, Ph.D., MPH
Principal Investigator
Specializes in dad jokes, writing grants, and sending the lab emails at 5 am.

Norah L. Smith, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
CD8+ T cell developmental origin and response to infection

Neva B. Watson, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Associate
Bystander activation of CD8+ T cells

Zachary Hilt, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Associate
CD8+ T cell response to congenital CMV infection

Janelle Veazey, Ph.D.
Post-doctral Associate
The effects of maternal nutrition on their offspring's CD8+ T cell compartment

Kristel J. Yee Mon
Graduate Student
Developmentally regulated miRNA in the formation of CD8+ T cell populations

Cybelle Tabilas
Graduate Student
CD8+ T cell survival and ontogeny

Scarlett Lee, DVM
Graduate Student
Host response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Viviana Maymi
Dual degree Ph.D.-DVM student
micro-RNAs and post-thymic maturation of CD8 T cells

Sam Wesnak
Lab Technician
General lab maintenance and colony genotyping