Student Profiles

Alia graduated from the University of California Los Angeles with a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. She worked in the lab of Dr. Amy Rowat investigating the molecular underpinnings of pancreatic cancer cell deformability and stiffness. After graduation, Alia worked as a research technician in the lab of Dr. Clifford Lowell at the University of California San Francisco, where she studied regulators of innate immune signaling and assessed their potential as immunotherapy targets. She is currently attending medical school at the University of Illinois Chicago and is part of their Medical Scientist Training Program. Alia will now be working with Dr. Stefan Muljo at NIAID and Dr. Anindita Roy at Oxford to investigate mechanisms underlying the transition from fetal to postnatal hematopoiesis and their role in the development of hematological diseases.