I must have been a challenging child.
"Why is it this way?"
"How did that happen?"
"What's next?"
My never ending questions about the world around me manifested as love for nature and animals from a young age.
After graduating from the Cambridge School of Weston (MA) in 2005, I obtained my B.S. in Biology from Beloit College (WI) in 2010. During my time at Beloit I became interested in the evolution of immunity and chose to return to Boston for a post-baccalaureate research fellowship in the Department of Pathology at the Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. I began my Ph.D. in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis at Emory University in Atlanta, GA in 2012 and supported my work with an NRSA Ruth L. Kirschstein F31 National Research Service Award from 2014-2018.
After receiving my doctorate in 2018, I embarked on a postdoctoral fellowship in the Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research & Education (SPIRE) Program at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (IRACDA, NIGMS K12). During my SPIRE fellowship, I served as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC and enjoyed exploring the intersection of STEM education and cognitive psychology in the classroom.
I am now a PGY4 fellow in the Duke-UNC Immunotherapy Training Grant (NCI: T32CA211056-01A1) program at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Research Center in Chapel Hill, NC, where I am continuing my work assessing the epigenetic plasticity of Type II innate lymphoid cells in the gastrointestinal tract after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
"Why is it this way?"
"How did that happen?"
"What's next?"
My never ending questions about the world around me manifested as love for nature and animals from a young age.
After graduating from the Cambridge School of Weston (MA) in 2005, I obtained my B.S. in Biology from Beloit College (WI) in 2010. During my time at Beloit I became interested in the evolution of immunity and chose to return to Boston for a post-baccalaureate research fellowship in the Department of Pathology at the Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. I began my Ph.D. in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis at Emory University in Atlanta, GA in 2012 and supported my work with an NRSA Ruth L. Kirschstein F31 National Research Service Award from 2014-2018.
After receiving my doctorate in 2018, I embarked on a postdoctoral fellowship in the Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research & Education (SPIRE) Program at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (IRACDA, NIGMS K12). During my SPIRE fellowship, I served as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, NC and enjoyed exploring the intersection of STEM education and cognitive psychology in the classroom.
I am now a PGY4 fellow in the Duke-UNC Immunotherapy Training Grant (NCI: T32CA211056-01A1) program at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Research Center in Chapel Hill, NC, where I am continuing my work assessing the epigenetic plasticity of Type II innate lymphoid cells in the gastrointestinal tract after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Contact me: sonia.laurie@gmail.com
