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Susan Kaech, PhD

Professor Adjunct-Immunobiology

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Susan Kaech, PhD

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Biography

Education

Stanford University Ph.D., Developmental Biology 1993-1998
University of Washington, Seattle, WA B.S., Cellular and Molecular Biology 1989-1993

Professional Experience

1990-1991 Undergraduate Researcher, Div. of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1991-1993 Undergraduate Researcher, Dept. of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle
1993-1998 Graduate Student, Dept. of Developmental Biology, Stanford University

1999-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University
2004-2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University

2009-2015 Associate Professor, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University

2015-present Professor, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University

2009-2015 HHMI Early Career Scientist



Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship 1993-1996

Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship 1999-2002

Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation Award in Biomedical Sciences 2003-2008

Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Award 2005-2008

Cancer Research Institute Investigator Award 2005-2009

American Asthma Foundation Investigator 2007-2010

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 2007

Howard Hughes Early Career Scientist 2009-2015




Education & Training

  • PhD
    Stanford University (1998)
  • BS
    University of Washington, Cellular and Molecular Biology (1993)

Activities

  • Co-PI: Batu Erman at Sabanci University HIV, HCV, WHO
    Turkey (2010-2012)
    Transcriptional Control of IL-7 Receptor (IL-7R) in T Cells

Honors & Recognition

AwardAwarding OrganizationDate
HHMI Early Career ScientistHHMI2009
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)2007
American Asthma Foundation Investigator Award2007
Cancer Research Institute Investigator AwardCRI2005
Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Award2005
Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation Award in Biomedical Sciences2003
Damon Runyon-Walter Foundation Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship1999
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship1993

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