Susan Kaech PhD

Associate Professor of Immunobiology; HHMI Early Career Scientist

Biographical Info

EducationStanford 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-present Associate Professor, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University
2009-present HHMI Early Career Scientist  

Honors and Awards 
American Women in Science 1991 
Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Internship 1992 
National Science Foundation Undergraduate Scientist 1992-1993 
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 Investigator Award 2005-2009 
Sandler Program for Asthma Research 2007-2010 
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 2007  
Howard Hughes Early Career Scientist 2009-2015

International Activity

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

Education & Training

B.S.

University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1993)

Ph.D.

Stanford University (1998)

Honors & Recognition

• HHMI Early Career Scientist
  HHMI (2009)
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
  (2007)
• Sandler Program for Asthma Research
  (2007)
• Cancer Research Investigator Award
  NIH (2005)
• Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Award
  (2005)
• Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation Award in Biomedical Sciences
  (2003)
• Damon Runyon-Walter Foundation Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship
  (1999)
• National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
  (1993)
• National Science Foundation Undergraduate Scientist
  (1992)
• Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Internship
  (1992)
• American Women in Science
  (1991)