Kenneth Hoehn, DPhil
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Data Science
DPhil, University of Oxford
BS, Duke University
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Office: Williamson Building 319, DHMC
I am a computational immunologist with a background broadly within evolutionary biology. My research focuses on developing computational evolutionary approaches for studying B cell biology during infection, vaccination, and autoimmune disease. As part of this research, I developed the software packages IgPhyML and Dowser during my DPhil work in the Pybus lab at Oxford and my postdoctoral training in the Kleinstein lab at Yale School of Medicine, respectively. I also work extensively with experimental collaborators to understand adaptive immunity in a variety of conditions such as COVID-19, food allergies, and the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis. Outside of science, I spend as much time as I can climbing rock and ice, skiing, and hiking. I have a history of funding from the NIH and other sources. This includes a K99/R00 through NIAID and a postdoctoral fellowship through the PhRMA Foundation. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Jessie Fielding
Research Scientist
Department of Biomedical Data Science
BS, Princeton University
Jessie is from Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. She graduated from Princeton University in 2021 with a degree in computer science and applied mathematics, and worked in software development for several years before returning to her passion for research and biology. Jessie enjoys karate, rugby, and doing puzzles with her cats.
Lowrey Peyton
PhD Student (co-supervised by Dr. Jiwon Lee)
Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
BS, Virginia Tech
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Lowrey Peyton is a PhD student in the Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (QBS) program. In her undergraduate, she studied systems biology at Virginia Tech and worked with Dr. Daniela Cimini for her senior thesis to examine the role of centromere stiffness in mitosis. After graduating, she joined the Vaccine Research Center at the NIH, supervised by Drs. Daniel Douek and Chaim Schramm, where she contributed to single-cell studies characterizing the innate and adaptive immune responses to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in humans and non-human primates. When she’s not in the lab, she enjoys cooking, skiing, and reading.
Sherry Wu
PhD Student
Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
MS, New York University
BS, Chongqing University
Sherry is a PhD student in the Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (QBS) program at Dartmouth, originally from Beijing, China. Prior to Dartmouth, she studied economics as an undergraduate and received her master’s degree in biostatistics at NYU. Her research interests lie in developing statistical and computational methods for immunology with a focus on integrating machine learning techniques and Bayesian approaches. Outside of her academic pursuits, Sherry enjoys musicals, operas and exploring the great outdoors through running and hiking.
Ishita Singh
Undergraduate Researcher
Dartmouth College
Ishita is an undergraduate student from Mumbai, India, majoring in Computer Science and Biology, with a concentration in Computational and Cellular Biology, at Dartmouth College. At the lab, she’s currently carrying out bioinformatic analysis examining B cell receptor repertoires in patients with COVID-19. Outside of the lab, she enjoys music, coffee, reading, and the outdoors.
Oreo
Lab mascot
Oreo is a small dog of unclear genetic background who serves in important symbolic and public relations roles for the lab. She works from home but makes occasional appearances at outdoor events. Outside of work, Oreo enjoys hiking, running, and sleeping on the couch.
Collaborating labs
Steven H. Kleinstein, PhD
Departments of Pathology and Immunology
Yale School of Medicine, CT
https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/kleinstein/
Kevin C. O’Connor, PhD
Departments of Neurology and Immunobiology
Yale School of Medicine, CT
https://medicine.yale.edu/lab/oconnor/
Mark J. Shlomchik, MD, PhD
Department of Immunology
University of Pittsburgh, PA
https://www.immunology.pitt.edu/lab/129
Ali H. Ellebedy, PhD
Departments of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
http://www.ellebedylab.org/
Maria Curotto de Lafaille, PhD
Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Precision Immunology Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
https://www.marialafaillelab.org
Susan Moir, PhD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health, MD
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/moir-research-group
Ari Melnick, MD
Department of Medicine and Pharmacology
Weill Cornell Medicine, NY
https://melnicklab.weill.cornell.edu