Really couldn't be more proud to have the last chapter of my PhD finally out in publication at @cellpress.bsky.social.

We looked at the mechanisms behind how the developing gut microbiota in newborns plays a role in education of the pulmonary immune response against respiratory viruses.

That's all the new stuff for now! Excited to see how this platform works for scientific communication and continue updating as I finish up my MD/PhD and look forward to residency and beyond.

And this is the second paper from my PhD, still in preprint, but hopefully out soon! We found a novel mechanism for T cell programming by the gut microbiota early in life important for protection against influenza. Some really cool mechanistic immunology and use of human data sets.

This was the first paper from my PhD, where we found that the gut microbiota programs pulmonary innate immune responses to bacterial pneumonia in non-human primates. It was a great look at unique neutrophil populations in the lungs important in early-life host defense!

Here's a recap from finishing the PhD part of my MD/PhD! It was a great time in the Deshmukh Lab, learning about newborn pulmonary immune development.

Now over halfway through the 3rd year of medical school, it's been awesome seeing how scientific advances fit into clinical care.

It won't really work well to transfer over everything from X, so I'll take this chance to start new!

Intro:

Hi everyone! My name is Jake- MD/PhD student at UCCOM and Cincy Children's. PhD on how antibiotics affect newborn immune responses to pneumonia. Interested in peds-critical care. I love running and cycling- an attempt to outpace the many ups and downs of med/grad school. Moving over from X!