Lab Members
Bill Green
Principal Investigator
Dr. Green received his BS from the University of Michigan in 1972 and his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1977. Dr. Green's subsequent postdoctoral work was supported by an individual NIH postdoctoral fellowship, and he was a research associate in Immunology at first Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and then at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) and the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. He became an Assistant Member/Professor at FHCRC and the UW in 1980. Dr. Green joined the faculty of the Department of Microbiology at Dartmouth Medical School in 1983. From 1992-2002 Dr. Green served as Director of the Immunology Program, including the Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy Program of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, before becoming Chair of the Microbiology and Immunology (M/I) Department in July, 2002. From January, 2008 through September 2010, he served one term as Dean of Dartmouth Medical School before returning to chairmanship of the M/I Department, and Director of the Dartmouth Community Medical School.
Kathy Green
Senior Research Assistant
As a child growing up in Ohio, Kathy always had a curiosity about science and nature. This translated into earning a RN degree from the St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing in Toledo, Ohio, preparing her for 12 years of working in critical care units. In 1983, Kathy, Bill and their two children left the Seattle area (goodbye Mt. St. Helens and Rainier, we'll miss you!) and moved to the Hanover area where Bill would start a new Professorship at Dartmouth Medical School. Kathy's curiosity for science resurfaced and she decided to join the lab. She soon learned many lab techniques, and developed the ability to gather and interpret data, resulting over the years, a number of first authored publications. Kathy's recent lab project has been studying the role of myeloid derived suppressor cells in the LP-BM5 induced murine model of immunodeficiency.
Megan O'Connor
Graduate Student
Megan hails from the west coast, born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She went to undergrad in sunny California where she received a BA in Integrative Biology and a minor in Slavic Languages and Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. After graduation she headed back up north where she was a research assistant at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI) at Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU). It was at OHSU that Megan gained a passion for immunology and viruses, leading her to the Green Lab at Dartmouth. In the Green Lab Megan is looking at innate immune mechanisms influencing LP-BM5 viral pathogenesis. When Megan is not busy in the lab she enjoys running, cooking, avoiding the extreme New England weather and just relaxing.
Jessica Rastad
Graduate Student
Jess grew up in Grafton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Worcester. She attended Grafton public schools where she developed a love for science, specifically health related sciences. When two of her cousins were diagnosed with Common Variable Immunodeficiency, she began to learn more about immunology and became fascinated with the epic struggle between the host and pathogens. She received her BS at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Biology/Biotechnology with a minor in Chemistry. Outside of science, Jess' passions include reading and being with friends, family, and her pets. Jess is currently studying mechanisms used by myeloid-derived suppressor cells to down-regulate the adaptive immune system in the MAIDS model.
Previous Lab Members
Jim Cook
Post-Doc
Cynthia Stevens
Graduate Student
Cyndi grew up in the backwoods of the Connecticut River valley in New Hampshire. Her love of nature brought her to Keene State College to complete a BS in Biology where she worked on the microbiological composition of compost. Cyndi discovered a passion for research after being awarded the American Cancer Society's Alvan T. - Viola D. Fuller Fellowship, an award which enabled her to spend the summer before her senior year of college at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth researching the role of NK cells in ovarian cancer. Now that she is at the Geisel School as a graduate student, Cyndi studies the role of CD8 T cells in protection from LP-BM5 pathogenesis. When she's not in the lab, Cyndi enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.
Whitney Fu
Undergraduate Student
Whitney is from San Diego, CA and is attending Dartmouth College, class of 2013. She is currently studying biology and anthropology. When Whitney is not in class or in the lab, she enjoys hiking, canoeing, running, cooking, and working as a theater tech at the HOP. Whitney also loves to travel and spent a term living in Mongolia for three months. Whitney is working on phenotypically sorting different MDSC subpopulations in order to learn more regarding their functionality.