Lydia Raines

Lydia completed her PhD at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland OH under the mentorship of Dr. Stanley Huang. There she studied how stress responses regulate immunosuppressive polarization of macrophages through metabolic and epigenetic means. For her Postdoc, Lydia is interested in understanding how tumor-immune cell communication influences immune evasion and pro-tumoral function through maniuplation of tumor or immune cell metabolism. 

Fun fact: I once accidentally headbutted a shark 

Hobbies: I love hiking, video games, and collecting house plants (I currently own over 30 varieties!)