Eva Allen

Motivated student currently working towards degree in Nursing (BSN). Adept at prepping resources, equipment and materials for research. Extensive background in immunotherapy research.

• Awarded 1st place Undergraduate/Masters Oral Presentation 2022 MUSC Research Day, "Developing next-generation chimeric antigen receptor regulatory T cell therapies for type 1 diabetes using Hydropore technology"
• Presented “Functional effects of chimeric antigen receptor co-receptor signaling domains in human regulatory T cells”, Dawson et al Sci Transl Med 2020, in Journal Club.
• Trained 3 undergraduate students on laboratory techniques and research fundamentals.
• Wrote protocol on Surface and Intracellular Staining for Flow Cytometry.

• "How to Test Human CAR T cells in Solid Tumors, The Next Frontier of CAR T Cell Therapy" Cochrane et al (Methods in Molecular Biology, Springer Nature) 2023
• "Repurposing chimeric antigen receptor regulatory T cells for treating cancer" Ferreira et al (Abstract Pre Print) 2024
• "High affinity chimeric antigen receptor signaling induces an inflammatory program in human regulatory T cells" (Pre Print) 2024

• MUSC Children's Hospital Youth Patient Advisory Council Chair- 2017 to 2023

Group of youth MUSC patients meeting monthly to discuss possible changes to the hospital. Give input based on personal experience to better the hospital.

• Big Fish, Little Fish, MUSC Children's Hospital — Mentor 2019-2020

Support group for newly diagnosed Type 1 Diabetics. Works with youth diabetic MUSC patients to cope with the challenges of diabetes.