Kristina Burrack, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

I am an immunologist with extensive experience investigating the immune response to pathogens of global health importance using small animal models and clinical samples. My long-term research goal is to develop a comprehensive understanding of host-pathogen interactions to enhance immunity and improve vaccination strategies against deadly diseases such as malaria.

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
• PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
• BA, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

NCBI My Bibliography

• 1R01AI185750-01: Enhancing T and B cell responses to Plasmodium infection and vaccination via IL-15; 06/2024 – 04/2029; PI
• 1R21AI182639-01A1: Investigating Plasmodium vaccination in 'dirty' mice; 06/2024 – 4/2029; PI
• R01 HD108015-01 (NICHD): Mechanisms of innate immune dysfunction in SIV/malaria co-infection in pregnancy role; 01/2022 – 12/2026; Consultant
• R01 RHL158756A (NHLBI), role: Immunologic basis of cardiac disease after severe COVID-19; 04/2022 – 03/2026; Co-Investigator
• K22 AI143969-01A1 (NIAID): Investigating IL-10-producing suppressive NK cells; 06/2020 – 09/2022; PI
• UL1TR002494 (NCATS): Investigating IL-10-producing natural killer cells and their immune-modulatory functions; 03/2022 – 02/2024; K-R01 Scholar