In October 2025, the Ross lab, in collaboration with the Kelsey Voss lab at UVA, were awarded a UVA BRAIN Institute Transformative Neuroscience Pilot grant to study tumor associated macrophages and identify druggable targets in the context of pediatric high-grade glioma. Trainees are absolutely able to contribute to this exciting project!

Are you a graduate student looking for your home lab? We are seeking highly motivated, hard-working, and ambitious students who are interested in brain tumor immunology. Primary projects will be focused on tumor associated macrophages and microglia, determining how their immune suppressive properties contribute to brain tumor progression. Students will be exposed to a variety of experimental methodology including immune competent mouse models, single cell sequencing, flow cytometry, and in vitro cell cultures among others. This is the lab for you if want close mentorship and want to be invested in! Reach out for more information. We look forward to working with you!

The Ross lab opened its doors in June (2025). We made our first hire, Ashlyn Cowan, who has been instrumental in getting everything up and running. All major equipment has arrived and we are gearing up to start experiments soon!