Gabe Hanson
BME Ph.D. Student
Systems and Biomolecular Data Science Trainee (2023-2024)
Gabe is a 4th year Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is from Duluth Minnesota and graduated from Saint John’s University (MN) in 2016 with a degree in Applied Physics.
Prior to joining UVA, Gabe spent a year living in monasteries in South Asia, serving as a volunteer in the Benedictine Volunteer Corps, and upon his return, worked as a project engineer at Open Systems International, where he designed and implemented multi-server supervisory control and data acquisition systems for power utility companies.
Gabe’s research is centered on understanding the coordination and communication of the immune system. His main project focuses on how immune interactions are rewired in lung cancer and how to better leverage the immune system to improve cancer treatment. He is also applying this framework to understand immune regulation and cross-talk at the maternal-neonatal interface.
Outside of the lab, you can find Gabe backpacking and hiking through the mountains near Charlottesville, playing the guitar, or tending to one of the many plants in his garden.