Collins Cheruiyot

Collins Cheruiyot grew up in Eldoret, Kenya and graduated in 2016 from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics – Biology with honors. He then trained in Nicholas Haining's Lab as a research technician before enrolling in the PhD program in Immunology at Harvard University. As a graduate student in Robert Manguso’s Lab, Collins studies mechanisms of enhancing tumor responses to immune checkpoint blockade. He is specifically interested in understanding how lipid metabolism and autophagy drive tumor sensitivity or resistance to cytotoxic lymphocytes.