Alex McPherson, PhD

Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh. Research interest: impact of host-microbial interactions on cancer & autoimmunity.
Penguins fan. Animal foster.

[Catherine Phelps @CatMPhelps]

I'm so happy to be at #SITC2024! I'll present an exciting and unpublished @MeiselLab story about #exercise in Friday's poster session (no. 1253) and Saturday's Presidential Session. Come say hi! 🏃‍♀️

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@mwilli323 Congrats, Michelle! Looking forward to seeing all the exciting discoveries and the Irish Step trophies from the Willams Lab!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

🎓✨I successfully defended my doctoral thesis yesterday! Grateful for all the support from my mentors, colleagues, friends, and family throughout this journey. Excited for the opportunities that lie ahead!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

November is apparently the month of presentations! It's been so great to hear about others' ongoing research and to share my work at conferences and retreats these past two weeks. Thank you to @IDM_PittPubHlth for awarding me the 1st place PhD poster award! @MeiselLab

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

We are so excited to see our story reach the wider community!! #publichealth Thank you for such a great shoutout!

[Jeremy Martinson @jeremymartinson]

Great to see @IDM_PittPubHlth @PittPubHealth student Alex McPherson @AlexCMcPherson front and center of this Post-Gazette story @PittsburghPG on her microbiome work! Oh, and congrats on the Cell paper too!! https://t.co/ASzMc6iEan https://t.co/twfnRGdFM0 via @PittsburghPG

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@sohaibk97 Thanks Sohaib!! We're so excited for it to be shared!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

✨ Thrilled to share my co-first author publication from @MeiselLab with @MackJBender, demonstrating the causality and mechanism by which the #tumor_microbiota and #diet drive antitumor immunity and #immunotherapy response in melanoma.@IDM_PittPubHlth 🚨 https://t.co/ya5P1Dl1Yc

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@MaddySchwarz1 Thanks so much Maddy!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@sciencekaleigh Thanks Kaleigh!!

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The potential and a mechanism for diet and probiotics to rev up immunotherapy vs cancer and improve clinical outcomes
https://t.co/zvyKyaFDYr @CellCellPress @MeiselLab @MackJBender @AlexCMcPherson

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

Major congratulations to @CatMPhelps for winning the 3M Thesis competition within the entire School of Medicine!! 🎉 Can’t wait to see you present at the University-wide competition!!

[Catherine Phelps @CatMPhelps]

Congrats to all! I'm so excited to represent #Pitt SOM at the university's 3 minute thesis competition April 3rd! #3MT #PittPMI

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@MaddySchwarz1 Dr. Schwarz! Congratulations!!!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

Our foster puppies, Finneas and Mofongo, letting this T cell know it’s not welcome in their house. 🐾🐾🐾

**both hound-mix boys soon to be available for adoption through Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh.

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@MaddySchwarz1 Thanks Maddy & congrats on your first place IDM award this week!!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

An incredible day of talks at #SITC22! So honored to have the opportunity to cap off the first day with such a dynamic panel. If you missed the talk / want to hear more about probiotics' impact on ICIs, stop by poster 1310 tomorrow! @sitcancer @MeiselLab @Pitt_PMI @PittPubHealth

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@T_Keck13 Thank you Taylor!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@PittPubHealth @sohaibk97 @IDM_PittPubHlth Such an exciting talk! Great work, Sohaib!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

Out with the old, in with the new! The lab is officially settled into our new building- 2x the bench space, a TC room 5 feet away, AND on-site parking. This is going to be great!🔬🧫

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

@itstherealKM @MeiselLab @Pitt_PMI @IDM_PittPubHlth Thank you, Kristin!

[Alex McPherson, PhD @AlexCMcPherson]

Awarded my first grant! So happy to have been selected as an NIH pre-doctoral trainee for the Cancer Immunology Training Program T32 grant. 🥳 @MeiselLab @Pitt_PMI @IDM_PittPubHlth #GirlsJustWannaHaveFunding