Laura Haynes PhD

Laura received a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1992 and a Bachelor of Science (1982) and Master of Science (1986) from the University of Miami. She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, San Diego in Susan Swain's laboratory from 1993 through 1996.

She moved with Dr. Swain in 1996 to the Trudeau Institute as a postdoctoral research scientist and was a faculty member at the Trudeau Institute from 2004 until 2013. In July 2013, she moved to the University of Connecticut Health Center. Her laboratory focuses on how aging impacts the immune response to infections and how vaccine efficacy can be improved.