Dr. McKim is an assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science at UIUC. He completed his doctoral and postdoctoral training at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center with a focus on neuroendocrine regulation of hematopoiesis using mouse models. Dr. McKim currently runs a research lab studying the interactions between lifestyle factors, hematopoiesis, and chronic health conditions. Dr. McKim contributes to the FruitVaccine Team with his expertise in animal modeling for immunology research and employs relevant techniques including flow cytometry, single cell transcriptomics, and functional assays.