The CMI-X Consortium
The CMI-X consortium brings together researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), the University of California San Diego (UCSD), Yale University, the Cleveland Clinic, and the University of Louisville, with diverse expertise in immunology, bioinformatics, and computational biology.
Member Lab PIs

Barry Grant
Grant lab at UCSD
Advises over 40 biology graduate students in the CMI-Flu Prediction Contest.

Steven Kleinstein
Kleinstein lab at Yale
Focuses on big data analysis and immunology for reproducibility and contest participation.

Ted Ross
Ross lab at Cleveland Clinic
Established inaugural annual influenza vaccination cohort for CMI-Flu project.

Corey Watson
Watson lab at U Louisville
Works on genetic typing of the IG (BCR) and TR (TCR) gene loci.
Members

Ahmed Azhan
Peters Lab

Julie Burel
Peters Lab

Catherine Cheng
Peters Lab

Luis Fenoy
Einav Lab

Jason Greenbaum
Peters Lab

Leying Guan
Kleinstein Lab

Brendan Ha
Peters Lab

Mari Kojima
Peters Lab

Shelby Orfield
Peters Lab

James Overton
Peters Lab

Aaron Ren
Peters Lab

Burhan Sabuwala
Kleinstein Lab

Pramod Shinde
Peters Lab

Nicky Thrupp
Peters Lab

Rashmi Tippalagama
Peters Lab

Kerstin Westendorf
Peters Lab

Lisa Willemsen
Peters Lab

Jian Xing
Kleinstein Lab
Last updated: October 7, 2025