Dr. Benjamin A. Youngblood is currently an associate member in the Department of Immunology at St. Jude. After his graduate training in biochemistry at UCSB, he joined Dr. Rafi Ahmed’s lab in 2007 as a postdoc studying epigenetic regulation of memory CD8 T cell differentiation. Since 2014, Dr. Youngblood has been vital part of the St. Jude community, developing a robust research program to inform our understanding of viral infection, cancer and autoimmunity. Based on his accomplishments and expertise, he was invited to serve on the prestigious Stand Up to Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team.