Aira Flores Cabug is a graduate researcher jointly supervised in the laboratories of Professor Linda Wakim and Professor Katherine Kedzierska. In 2022, Aira completed her Bachelor of Biomedicine (Honours) degree in the Kedzierska Lab investigating novel biomarkers of influenza disease severity. Aira's PhD is focused on understanding immune responses to influenza virus infections, focusing on interactions between antigen presenting cells and CD8+ T cells.