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Sejiro Littleton, PhD: Finishing research projects
Estefany Reyes: Postdoctoral Associate, Shinohara's Lab, Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Bryan Jian Wei Lim: Postdoctoral Fellow, Immuno-oncology. Gilead Sciences
Dilshan Malewana: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Selena Lorrey, PhD: Account Manager, Certara
Justin Rucker, PhD: Duke General Surgery Residency Program
Taylor Abele, PhD: Scientist III, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Danielle Clark, PhD: Scientist, Drug Discovery, Character Biosciences
Europe Doan, PhD: Research Scholar, Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Melissa Harnois, PhD: Senior Scientist, Cell Therapy Translational Research, Bristol Myers Squibb
Kaitlin Kiernan, PhD: PhD Fellow, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Ariana Mihai, PhD: Finishing research projects
Zekun "Charlie" Mu, PhD: Postdoctoral Associate, The Rockefeller University
Hsuan-Yuan (Sherry) Wang, PhD: Postdoctoral Researcher, Oregon Health & Science University
Sebastian Wellford, PhD: NIH Postdoctoral fellow, Pamela Schwartzberg lab
Hsin-I Huang, PhD: Postdoc at University of Utah
Eunchong Park, PhD - Scientist, Early R&I, AstraZeneca
Morgan Parker, PhD: Postdoc in the lab of Maria Ciofani, Duke University
Jeremy Ratiu, PhD- Senior Scientist at Seraxis, Inc.
Jessica Shannon, PhD - Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca
Will Barclay, PhD - IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH
Laura Christian, PhD - Scientist II, Precision Biosciences, Durham, NC
Lindsay Dahora, PhD - Laboratory Leadership Service Fellow at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Danielle Dauphars, PhD - Senior Scientist, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Elizabeth Deerhake, MD/PhD - Hospital Resident, Yale School of Medicine
Jake Dockterman, MD/PhD - Resident, Beth Israel Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Joel Finney, PhD - Research Fellow, Harvard University
Billy Tomaszewski, PhD - Scientist III, Molecular Oncology, Genentech
Colleen McClean, MD, PhD - Resident Physician - Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital
Tinashe Nyanhete, PhD - Associate, Northpond Ventures
Jianxuan Wu, PhD - Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences
Shengjie Xu, PhD - Regulatory Medical Writer at Merck
Elizabeth Robins (formerly Wong), PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University
Joshua Wheaton, PhD - Senior Scientist, Amgen
Mark Dell'Aringa, PhD: Scientist II, BioAgilytix
Shiwei Chen, PhD: Research Fellow, Duke-NUS Medical School: Singapore, SG
Sumedha Roy, PhD: Senior Scientist, Drug Development, Genentech
Saintedym Wills, PhD: Immunologist | Technical Director at LabCorp
Ryan Meyerhoff, MD, PhD: Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Resident at Duke University Hospital
Zach Carico, PhD: Senior Scientist, Tavros Therapeutics
Jie Liang, MD, PhD: Senior Scientist, Roche China
Min-Nung Huang, MD, PhD: Principal Scientist, Regeneron
Katherine Bao, PhD - Clinical Scientist, Senior Scientific Lead, Loxo Oncology at Lilly
Siqi Liu, PhD - Principal Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
Ioannis Kalampokis, MD, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Kathleen Candando, PhD - Associate Director, Regulatory Strategy, Rho
Erik Lykken, PhD - Principal Scientist, Dyno Therapeutics
Alex Reynolds, PhD - Senior Global Marketing Manager, bioMérieux
Liang Chen, MD, PhD - Professor, Shanghai University
Matthew Zuberbuehler, MS - Technical Services/Coordinator, Epic Systems, Verona WI
Kuei-Ying Su, MD, PhD - Hospital Division Chief of Rheumatology and Immunology Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan
Matthew Kan, MD, PhD - Assistant Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
Regina Lin, PhD - Associate Director Cell Therapies, Link Cell Therapies
Ian Belle, PhD - Scientist II, Precision Biosciences
Guang Yang, PhD - Partner, McKinsey & Company
Jacquelyn Lykken, PhD - PROSPR METRICS Data Coordinator, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Sarah O'Brien, PhD - Principal Scientist, Cancer Immunology & Immune Modulation, Boehringer Ingelheim
Elizabeth Wilcox Chan, PhD - Senior Science Advisor, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Chaoran Li, PhD - Assistant Professor, Emory University
Jia Li, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, SRI International
Yen-Yu Lin, MD, PhD - Attending Pathologist at Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital
Ashley Trama, PhD - Associate Vice President, Research and Development Program Management at Locus Biosciences, Inc.
Mingxiao He, PhD - Director, Bioprocessing and Manufacturing, Eureka Therapeutics, Inc.
Sruti Krishna, PhD - Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Cepheid
Ian McLeod, PhD - Technical Sales Representative, STEMCELL Technologies
Emily O'Koren, PhD - Manager, Project Management, G1 Therapeutics, Inc.
Claudia Ou Yang, PhD - Director, Cell Therapy, BioNTech SE
Deirdre Fuller Saulet, PhD: VP of Cancer Care, Carrum Health
Josh Mahlios, PhD: Senior Product Marketing Manager, LevitasBio
Han-Yu Shih, PhD: Stadtman Investigator, Neuro-Immune Regulome Unit, NIH
Pilar Snowden, PhD: Medical Director, GlaxoSmithKline
Eva Chung, PhD: Director, Translational Program Manager, R&ED Cross-Portfolio Strategic Integration, Bristol Myers Squibb
Alexis Dunkle, PhD: Staff Scientist, Genentech
Claire Gordy, PhD: Teaching Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, NCSU
Hrisavgi Kondilis-Mangum, PhD: Senior Manager, QDI Professional Services, QIAGEN
Thomas O'Brien, PhD: Director - Global Strategic Partnerships, Danaher Life Sciences
Derek Cain, PhD: Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke Human Vaccine Institute
David DiLillo, PhD: Senior Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
T. Matthew Holl, PhD: NA Government Key Account Manager, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Jennifer Martinez, PhD: Legal Fellow with the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at the O'Neill Institute at Georgetown Law
Mariana Chuck Nelson, PhD: Director, US Medical Affairs, AbbVie
Trisha Novy, PhD: Vice President Medical Affairs, Dynavax Technologies
Ana Sanchez, PhD: VP of Research and Development, Locus Biosciences
Ashley St. John, PhD: Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School
Kaifeng Lisa Lin, PhD, CLP: Senior Licensing Manager, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Heather Pua, MD, PhD: Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mary Elizabeth Jones-Mason, PhD: Deceased
Shudan Shen, JD, PhD: Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP
David Zidar, MD, PhD: Interventional Cardiologist, Translational Immunologist, Case Western Reserve University
Yu-Hsun (Jason) Chen, PhD: Senior Web Growth Manager (CRO Conversion Rate Optimizer), Web Strategist, New Relic, Inc
Jingquan Jia, MD, PhD: GI Medical Oncologist, Duke University Cancer Center
Michael Quigley, PhD: Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at Stealth Biotech Startup and Venture Partner, SV Health Investors
Ryan Schlimgen, PhD: Senior Director of Biosafety, Mass General Brigham
Iratxe Abarrategui, PhD: Associate Director, Medical Publications, Aptitude Health
Ivan Dzhagalov, PhD: Associate Professor, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Chia-Lin Hsu, PhD: Associate Professor, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Anne Lai, PhD: Associate Director, Research and Development, Shattuck Labs
Chenghu Liu, PhD: Associate Professor, Nankai University School of Medicine, Tianjin, China
Feifei Liu, PhD: Associate Professor, Nankai University, China
Yan Liu, MD, PhD, RPVI, FACC: Director of Cardio-Oncology Service Line/Associate Professor of Medicine, at Ascension Texas/UT Austin Dell Medical School and Director of Ascension Texas Cardiovascular Seton Northwest
Charlene Prazma, PhD: Senior Medical Lead, Specialty Pipeline, US Medical Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline
Jason Wojciechowski, PhD: Founder & CEO, Atomik and CEO, Podcast Host and Lead Speaker/Trainer, Lifeonaire
Surapong Koonpaew, PhD: Researcher, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Bangkok
Adam Lazorchak, PhD: Director, In Vivo & Translational Biology, Be Biopharma
Annette Jackson, PhD: Associate Professor in Surgery, Associate Professor in Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University School of Medicine
Nu Zhang, PhD: Associate Professor, UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Marco Davila, MD, PhD: Senior Vice President, Translational Research, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Erin Janssen, MD, PhD: Division Director, Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School
Yen-Rei (Andrea) Yu, MD, PhD: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University
Deborah Ruhl, PhD: Deceased
Shaza Fadel, PhD: Assistant Professor at Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Steven Greenbaum, PhD: Senior Project Manager, Aperio Clinical Outcomes
Kaiyong Yang, PhD: Senior Director, Jecho Laboratories
Brenda Faiola, PhD: Senior Director, Nonclinical Development, Rho
Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD: Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, State of Florida Endowed Chair of Cancer Research, Co-Director, Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy and Director, UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, University of Florida
Joanne Panus, PhD: Deceased
L. Elizabeth Budde, MD, PhD: Associate Professor, City of Hope Medical Center
Zhibin Chen, MD, PhD: Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Director of Graduate Program in Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami
David Driver, PhD: Executive Director Global Regulatory Affairs, Team Leader - Oncology Therapeutic Group, GSK
Shu Lin, MD, PhD: Associate Professor of Surgery, Assistant Research Professor in Immunology, and Associate Professor in Pathology, Duke University
Paul Yu, MD, PhD: Director, Cardiovascular Research Center at Mass General; Charles and Elizabeth Sanders Endowed Chair, Harvard Medical School; Co-Founder, Keros Therapeutics
Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD: Former President & CEO at Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Elahe Mostaghel, MD, PhD: Associate Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Lili Tu, PhD: Professor, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Marc Levesque, MD, PhD: Vice President, Immunology Discovery and MRL Cambridge Site Head, Merck
Xiao-Ping Zhong, PhD: Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Integrative Immunobiology, and Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Claire Aldridge, PhD: Chief Strategy Officer, Form Bio
Jennifer Brogdon, PhD: Head of Cell & Gene Therapies, Immuno-Oncology & Hematology at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Joseph Brewer, PhD: Department Chair for Biomedical Sciences, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)
Jeffrey Melnick, MD, PhD: Physician in Pathology, St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield MO
Annika Sanfridson, PhD: Principal Scientist, Cantagria AB, Lund, Sweden