The CheckPoints Band

The CheckPoints Band 

Wear your CheckPoints T-shirt and join your favorite rock star scientists for a special happy hour during SITC 2020. The CheckPoints happy hour took place on Friday, Nov. 13, from 6–7 p.m. EST. This happy hour event was hosted through a ZOOM webinar, the link was located within the Theater on the "Friday, Nov. 13" tab. 

Comprised of SITC members who are luminaries in the field of cancer immunotherapy, The CheckPoints Band performance has become a mainstay of the SITC Annual Meeting experience for the past six years. 

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The Forward Fund was established by the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) in 2012 to stimulate the future of science, development and application of cancer immunology and immunotherapy through financially supporting its education and research.

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The Band

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Thomas F. Gajewski, PhD – Lead Guitar

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Dirk Spitzer, PhD – Drums

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(From left to right)

Russell Pachynski, MD; Jason Luke, MD - Trumpet; Ferran Prat, PhD - Saxaphone



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Rachel W. Humphrey, MD – Lead Vocals

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Patrick Hwu, MD – Keyboard

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James P. Allison, PhD – The Harmonica

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(From left to right)
John Timmerman, MD – Guitar,
Brad Reinfeld – Bass Guitar