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2026 Recipients


SITC-Merck Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship


Janna Minehart, MD

Janna Minehart, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Award Amount

$50,000 (one year)

Project Title

Improving CAR T cell function with a reversible TET2 “off switch”


SITC Cancer Immunotherapy Fellowship


Simon Milette, PhD

Simon Milette, PhD
Yale University

Award Amount

$100,000 (one year)

Project Title

Targeting PRMT5 as a strategy to epigenetically unlock T cell cytotoxicity in melanoma

This year’s SITC Forward Fund Fellowships were made possible through the generosity of Merck and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer.

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