2023 Fellowship Recipients

SITC-Bristol Myers Squibb Postdoctoral Cancer Immunotherapy Translational Fellowship

Award Amount: $200,000 (two-year)

Recipient: Tyler E. Miller, MD, PhD

Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital

Project Title: "Identifying interventions that target the immunosuppressive microenvironment in solid tumors"

SITC-AstraZeneca Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer Clinical Fellowship

Award Amount: $100,000 (one-year)

Recipient: Pamela Basto, MD, PhD

Institution: Stanford University

Project Title: "Development of Cellular Therapies Targeting Aberrant Glycosylation in Lung Adenocarcinoma"

SITC-Genentech Women in Cancer Immunotherapy Fellowship

Award Amount: $100,000 (one-year)

Recipient: Kylynda C. Bauer, PhD

Institution: National Cancer Institute

Project Title: "Vagal-CD8+ T cell axis: Harnessing neuroimmune circuits to alter anit-tumor immunity in liver cancer"

SITC-Merck Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship

Award Amount: $100,000 (one-year)

Recipient: Eisuke Tomiyama, MD, PhD

Institution: University of British Columbia

Project Title: "Elucidation of the role of EphA2 in the immune evasion of bladder cancer to overcome resistance to immune-checkpoint inhibitors"

SITC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fellowship

Award Amount: $100,000 (one-year)

Recipient: Shaquia L. Idlett-Ali, PhD

Institution: University of Colorado

Project Title: "Targeting nerve-mediated immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma"

SITC-Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical Fellowship

Award Amount: $40,000 (one-year)

Recipient: Guido Ghilardi, MD

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Project Title: "The role of lymphodepletion in CAR T cell-associated toxicities"

This year’s SITC Forward Fund Fellowships were made possible through the generosity of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.

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