SITC 2019 Fellowship Awards

	SITC-Amgen Cancer Immunotherapy in Hematologic Malignancies Fellowship Award Awardee: May Daher, MD Institution: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Project Title: “CIS checkpoint deletion in cord blood derived iC9.CAR19.IL-15 NK cells to treat B-cell hematologic malignancies” Award Amount: $100,000; one-year
	SITC-AstraZeneca Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer (Early Stage NSCLC) Clinical Fellowship Award Awardee: Chen Zhao, MD Institution: National Institutes of Health Project Title: “Investigating microbiota-immune interaction in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer” Award Amount: $100,000; one-year
	SITC's Holbrook Kohrt, MD, PhD Cancer Immunotherapy Translational Memorial Fellowship Award (sponsored by Genentech) Awardee: Yimin (Victor) Du, PhD Institution: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Project Title: “Fine-Tuning Natural Killer Cells to Target T-Cell Resistant Tumors” Award Amount: $100,000; one-year

This year’s SITC Named Fellowship Awards were made possible through the generosity of Amgen, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Genentech, Inc.

The award recipients will be honored during a ceremony at the society’s 34^th Annual Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.

SITC-MRA Young Investigator in Immune-Related Adverse Events Award Recipient

Recipient: Shaheen Khan, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Project Title: Investigating Host Immune Factors in Mediating Immune-Related Adverse Events

Co-sponsored by the Melanoma Research Alliance and SITC

Interested in supporting a fellowship? Contact SITC Development at development@sitcancer.org or +1 414-271-2456.

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