Career Goals: As a physician scientist, my goal is to undertake translational research into pediatric cancers, particularly, relapsed leukemia and harness the immune system to provide
durable immunity against this disease.
«We observed rapid and
durable protective
immunity without adverse events, and so we think this candidate vaccine represents a promising strategy for the global fight
against Zika virus,» said senior author Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, a professor of Infectious
Disease at Penn. «We hope to start clinical trials in 12 to 18 months.»