Celebrating Women’s History Month This Women’s History Month, CRI is celebrating some of the remarkable women who are uplifting efforts in cancer immunotherapy research. Join us as we explore their inspiring stories and honor their dedication for a world immune to cancer. Want to support women scientists by donating today? Donate 2024 Stories Gursel Aktan, MD, PhD Vice President, Therapeutic Area Head of Women’s Cancers & Head of European Clinical Development Merck & Co., Inc. Catalina Lee Chang, PhD CRI CLIP Investigator Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University Wendy L. Clemens, PhD, MS Vice President, Medical Evidence Generation, Heme and Cell Therapy Bristol Myers Squibb Erin Henitz Vice President, Head of Translational & Quantitative Science Data Management and Clinical Biomarker Operations Genmab Susan Kaech, PhD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Member Professor and Director, NOMIS Center for Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis Salk Institute for Biological Studies Helen McRae, PhD CRI-Merck Postdoctoral Fellow Salk Institute for Biological Studies Miriam Merad, MD, PhD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Member Director, Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Director, Mount Sinai Human Immune Monitoring Center Jenna Newman, PhD CRI Postdoctoral Fellow Bhardwaj Laboratory, Tisch Cancer Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Simone Park, PhD CRI Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pennsylvania Ellen Puré, PhD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Associate Director Grace Lansing Lambert Professor of Biomedical Sciences Director, Penn Vet Cancer Center Ivy Riano, MD Chief Hematology and Oncology Fellow, Dartmouth Cancer Center Incoming Thoracic Oncologist and Assistant Professor at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Kellie Smith, PhD CRI Lloyd J. Old STAR Associate Professor of Oncology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2023 Stories Susan Abu-Absi, PhD Chief Technology and Manufacturing Officer, 2seventy bio Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Associate Director, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Barb Brandhuber, PhD Senior Vice President and Distinguished Scientist Loxo@Lilly Rita Dalal, MBBS, MPH Executive Medical Director, Oncology Alkermes Laurie H. Glimcher, MD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Member, President and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Jessica Kirshner, PhD Executive Director, Oncology and Immune-Oncology, Regeneron Jennifer Kososki CRI Associate Board Member PK Morrow, MD, FACP Chief Medical Officer, CRISPR Therapeutics Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, PhD CRI Chief Executive Officer and Director of Scientific Affairs Ana Rosa Sáez Ibáñez, PhD Research Analyst, CRI Anna-Maria Kellen Clinical Accelerator and Venture Fund Lauren Veronis CRI Board of Trustees Member
Gursel Aktan, MD, PhD Vice President, Therapeutic Area Head of Women’s Cancers & Head of European Clinical Development Merck & Co., Inc.
Catalina Lee Chang, PhD CRI CLIP Investigator Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern University
Wendy L. Clemens, PhD, MS Vice President, Medical Evidence Generation, Heme and Cell Therapy Bristol Myers Squibb
Erin Henitz Vice President, Head of Translational & Quantitative Science Data Management and Clinical Biomarker Operations Genmab
Susan Kaech, PhD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Member Professor and Director, NOMIS Center for Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Member Director, Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Director, Mount Sinai Human Immune Monitoring Center
Jenna Newman, PhD CRI Postdoctoral Fellow Bhardwaj Laboratory, Tisch Cancer Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ellen Puré, PhD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Associate Director Grace Lansing Lambert Professor of Biomedical Sciences Director, Penn Vet Cancer Center
Ivy Riano, MD Chief Hematology and Oncology Fellow, Dartmouth Cancer Center Incoming Thoracic Oncologist and Assistant Professor at Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Kellie Smith, PhD CRI Lloyd J. Old STAR Associate Professor of Oncology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Associate Director, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Laurie H. Glimcher, MD CRI Scientific Advisory Council Member, President and CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Ana Rosa Sáez Ibáñez, PhD Research Analyst, CRI Anna-Maria Kellen Clinical Accelerator and Venture Fund
