Researcher Stories
Get to know the PhRMA Foundation’s award recipients.
Understanding and Overriding Treatment Resistance in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Ariel Leyte-Vidal, a PhD student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, seeks to understand treatment resistance in the blood cancer chronic myeloid leukemia.
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In Vivo CAR T Cell Engineering for More Effective, Affordable Cancer Treatment
Jingyu Zhao, a PhD student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is researching how to improve chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, a powerful treatment for blood cancers.
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Developing Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Drugs to Prepare for Future Outbreaks
Aakriti Gangwal, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, is working to improve broad-spectrum antivirals.
Read MoreIdentifying Early Biological Warning Signs of Vision Loss
Ying Liu, MD, PhD, a research associate faculty at Johns Hopkins University, is researching new ways to detect retinal degeneration earlier.
Awardee Spotlight
Brittany Hartwell, PhD
- University of Minnesota
“I’m thrilled to receive a PhRMA Foundation Faculty Starter Grant for our work on intranasal vaccines for infectious diseases. This award recognizes the importance of developing mucosal drug delivery strategies for next-generation vaccines, and supports our efforts to elucidate vaccine kinetic mechanisms underlying immune activation in mucosal tissues.”
Reducing Copper Intake from Foods as a Treatment Strategy for Pediatric Leukemia
MD-PhD student Alan Wong of Harvard Medical School is researching whether nutritional and dietary changes can improve leukemia treatment for kids.