Researcher Stories
Get to know the PhRMA Foundation’s award recipients.
Investigating the Role of a Common Human Virus in Brain Tumors
Brown University PhD student Noe Mercado is studying the role of human cytomegalovirus in glioblastoma, fast-growing, aggressive brain tumors.
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A New Approach to Treating Fatty Liver Disease
Sergei Kutseikin, a PhD student at Scripps Research Institute, is researching new treatments for fatty liver disease, a condition where fat builds up in the liver, leading to inflammation, liver cell damage, and liver scarring.
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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.
Read MoreAdvancing Precision Genome Editing Therapies for Rare Diseases
Dr. Samagya Banskota of Boston University is developing precision genome editing therapeutics that allow scientists to both understand the mutations that cause genetic diseases and develop therapeutic strategies to treat them.
Awardee Spotlight
Aakriti Gangwal, MSc, PhD
- Stanford University
“Receiving the PhRMA Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship is a transformative opportunity. It motivates me to apply my expertise in biochemistry to advancing antiviral research, break barriers, and drive global impact in drug development.”
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.