Researcher Stories
Get to know the PhRMA Foundation’s award recipients.
Designing Tiny ‘Grenades’ to Penetrate Solid Cancer Tumors
Indrani Das, an MD‑PhD student at Case Western Reserve University, is developing a peptide that can penetrate solid cancer tumors to improve chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.
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Advancing Precision Treatment for Childhood Leukemia
Dr. Ruida Hou, a postdoctoral trainee at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, studies acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of pediatric cancer, and the role of a specific enzyme that leukemia cells need to grow and survive.
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A Recipe for Better Drug Delivery Inside the Body
Dr. Lining Zheng, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, is researching how proteins in our bodies interact with nanoparticles that carry drugs to specific cells to understand why some drug delivery approaches work better than others.
Watch NowOptimizing Heart Health Through a Pharmacist-Led Digital Program
Dr. Yuling Chen of Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing is developing and testing a digital program that connects patients with pharmacists to guide better decisions to improve their heart health.
Awardee Spotlight
Amandip Bangar, M.Eng
- University of Colorado
“This early career support helps emerging scientists like myself develop rigorous research skills, explore high-impact ideas, and build the necessary foundation for biomedical discovery and clinical translation. With this fellowship, I will have the opportunity to pursue lines of inquiry that would traditionally receive limited attention. ”
Searching for Shapes and Cancer Clues Under the Microscope
Chaithanya Vedula, a PhD candidate at Boston University, is studying how to overcome cancer resistance to a promising therapeutic target.