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The annual award supports early career investigators and their work advancing in the immunology, vaccine, and immunotherapy space.

Heather A. Steinman, Ph.D., M.B.A., joined The Wistar Institute as vice president for business development and executive director of technology transfer in October 2014. Dr. Steinman was hired into a newly created position to forge new strategic partnerships with industry, nonprofit, and local academic institutions and advance Wistar’s growing pipeline of biomedical research discoveries. Dr. Steinman leads and oversees the implementation of Wistar’s intellectual property strategy and all technology commercialization activities. She took a few minutes to discuss her role at Wistar.

Khumoekae Richard, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the HIV lab of Dr. Luis Montaner. Dr. Richard’s early and deep interest in plants and their derivatives as medicines has taken him on a scientific journey from Botswana to Canada to Philadelphia.

Zoomers gathered virtually for the launch of Wistar’s new Diversity in Science seminar series. A leading biomedical research institution of global reputation, Wistar is committed to advancing equity within the biomedical research community. The goal of the Diversity in Science Seminar series is to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and harness the breadth and width of talent within the biomedical research workforce. 

Predoctoral trainees Alex Indeglia and Pratik Bhojnagarwala are co-recipients of the annual Monica H. M. Shander Memorial Fellowship Award for outstanding predoctoral research.