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Keerthana Gnanapradeepan, a trainee in the Murphy lab, is the recipient of the 2019 Monica H.M. Shander Memorial Fellowship Award.
 
This prestigious award was established in 1981 in memory of former Wistar predoctoral trainee Monica H.M. Shander and is conferred annually to a predoctoral trainee who displays notable excellence in scholastics as well as aptitude and diligence in the laboratory.
 
Gnanapradeepan was recognized for her work on an African-specific variant of p53, the most frequently mutated gene in cancer.

Wistar’s VP of Institutional Advancement Dr. Anita Pepper met with Dutch dignitaries and scientific and academic leaders in the Netherlands to formally endorse the Wistar-Schoemaker International Postdoctoral Fellowship in partnership with Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), to bring recent Ph.D. graduates trained at LUMC to Wistar to advance their research education.

The Wistar Institute will be featured in On Demand, an award-winning TV program hosted by actor Rob Low and broadcasted on public television channels. The program highlights new stories and innovative concepts from industry and groundbreaking organizations through documentaries that present educational content with clarity to a wide and diverse audience.

The story on Wistar will air on public television stations across the nation while a shorter commercial segment is currently airing on local and national networks, including CNN, Fox News, CNBC, and many more.

As part of the Wistar Women & Science program, Wistar hosted an informational panel on HPV vaccination and its effect of preventing cancer. The event featured Dr. Kathrin Jansen, head of Vaccine and Research Development at Pfizer Inc., who led the R&D activities to create the first HPV vaccine, and Dr. Iona Munjal, director of Clinical Research & Development at Pfizer Inc., who directed some of the clinical studies that showed the vaccine’s high effectiveness.  

On a brisk and windy morning, the Wistar trainees hosted the 2019 Run for Research, an annual 2-mile fun run/walk to raise funds in support of the Institute’s Trainee Association. 

Thanks to the enthusiast participation of Wistar staff and friends, this year’s run was the highest-grossing Trainee Association fundraiser so far.