
Cassian Yee, M.D.
Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Director, Department of Program for T Cell-Based Therapies (ProTCT), Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Professor, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Director, Department of Solid Tumor Cell Therapy Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
1986 | University of Manitoba, Manitoba, CA, MD |
Postgraduate Training
1995-1998 | Associate in Clinical Research, University of Washington/ Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington |
1994-1995 | Research Associate, University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington |
1991-1994 | Research Fellowship, University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington |
1989-1991 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California |
1987-1989 | Medical Research Council of Canada Fellow, Ontario Cancer Institute/ Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto |
1986-1987 | General Comprehensive Internship, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Co-Director, Department of Immunotherapy Platform, Moonshots Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2021
Chair, Department of IAB and CTMF, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2023
Chair, Department of Immunotoxicity Program Clinical Working Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2020
Scientific Director, Department of Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2023
Leader, Department of TIL Working Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2023
Co-Leader, Department of COVID Cell Therapy Research Working Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2023
Leader, Department of COVID Biological Research Working Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2023
Co-Director, Department of Adoptive Cell Therapy Platform, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - Present
Cell Therapy Leader, Department of Epigenetics Therapy Initiative, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Consultantships, RootPath, Remote, 2021 - 2023
Consultantships, T-Cypher Bio, Remote, 2021 - 2023
Consultantships, GenomeFrontier Therapeutics, Inc, Remote, 2020 - 2026
Consultantships, Scribe Biosciences Inc, Remote, 2020 - 2021
Consultantships, Instil Bio, Inc, Remote, 2020 - 2021
Consultantships, Obsidian Therapeutics, Remote, 2020 - Present
Consultantships, Affyimmune Therapeutics, Remote, 2019 - 2021
Consultantships, Berkeley Lights, Remote, 2019 - 2020
Consultantships, Lilly Asia Ventures, Remote, 2019 - 2021
Consultantships, Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, Remote, 2019 - Present
Consultantships, Prellis Biologics, Remote, 2019 - 2023
Affiliate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), Seattle, WA, 2009 - 2013
Active Staff, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, 2000 - 2013
Active Staff, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA, 1999 - 2013
Institutional Committee Activities
Faculty Lead and Chair, MD Anderson Core Facility Oversight Board, 2022 - 2024
Co-Chair, Cancer Biology Program, 2020 - Present
Faculty Advisor, Immunology Media Committee, 2020 - Present
Founder & Co-Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center - Rice University and MD Anderson Immunotherapy Consortium, 2018 - Present
Founding Member, IOTOX DOIM/DOCM Committee, 2018 - 2022
Member, IOTOX DOIM/DOCM Working Group, 2018 - 2022
Honors & Awards
2022 - 2023 | Kenneth D. Muller Professorship in Melanoma Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2021 | Potu N. Rao Award for Excellence in Basic Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2009 | Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation |
2006 - 2012 | Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research, Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
2006 - 2012 | Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research, Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
2001 - 2006 | Damon Runyon-Lilly Foundation, Clinical Investigator Award, Damon Runyon-Lilly Foundation |
2000 - 2004 | Cancer Research Institute Investgator Award, Cancer Research Institute |
1995 - 2000 | Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in Biomedical Sciences, Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
1994 - 1997 | National Cancer Institute of Canada Fellowship, National Cancer Institute of Canada |
1991 | Stanford University Housestaff Research Award, Stanford University |
1987 - 1989 | Medical Research Council of Canada Post-MD Fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada |
1983 - 1985 | Terry Fox Cancer Research Scholarship (NCI of Canada, Terry Fox Cancer Research |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Saxena, K, Hung, SH, Ryu, E, Singh, S, Zhang Tatarata, Q, Zeng, Z, Wang, Z, Konopleva, M, Yee, C. BH3 mimetics augment cytotoxic T cell killing of acute myeloid leukemia via mitochondrial apoptotic mechanism. Cell Death Discovery 11(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40140361.
- Zhao Z, Hu B, Deng Y, Soeung M, Yao J, Bei L, Zhang Y, Gong P, Huang LA, Jiang Z, Gao J, Peng S, Nguyen TK, Karki M, Lim B, Yee C, Burks JK, Zhang Q, Ma L, Gao J, Tannir NM, Han L, Yu D, Wang L, Curran MA, Gubbiotti MA, Genovese G, Gan B, Li W, Msaouel P, Yang L, Lin C. Sickle cell disease induces chromatin introversion and ferroptosis in CD8(+) T cells to suppress anti-tumor immunity. Immunity 58(6):1484-1501.e11, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40359940.
- Pei G, Min J, Rajapakshe KI, Branchi V, Liu Y, Selvanesan BC, Thege F, Sadeghian D, Zhang D, Cho KS, Chu Y, Dai E, Han G, Li M, Yee C, Takahashi K, Garg B, Tiriac H, Bernard V, Semaan A, Grem JL, Caffrey TC, Burks JK, Lowy AM, Aguirre AJ, Grandgenett PM, Hollingsworth MA, Guerrero PA, Wang L, Maitra A. Spatial mapping of transcriptomic plasticity in metastatic pancreatic cancer. Nature 642(8066):212-221, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40269162.
- Shankar-Hari, M, Francois, B, Remy, KE, Gutierrez, C, Pastores, SM, Daix, T, Jeannet, R, Blood, J, Walton, AH, Salomao, R, Auzinger, G, Striker, D, Martin, RS, Anand, NJ, Bosanquet, J, Blood, T, Brakenridge, S, Moldawer, LL, Vachharajani, V, Yee, C, Dal-Pizzol, F, Morre, M, Berbille, F, van den Brink, MR, Hotchkiss, RS. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of IL-7 in critically ill patients with COVID-19. JCI Insight 10(6), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39903535.
- Long, JP, Singh, S, Dong, Y, Yee, C, Lin, JS. Urine proteomics defines an immune checkpoint-associated nephritis signature. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 13(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39863302.
- Cheng X, Dai E, Wu J, Flores NM, Chu Y, Wang R, Dang M, Xu Z, Han G, Liu Y, Chatterjee D, Hu C, Ying J, Du Y, Yang L, Guan X, Mo S, Cao X, Pei G, Jiang J, Lu X, Benitez AM, Waters RE, Pizzi MP, Shanbhag N, Fan Y, Peng F, Hanash SM, Calin G, Futreal A, Song S, Yee C, Mazur PK, Qin JJ, Ajani JA, Wang L. Atlas of Metastatic Gastric Cancer Links Ferroptosis to Disease Progression and Immunotherapy Response. Gastroenterology 167(7):1345-1357, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39097198.
- Singampalli KL, Neal-Harris C, Yee C, Lin JS, Lillehoj PB. Highly Reusable Electrochemical Immunosensor for Ultrasensitive Protein Detection. Adv Sens Res 3(9), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39640072.
- Saberian, C, Milton, D, Simon, JM, Amaria, RN, Diab, A, McQuade, JL, Patel, SP, Tawbi, H, Yee, C, Wong, MK, McCutcheon, IE, Davies, MA, Ferguson, SD, Glitza, IC. Survival and treatment outcomes in patients with leptomeningeal disease from metastatic melanoma. Neuro-Oncology Practice 11(4):452-463, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39006528.
- Wong, MK, Yee, C. Polyomavirus-positive Merkel cell carcinoma. Journal of Clinical Investigation 134(8), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38618960.
- Leyva-Aranda, V, Singh, S, Telesforo, MJ, Young, S, Yee, C, Hartgerink, JD. Nanofibrous MultiDomain Peptide Hydrogels Provide T Cells a 3D, Cytocompatible Environment for Cell Expansion and Antigen-Specific Killing. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering 10(3):1448-1460, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38385283.
- Han Y, Yang Y, Tian Y, Fattah FJ, von Itzstein MS, Hu Y, Zhang M, Kang X, Yang DM, Liu J, Xue Y, Liang C, Raman I, Zhu C, Xiao O, Dowell JE, Homsi J, Rashdan S, Yang S, Gwin ME, Hsiehchen D, Gloria-McCutchen Y, Pan K, Wu F, Gibbons D, Wang X, Yee C, Huang J, Reuben A, Cheng C, Zhang J, Gerber DE, Wang T. pan-MHC and cross-Species Prediction of T Cell Receptor-Antigen Binding. bioRxiv, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38105939.
- Mc Laughlin, AM, Milligan, PA, Yee, C, Bergstrand, M. Model-informed drug development of autologous CAR-T cell therapy. CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology 12(11):1577-1590, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37448343.
- Wang, R, Song, S, Qin, JJ, Yoshimura, K, Peng, F, Chu, Y, Li, Y, Fan, Y, Jin, J, Dang, M, Dai, E, Pei, G, Han, G, Hao, D, Li, Y, Chatterjee, D, Harada, K, Pizzi, MP, Scott, AW, Tatlonghari, G, Yan, X, Xu, Z, Hu, C, Mo, S, Shanbhag, N, Lu, Y, Sewastjanow-Silva, M, Fouad Abdelhakeem, AA, Peng, G, Hanash, SM, Calin, GA, Yee, C, Mazur, PK, Marsden, AN, Futreal, A, Wang, Z, Cheng, XD, Ajani, JA, Wang, L. Evolution of immune and stromal cell states and ecotypes during gastric adenocarcinoma progression. Cancer cell 41(8):1407-1426.e9, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37419119.
- Chu, Y, Dai, E, Li, Y, Han, G, Pei, G, Ingram, D, Thakkar, K, Qin, JJ, Dang, M, Le, X, Hu, C, Deng, Q, Sinjab, A, Gupta, P, Wang, R, Hao, D, Peng, F, Yan, X, Liu, Y, Song, S, Zhang, S, Heymach, JV, Reuben, A, Elamin, YY, Pizzi, MP, Lu, Y, Segura Lazcano, R, Hu, J, Li, M, Curran, M, Futreal, A, Maitra, A, Jazaeri, AA, Ajani, JA, Swanton, C, Cheng, XD, Abbas, HA, Gillison, M, Bhat, KP, Lazar, A, Green, M, Litchfield, K, Kadara, HN, Yee, C, Wang, L. Pan-cancer T cell atlas links a cellular stress response state to immunotherapy resistance. Nature medicine 29(6):1550-1562, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37248301.
- Glitza, IC, Ferguson, SD, Bassett Jr, R, Foster, AP, John, I, Hennegan, TD, Rohlfs, ML, Richard, J, Iqbal, M, Dett, TK, Lacey, C, Jackson, N, Rodgers, TE, Phillips, S, Duncan, S, Haydu, LE, Lin, R, Amaria, RN, Wong, MK, Diab, A, Yee, C, Patel, SP, McQuade, JL, Fischer, G, McCutcheon, IE, O'Brien, BJ, Tummala, S, Debnam, JM, Guha-Thakurta, N, Wargo, J, Burton, EM, Tawbi, H, Davies, MA. Concurrent intrathecal and intravenous nivolumab in leptomeningeal disease. Nature medicine 29(4):898-905, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36997799.
- Hou J, Liang S, Xu C, Wei Y, Wang Y, Tan Y, Sahni N, McGrail DJ, Bernatchez C, Davies M, Li Y, Chen R, Yi SS, Chen Y, Yee C, Chen K, Peng W. Single-cell CRISPR immune screens reveal immunological roles of tumor intrinsic factors. NAR Cancer 4(4):zcac038, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36518525.
- Singh S, Long JP, Tchakarov A, Dong Y, Yee C, Lin JS. Tertiary lymphoid structure signatures are associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor related acute interstitial nephritis. JCI Insight. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36472921.
- Huuhtanen J, Chen L, Jokinen E, Kasanen H, Lönnberg T, Kreutzman A, Peltola K, Hernberg M, Wang C, Yee C, Lähdesmäki H, Davis MM, Mustjoki S. Evolution and modulation of antigen-specific T cell responses in melanoma patients. Nat Commun 13(1):5988, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36220826.
- Kroll MH, Yee C, Rojas Hernandez CM. Hematologic complications of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Blood 139(25):3594-3604, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34610113.
- Zamler DB, Shingu T, Kahn LM, Huntoon K, Kassab C, Ott M, Tomczak K, Liu J, Li Y, Lai I, Zorilla-Veloz R, Yee C, Rai K, Kim BY, Watowich SS, Heimberger AB, Draetta GF, Hu J. Immune landscape of a genetically engineered murine model of glioma compared with human glioma. JCI Insight 7(12), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35653194.
- Creasy CA, Meng YJ, Forget MA, Karpinets T, Tomczak K, Stewart C, Torres-Cabala CA, Pilon-Thomas S, Sarnaik AA, Mulé JJ, Garraway L, Bustos M, Zhang J, Patel SP, Diab A, Glitza IC, Yee C, Tawbi H, Wong MK, McQuade J, Hoon DSB, Davies MA, Hwu P, Amaria RN, Haymaker C, Beroukhim R, Bernatchez C. Genomic Correlates of Outcome in Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma. Clin Cancer Res 28(9):1911-1924, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35190823.
- Hailemichael Y, Johnson DH, Abdel-Wahab N, Foo WC, Bentebibel SE, Daher M, Haymaker C, Wani K, Saberian C, Ogata D, Kim ST, Nurieva R, Lazar AJ, Abu-Sbeih H, Fa'ak F, Mathew A, Wang Y, Falohun A, Trinh V, Zobniw C, Spillson C, Burks JK, Awiwi M, Elsayes K, Soto LS, Melendez BD, Davies MA, Wargo J, Curry J, Yee C, Lizee G, Singh S, Sharma P, Allison JP, Hwu P, Ekmekcioglu S, Diab A. Interleukin-6 blockade abrogates immunotherapy toxicity and promotes tumor immunity. Cancer Cell 40(5):509-523.e6, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35537412.
- Lee HJ, Song KH, Oh SJ, Kim S, Cho E, Kim J, Park YG, Lee KM, Yee C, Song SH, Chang S, Choi J, Jung ST, Kim TW. Targeting TCTP sensitizes tumor to T cell-mediated therapy by reversing immune-refractory phenotypes. Nat Commun 13(1):2127, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35440620.
- Li H, Xiao Y, Li Q, Yao J, Yuan X, Zhang Y, Yin X, Saito Y, Fan H, Li P, Kuo WL, Halpin A, Gibbons DL, Yagita H, Zhao Z, Pang D, Ren G, Yee C, Lee JJ, Yu D. The allergy mediator histamine confers resistanceto immunotherapy in cancer patients via activationof the macrophage histamine receptor H1. Cancer Cell 40(1):36-52.e9, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34822775.
- Singh S, Clemente LC, Parra ER, Tchakarov A, Yang C, Li Y, Long JP, Yee C, Lin JS. Urinary T cells are detected in patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated immune nephritis that are clonotypically identical to kidney T cell infiltrates. Oncoimmunology 11(1):2124678, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36185804.
- Pan K, Chiu Y, Huang E, Chen M, Wang J, Lai I, Singh S, Shaw RM, MacCoss MJ, Yee C. Mass spectrometric identification of immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 epitopes and cognate TCRs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118(46), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34725257.
- An X, Martinez-Paniagua M, Rezvan A, Sefat SR, Fathi M, Singh S, Biswas S, Pourpak M, Yee C, Liu X, Varadarajan N. Single-dose intranasal vaccination elicits systemic and mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2. iScience 24(9):103037, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34462731.
- Pan K, Chiu Y, Chen M, Wang J, Lai I, Singh S, Shaw R, Yee C. In Silico Defined SARS-CoV2 Epitopes May Not Predict Immunogenicity to COVID19. bioRxiv, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34268504.
- Li F, Deng L, Jackson KR, Talukder AH, Katailiha AS, Bradley SD, Zou Q, Chen C, Huo C, Chiu Y, Stair M, Feng W, Bagaev A, Kotlov N, Svekolkin V, Ataullakhanov R, Miheecheva N, Frenkel F, Wang Y, Zhang M, Hawke D, Han L, Zhou S, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Decker WK, Sonnemann HM, Roszik J, Forget MA, Davies MA, Bernatchez C, Yee C, Bassett R, Hwu P, Du X, Lizee G. Neoantigen vaccination induces clinical and immunologic responses in non-small cell lung cancer patients harboring EGFR mutations. J Immunother Cancer 9(7), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34244308.
- Pan K, Chiu Y, Huang E, Chen M, Wang J, Lai I, Singh S, Shaw R, MacCoss M, Yee C. Immunogenic SARS-CoV2 Epitopes Defined by Mass Spectrometry. bioRxiv, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34312620.
- Mueller-Schoell A, Puebla-Osorio N, Michelet R, Green MR, Künkele A, Huisinga W, Strati P, Chasen B, Neelapu SS, Yee C, Kloft C. Early Survival Prediction Framework in CD19-Specific CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy Using a Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Model. Cancers (Basel) 13(11), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34205020.
- Saberian, C, Amaria, RN, Najjar, AM, Radvanyi, L, Haymaker, CL, Forget, MA, Bassett Jr, R, Faria, SC, Glitza, IC, Alvarez, EF, Parshottam, SR, Prieto, V, Lizee, GA, Wong, MK, McQuade, JL, Diab, A, Yee, C, Tawbi, H, Patel, SP, Shpall, E, Davies, MA, Hwu, P, Bernatchez, C. Randomized phase II trial of lymphodepletion plus adoptive cell transfer of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, with or without dendritic cell vaccination, in patients with metastatic melanoma. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 9(5), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34021033.
- Kohli K, Yao L, Nowicki TS, Zhang S, Black RG, Schroeder BA, Farrar EA, Cao J, Sloan H, Stief D, Cranmer LD, Wagner MJ, Hawkins DS, Pillarisetty VG, Ribas A, Campbell J, Pierce RH, Kim EY, Jones RL, Riddell SR, Yee C, Pollack SM. IL-15 mediated expansion of rare durable memory T cells following adoptive cellular therapy. J Immunother Cancer 9(5), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33963013.
- Hasan F, Chiu Y, Shaw RM, Wang J, Yee C. Hypoxia acts as an environmental cue for the human tissue resident memory T cell differentiation program. JCI Insight 6(10), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34027895.
- Abdelrahim M, Mamlouk O, Lin H, Lin J, Page V, Abdel-Wahab N, Swan J, Selamet U, Yee C, Diab A, Suki W, Abudayyeh A. Incidence, predictors, and survival impact of acute kidney injury in patients with melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a 10-year single-institution analysis. Oncoimmunology 10(1):1927313, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34104543.
- Lim SA, Moon Y, Shin MH, Kim TJ, Chae S, Yee C, Hwang D, Park H, Lee KM. Hypoxia-Driven HIF-1α Activation Reprograms Pre-Activated NK Cells towards Highly Potent Effector Phenotypes via ERK/STAT3 Pathways. Cancers (Basel) 13(8), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33920906.
- Hou J, Wang Y, Shi L, Chen Y, Xu C, Saeedi A, Pan K, Bohat R, Egan NA, McKenzie JA, Mbofung RM, Williams LJ, Yang Z, Sun M, Liang X, Rodon Ahnert J, Varadarajan N, Yee C, Chen Y, Hwu P, Peng W. Integrating genome-wide CRISPR immune screen with multi-omic clinical data reveals distinct classes of tumor intrinsic immune regulators. J Immunother Cancer 9(2), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33589527.
- Lin JS, Mamlouk O, Selamet U, Tchakarov A, Glass WF, Sheth RA, Layman RM, Dadu R, Abdelwahab N, Abdelrahim M, Diab A, Yee C, Abudayyeh A. Infliximab for the treatment of patients with checkpoint inhibitor-associated acute tubular interstitial nephritis. Oncoimmunology 10(1):1877415, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33643693.
- Kim S, Cho H, Hong SO, Oh SJ, Lee HJ, Cho E, Woo SR, Song JS, Chung JY, Son SW, Yoon SM, Jeon YM, Jeon S, Yee C, Lee KM, Hewitt SM, Kim JH, Song KH, Kim TW. LC3B upregulation by NANOG promotes immune resistance and stem-like property through hyperactivation of EGFR signaling in immune-refractory tumor cells. Autophagy 17(8):1-20, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32762616.
- Bradley SD, Talukder AH, Lai I, Davis R, Alvarez H, Tiriac H, Zhang M, Chiu Y, Melendez B, Jackson KR, Katailiha A, Sonnemann HM, Li F, Kang Y, Qiao N, Pan BF, Lorenzi PL, Hurd M, Mittendorf EA, Peterson CB, Javle M, Bristow C, Kim M, Tuveson DA, Hawke D, Kopetz S, Wolff RA, Hwu P, Maitra A, Roszik J, Yee C, Lizée G. Vestigial-like 1 is a shared targetable cancer-placenta antigen expressed by pancreatic and basal-like breast cancers. Nat Commun 11(1):5332, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33087697.
- Lin JS, Wang DY, Mamlouk O, Glass WF, Abdelrahim M, Yee C, Abudayyeh A. Immune checkpoint inhibitor associated reactivation of primary membranous nephropathy responsive to rituximab. J Immunother Cancer 8(2), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33020246.
- An X, Martinez-Paniagua M, Rezvan A, Fathi M, Singh S, Biswas S, Pourpak M, Yee C, Liu X, Varadarajan N. Single-dose intranasal vaccination elicits systemic and mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2. bioRxiv, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32743568.
- Ma Y, Li J, Wang H, Chiu Y, Kingsley CV, Fry D, Delaney SN, Wei SC, Zhang J, Maitra A, Yee C. Combination of PD1 Inhibitor and OX40 Agonist Induces Tumor Rejection and Immune Memory in Mouse Models of Pancreatic Cancer. Gastroenterology 159(1):306-319.e12, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32179091.
- Wang J, Hasan F, Frey AC, Li HS, Park J, Pan K, Haymaker C, Bernatchez C, Lee DA, Watowich SS, Yee C. Histone deacetylase inhibitors and IL21 cooperate to reprogram human effector CD8+ T cells to memory T cells. Cancer Immunol Res 8(6):794-805, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32213626.
- Schroeder BA, Black RG, Spadinger S, Zhang S, Kohli K, Cao J, Mantilla JG, Conrad EU, Riddell SR, Jones RL, Yee C, Pollack SM. Histiocyte predominant myocarditis resulting from the addition of interferon gamma to cyclophosphamide-based lymphodepletion for adoptive cellular therapy. J Immunother Cancer 8(1), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32269142.
- Mitra A, Andrews MC, Roh W, De Macedo MP, Hudgens CW, Carapeto F, Singh S, Reuben A, Wang F, Mao X, Song X, Wani K, Tippen S, Ng KS, Schalck A, Sakellariou-Thompson DA, Chen E, Reddy SM, Spencer CN, Wiesnoski D, Little LD, Gumbs C, Cooper ZA, Burton EM, Hwu P, Davies MA, Zhang J, Bernatchez C, Navin N, Sharma P, Allison JP, Wargo JA, Yee C, Tetzlaff MT, Hwu WJ, Lazar AJ, Futreal PA. Spatially resolved analyses link genomic and immune diversity and reveal unfavorable neutrophil activation in melanoma. Nat Commun 11(1):1839, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32296058.
- Mondello P, Tadros S, Teater M, Fontan L, Chang AY, Jain N, Yang H, Singh S, Ying HY, Chu CS, Ma MCJ, Toska E, Alig S, Durant M, de Stanchina E, Ghosh S, Mottok A, Nastoupil L, Neelapu SS, Weigert O, Inghirami G, Baselga J, Younes A, Yee C, Dogan A, Scheinberg DA, Roeder RG, Melnick AM, Green MR. Selective Inhibition of HDAC3 Targets Synthetic Vulnerabilities and Activates Immune Surveillance in Lymphoma. Cancer Discov 10(3):440-459, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31915197.
- Song KH, Oh SJ, Kim S, Cho H, Lee HJ, Song JS, Chung JY, Cho E, Lee J, Jeon S, Yee C, Lee KM, Hewitt SM, Kim JH, Woo SR, Kim TW. HSP90A inhibition promotes anti-tumor immunity by reversing multi-modal resistance and stem-like property of immune-refractory tumors. Nat Commun 11(1):562, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31992715.
- Safa H, Johnson DH, Trinh VA, Rodgers TE, Lin H, Suarez-Almazor ME, Fa'ak F, Saberian C, Yee C, Davies MA, Tummala S, Woodman K, Abdel-Wahab N, Diab A. Immune checkpoint inhibitor related myasthenia gravis: single center experience and systematic review of the literature. J Immunother Cancer 7(1):319, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31753014.
- Chu F, Li HS, Liu X, Cao J, Ma W, Ma Y, Weng J, Zhu Z, Cheng X, Wang Z, Liu J, Jiang ZY, Luong AU, Peng W, Wang J, Balakrishnan K, Yee C, Dong C, Davis RE, Watowich SS, Neelapu SS. CXCR5+CD8+ T cells are a distinct functional subset with an antitumor activity. Leukemia 33(11):2640-2653, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31028278.
- Zhang S, Kohli K, Black RG, Yao L, Spadinger SM, He Q, Pillarisetty VG, Cranmer LD, Van Tine BA, Yee C, Pierce RH, Riddell SR, Jones RL, Pollack SM. Systemic Interferon-gamma Increases MHC Class I Expression and T-cell Infiltration in Cold Tumors: Results of a Phase 0 Clinical Trial. Cancer Immunol Res 7(8):1237-1243, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31171504.
- Kim TJ, Park G, Kim J, Lim SA, Kim J, Im K, Shin MH, Fu YX, Del Rio ML, Rodriguez-Barbosa JI, Yee C, Suh KS, Kim SJ, Ha SJ, Lee KM. CD160 serves as a negative regulator of NKT cells in acute hepatic injury. Nat Commun 10(1):3258, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31332204.
- Fan J, Liang H, Ji X, Wang S, Xue J, Li D, Peng H, Qin C, Yee C, Shao Y. CTL-mediated immunotherapy can suppress SHIV rebound in ART-free macaques. Nat Commun 10(1):2257, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31113957.
- Conley AP, Wang WL, Livingston JA, Ravi V, Tsai JW, Ali A, Ingram DR, Lowery CD, Roland CL, Somaiah N, Hwu P, Yee C, Subbiah V, Futreal A, Lazar AJ, Patel S, Roszik J. MAGE-A3 is a Clinically Relevant Target in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma/Myxofibrosarcoma. Cancers (Basel) 11(5), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31096717.
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- Li Y, Bleakley M, Yee C. IL-21 influences the frequency, phenotype, and affinity of the antigen-specific CD8 T cell response. J Immunol 175(4):2261-9, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16081794.
- Groh V, Li YQ, Cioca D, Hunder NN, Wang W, Riddell SR, Yee C, Spies T. Efficient cross-priming of tumor antigen-specific T cells by dendritic cells sensitized with diverse anti-MICA opsonized tumor cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(18):6461-6, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15824323.
- Yee C. Adoptive T cell therapy: Addressing challenges in cancer immunotherapy. J Transl Med 3(1):17, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15860133.
- Roszkowski JJ, Lyons GE, Kast WM, Yee C, Van Besien K, Nishimura MI. Simultaneous generation of CD8+ and CD4+ melanoma-reactive T cells by retroviral-mediated transfer of a single T-cell receptor. Cancer Res 65(4):1570-6, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 15735047.
- Liao X, Li Y, Bonini C, Nair S, Gilboa E, Greenberg PD, Yee C. Transfection of RNA encoding tumor antigens following maturation of dendritic cells leads to prolonged presentation of antigen and the generation of high-affinity tumor-reactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Mol Ther 9(5):757-64, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15120337.
- Danke NA, Koelle DM, Yee C, Beheray S, Kwok WW. Autoreactive T cells in healthy individuals. J Immunol 172(10):5967-72, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15128778.
- Ho WY, Blattman JN, Dossett ML, Yee C, Greenberg PD. Adoptive immunotherapy: engineering T cell responses as biologic weapons for tumor mass destruction. Cancer Cell 3(5):431-7, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12781360.
- Yee C. Adoptive T cell therapy--immune monitoring and MHC multimers. Clin Immunol 106(1):5-9, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12584044.
- Yee C, Thompson JA, Byrd D, Riddell SR, Roche P, Celis E, Greenberg PD. Adoptive T cell therapy using antigen-specific CD8+ T cell clones for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma: in vivo persistence, migration, and antitumor effect of transferred T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99(25):16168-73, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12427970.
- Ho WY, Yee C, Greenberg PD. Adoptive therapy with CD8(+) T cells: it may get by with a little help from its friends. J Clin Invest 110(10):1415-7, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12438439.
- Groh V, Wu J, Yee C, Spies T. Tumour-derived soluble MIC ligands impair expression of NKG2D and T-cell activation. Nature 419(6908):734-8, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12384702.
- Yee C, Greenberg P. Modulating T-cell immunity to tumours: new strategies for monitoring T-cell responses. Nat Rev Cancer 2(6):409-19, 2002. e-Pub 2002. PMID: 12189383.
- Yee C, Riddell SR, Greenberg PD. In vivo tracking of tumor-specific T cells. Curr Opin Immunol 13(2):141-6, 2001. e-Pub 2001. PMID: 11228405.
- Yee C, Thompson JA, Roche P, Byrd DR, Lee PP, Piepkorn M, Kenyon K, Davis MM, Riddell SR, Greenberg PD. Melanocyte destruction after antigen-specific immunotherapy of melanoma: direct evidence of t cell-mediated vitiligo. J Exp Med 192(11):1637-44, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11104805.
- Greenberg, PD, Yee, C, Warren, EH, Gavin, MA, Topp, MS, Cooper, L, Nelson, B, Öhlén, C, Riddell, SR. Therapy of human viral and malignant diseases with gene-modified T cell clones. European cytokine network 11(2):304-305, 2000. e-Pub 2000.
- Lee PP, Yee C, Savage PA, Fong L, Brockstedt D, Weber JS, Johnson D, Swetter S, Thompson J, Greenberg PD, Roederer M, Davis MM. Characterization of circulating T cells specific for tumor-associated antigens in melanoma patients. Nat Med 5(6):677-85, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10371507.
- Li L, Yee C, Beavo JA. CD3- and CD28-dependent induction of PDE7 required for T cell activation. Science 283(5403):848-51, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 9933169.
- Yee C, Savage PA, Lee PP, Davis MM, Greenberg PD. Isolation of high avidity melanoma-reactive CTL from heterogeneous populations using peptide-MHC tetramers. J Immunol 162(4):2227-34, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 9973498.
- Greenberg PD, Finch RJ, Gavin MA, Kalos M, Lewinsohn DA, Lonergan M, Lord JD, Nelson BH, Ohlén C, Sing AP, Warren EH, Yee, Riddell SR. Genetic modification of T-cell clones for therapy of human viral and malignant diseases. Cancer J Sci Am 4 Suppl 1(SUPPL. 1):S100-5, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9619278.
- Yee C, Riddell SR, Greenberg PD. Prospects for adoptive T cell therapy. Curr Opin Immunol 9(5):702-8, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9368780.
- Greenberg, PD, Yee, C, Gilbert, M, N'Eison, H, Lord, A, Kalos, M, Riddoll, S. Genetic modification of T cell clones for therapy of human viral and malignant diseases. FASEB Journal 11(9):A998, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
- Yee C, Gilbert MJ, Riddell SR, Brichard VG, Fefer A, Thompson JA, Boon T, Greenberg PD. Isolation of tyrosinase-specific CD8+ and CD4+ T cell clones from the peripheral blood of melanoma patients following in vitro stimulation with recombinant vaccinia virus. J Immunol 157(9):4079-86, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8892642.
- Nagoya S, Greenberg PD, Yee C, Weisser KE, Sugawara H, Widmer MB, Slack J, Dower SK, Lupton SD, Overell RW. Helper T cell-independent proliferation of CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes transduced with an IL-1 receptor retrovirus. J Immunol 153(4):1527-35, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 8046231.
- Greenberg PD, Nelson B, Gilbert M, Sing A, Yee C, Jensen M, Riddell SR. Genetic modification of T cell clones to improve the safety and efficacy of adoptive T cell therapy. Ciba Found Symp 187:212-23; discussion 224-8, 1994. e-Pub 1994. PMID: 7796672.
- Yee C, Sutcliffe S, Messner HA, Minden MD. Interleukin-6 levels in the plasma of patients with lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 7(1-2):123-9, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1472922.
- Chang H, Messner HA, Wang XH, Yee C, Addy L, Meharchand J, Minden MD. A human lymphoma cell line with multiple immunoglobulin rearrangements. J Clin Invest 89(3):1014-20, 1992. e-Pub 1992. PMID: 1311715.
- Yee C, Messner HA, Minden MD. Regulation of interleukin-6 expression in the lymphoma cell line OCI-LY3. J Cell Physiol 148(3):426-9, 1991. e-Pub 1991. PMID: 1918171.
- Andersson BS, Luna MA, Yee C, Hui KK, Keating MJ, McCredie KB. Fatal pulmonary failure complicating high-dose cytosine arabinoside therapy in acute leukemia. Cancer 65(5):1079-84, 1990. e-Pub 1990. PMID: 2302659.
- Yee C, Biondi A, Wang XH, Iscove NN, de Sousa J, Aarden LA, Wong GG, Clark SC, Messner HA, Minden MD. A possible autocrine role for interleukin-6 in two lymphoma cell lines. Blood 74(2):798-804, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2787680.
- Minden MD, Yee C, Biondi A, deSousa J. Expression of growth factors in human leukemic cells. Journal Biological chemistry Suppl(12A):123, 1988. e-Pub 1988.
- Yee C, Shiu RP. Degradation of endothelial basement membrane by human breast cancer cell lines. Cancer Res 46(4 Pt 1):1835-9, 1986. e-Pub 1986. PMID: 3948167.
- Yee C, Wong HY, Fewer HD, Rogers AG. Two cases of dysphagia due to cervical spine osteophytes successfully treated surgically. Can Med Assoc J 132(7):810-2, 1985. e-Pub 1985. PMID: 3978503.
Other Articles
- Glitza, IC, Ferguson, SD, Bassett Jr, R, Foster, AP, John, I, Hennegan, TD, Rohlfs, ML, Richard, J, Iqbal, M, Dett, TK, Lacey, C, Jackson, N, Rodgers, TE, Phillips, S, Duncan, S, Haydu, LE, Lin, R, Amaria, RN, Wong, MK, Diab, A, Yee, C, Patel, SP, McQuade, JL, Fischer, G, McCutcheon, IE, O'Brien, BJ, Tummala, S, Debnam, M, Guha-Thakurta, N, Wargo, J, Carapeto, F, Hudgens, CW, Huse, J, Tetzlaff, M, Burton, EM, Tawbi, H, Davies, MA Author Correction. Nature medicine 30(6):1787, 2024. PMID: 38649781.
- Meyer, M, Mahr, A, Brewer, J, Daniel, V, Dell‘Aringa, J, Goldstone, T, Hersey, S, Johnston, I, Larson, P, Loveridge, M, MacBeath, G, Moyer, M, Nagorsen, D, Papa, S, Peiser, L, Ranade, K, Rizzi, R, Roers, A, Schendel, DJ, Sivakumar, P, Tran, E, Türeci, Ö, Weigand, L, Wennborg, A, Yee, C, Britten, CM A call to adapt the regulation of HLA testing for T cell receptor-based therapeutics. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 23(1):1-2, 2024. PMID: 38030734.
Abstracts
- Abdel-Wahab N, Montazari E, Spillson C, Bentebibel S, Awiwi M, Gao J, Altan M, Wong MK, Glitza IC, Amaria RN, McQuade JL, Patel SP, Tawbi HA, Davies MA, Yee C, Sharma P, Allison JP, Ekmekcioglu S, Diab A, Elsayes KM. Tocilizumab in combination with ipilimumab and nivolumab in solid tumors. 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Abdel-Wahab N, Kus T, Bentebibel S, McQuade JL, Glitza IC, Amaria RN, Patel SP, Wong MK, Tawbi HA, Davies MA, Peterson SK, Shete S, Yee C, Kavelaars A, Suarez-Almazor ME, Diab A. Immune-related adverse events and symptom burden in patients with melanoma receiving adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitor. 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
Book Chapters
- Li, Y, Hung, SH, Singh, S, Yee, C. Modulating T cell metabolism to improve T cell therapy, 1-24, 2024.
- Hasan F, Yee C. Non-Engineered Adoptive T Cell Therapy. In: Cancer Immunotherapy Principles and Practice, Second Edition, 2021.
- Sharma, A, Campbell, M, Yee, C, Goswami, S, Sharma, P. Immunotherapy of Cancer, 1033-1048.e1, 2019.
- Yee, C. Immunotherapy with Non-Genetically Modified T Cells, 91-100, 2018.
- Yee, C. Immunotherapy with Non-Genetically Modified T Cells. In: Immunotherapy in Translational Cancer Research. Wiley Blackwell, 91-100, 2018.
- Yee C. Cancer Immunotherapy Principles and Practice, Second Edition. In: Non-engineered T cell Therapy. 2. Demos Medical Publishing, an imprint of Springer Publishing, 2017.
- Chapuis, AG, Yee, C. Monitoring antigen-specific responses in clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy, 425-453, 2013.
- Chapuis AG, Yee C. Monitoring antigen-specific responses in clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy. In: Cancer Immunotherapy: Paradigms, Practices and Promise. Springer New York, 425-453, 2013.
- Yee, C. Adoptive therapy using antigen-specific T-cell clones, 2012.
- Pollack S M, Yee C. Adoptive immunotherapy of melanoma. In: Innate Immune Regulation and Cancer Immunotherapy. Springer New York, 439-465, 2012.
- Yee C. Adoptive therapy using antigen-specific T-cell clones. In: Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology: Annual Advances in Oncology. Wolters Kluwer Health Adis (ESP), 367-373, 2012.
- Pollack, SM, Yee, C. Adoptive immunotherapy of melanoma, 439-465, 2012.
- Yee, C. Adoptive cellular therapies, 1465-1498, 2011.
- Yee, C. Adoptive cellular therapies. In: Cancer Chemotherapy and Biotherapy: Principles and Practice. Wolters Kluwer Health Adis (ESP), 1465-1498, 2011.
- Pollack S, Yee C. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Solid Tumor Malignancies. In: Innate and adaptive. immune regulation and Cancer immunotherapy. Wang, RF Ed. Springer Press, 2011.
- Yee C. Tumor Immunotherapy. In: The Molecular Biology of Cancer. 2. Blackwell Publishing, 2011.
- Yee, C. Adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of cancer, 343-361, 2008.
- Yee, C. Adoptive cellular therapy for the treatment of cancer. In: General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy: Basic and Clinical Applications of Tumor Immunology. Springer Netherlands, 343-361, 2008.
- Spelengaris S, Yee C. Tumor Immunotherapy. In: The Molecular Biology of Cancer. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
- Yee C. Adoptive T-cell therapy of cancer. In: Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 3, 711-33, 2006.
- Yee C, Lee PP. Methods for use of peptide-MHC tetramers in tumor immunology. In: Melanoma techniques and protocols: molecular diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. Nickoloff B. Humana Press, 353-362 (Ch. 20), 2001.
Letters to the Editor
- Mc Laughlin AM, Yee C. Letter to the editor: Quality criteria for computational models predicting individual outcomes in CAR-T cell therapy. J Immunother Cancer 11, 2023.
Patents
- T Cell Receptors for Immunotherapy. Patent Number: 16/652932.
- Conditional superagonist ctl ligands for the promotion of tumor-specific ctl responses. Patent Number: 16/450302.
- Hla-restricted vcx/y peptides and t cell receptors and use thereof. Patent Number: 16/474,665.
- Hla-restricted vgll1 peptides and use thereof. Patent Number: 16/339981.
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Unconventional Wisdom for Conventional T Cell Therapy. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Overcoming Hostility…Hostility at the macro-economic to micro molecular levels. Panelist. Truist Bank and Samsara Capital Event. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. TBD. Invited. ATC Translational Research Meeting. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. BRCA and Immune Reactions. Invited. iBRCA Seminar. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Development of a Tumor Immunopeptidome database for T cell-based therapies. Conference. ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. T cells. Targets and Tenacity. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Where is cellular therapy heading? What’s hot and how can we expand its application?. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Cellular therapy: Objections and Hearsay. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. T Cell Therapy - Reforming juvenile delinquents for lifelong careers. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. HLA Education. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2020. Endogenous T Cells for Adoptive Therapy. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2020. T cell in the time of COVID. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2020. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer: The Year of Living Dangerously. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2013. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer. Conference. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2023. Chat GPT does T cell therapy: A Chalk Talk for 2023. Conference. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2022. Translational Advances in Cellular Therapy into the Clinic”. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2022. Sarcomas: Gateway Tumor for T cell Therapy”. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2022. IT ETC protocol update. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2022. T Cell Therapy of Cancer: Faster, Higher, Stronger…. Conference. Gulf Coast Consortia, US.
- 2021. Introduction to Research Opportunities. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2021. HORMAD1-specific TCR-T Cells for Adoptive Cell Therapy. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2021. T cell therapy: Veni, Vidi, Quo Vadis?. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2021. Cell Therapy and its application in oncology. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. Operationalizing T cell Therapy. Invited. ASTCT – SITC Solid Tumor Summit. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2025. T cell Therapy: A Conclave is Key. Invited. Applied Immunological Research Symposium. Nutley, NJ, US.
- 2024. UG3 MDA Update. Invited. CAN-ACT Steering Committee Meeting. DC, Washington, US.
- 2024. T Cell Therapy 2024: Faster, Higher, Stronger. Invited. Cell-Based Immuno-Oncology Workshop. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2024. Immunocompetence : Touchstones to Anti-tumor and Auto- Immunity. Invited. Charge Against Cancer Retreat. Cincinnati, OH, US.
- 2024. T-cell Receptor Targets: First Principles for Future Prospects. Invited. TCR-based Therapies for Solid Tumors Summit. Boston, MA, US.
- 2024. T cell therapy: Memory and Targets for Tumor agnostic, Patient-centric Cancer Treatment. Invited. Emerging Trends in Interventional Medicine Series. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2023. Adoptive T Cell Therapy: Stratagems and Spoils. Invited. Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program Seminar. New York, NY, US.
- 2023. Model-based optimization for CAR-T cell therapy. Invited. American Conference on Pharmacometrics (ACoP) Symposium. National Harbor, MD, US.
- 2023. TBD. Invited. Space Economy Summit. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2023. Endogenous T cell therapy to Treat Cancer. Invited. Stanford, CA, US.
- 2023. ChatGPT does T Cell Therapy: a Chalk Talk for 2023. Invited. Hematology Oncology/HCC Grand Rounds. Charleston, NC, US.
- 2022. A Deep Dive in Cancer Immunotherapy Targets: T cell Selection for Adoptive Cell therapy: A Deep Dive in Cancer Immunotherapy Targets. Invited. The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, US.
- 2021. Endogenous T cells. Conference. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, US.
- 2021. T cell therapy: Quo Vadis?. Invited. OCE Research Rounds, US.
- 2021. Opportunities and Challenges of Innovative Precision Cell Therapy for Cancers. Invited. BIO Asia–Taiwan 2021, US.
- 2020. Adoptive T Cell Therapy: Of mice and men and memory. Invited. Eradicate Cancer, US.
- 2020. Session Chair - Gastric Cancer. Invited. Global Academic Programs, US.
- 2020. Panelist -Next Generation Immunotherapy Combinations: Navigating FDA, Clinical Trial Design, Diagnostics and Novel Biomarkers. Invited. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, US.
- 2020. Difficulties and opportunities in developing cellular therapy and cancer therapeutics clinical trials: science and logistics for investigators. Invited. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, US.
- 2020. Endogenous T cell Therapy for Solid Tumors Malignancies. Invited. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, US.
- 2020. Panelist - Advances in Adoptive T cell Therapy for Cancer: TILs and TCRs. Invited. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, US.
- 2020. T Cell Therapy: Mythbusters. Invited. MIiltgenyi Biotec. Singapore, US.
- 2018. Plenary speaker. Conference. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, US.
- 2018. Translational Systems Immunology. Conference. Keystone Symposium. Snowbird, UT, US.
- 2018. Plenary speaker. Conference. GI Cancer Symposium, Javle Milind 9GI. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2018. T Cell Dysfunction. Conference. Keystone Symposium. Breckenridge, CO, US.
- 2018. Educational Speaker. Conference. ASCO/SITC. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2017. Educational Speaker. Conference. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2017. Plenary speaker. Conference. CAHON NY Oncology Forum. Flushing, NY, US.
- 2016. Fundamental Immunology and its Therapeutic Potential. Conference. Cold Spring Harbor Labs. Cold Spring Harbor, NY, US.
- 2016. Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy (Special Guest Speaker). Conference. Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute UCLA. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2014. Adoptive Cellular Therapy of Cancer. Invited. Yonsei University Global Academic Program. Yonsei, Seoul.
- 2014. Combinational Strategies in Adoptive Cellular Therapy’. Invited. 2.Stand Up To Cancer Summit Conference. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2014. Adoptive T Cell Therapy and Immune Checkpint Inhibitors. Conference. Stand up 2 Cancer (SU2C) Summit Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2014. Adoptive T Cell Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Conference. Stand up 2 Cancer (SU2C) Summit Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2009. T Cell Therapy of Melanoma. Conference. Northwest Dermatological Society Annual Meeting. Suncadia, WA, US.
- 2009. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer. Conference. Yale Cancer Center Grand Rounds. New Haven, CT, US.
- 2008. Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy: From Discovery to Development to Drug. Invited. Cancer Research Institute Annual Meeting, US.
- 2008. Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy. Invited. National Cancer Center of Seoul. Seoul.
- 2007. The Powerful New Anti-tumor Immunotherapies. Invited. Keystone Symposium, US.
- 2006. Biomarkers in Cancer Research. Invited. The Catholic Cancer Research Institute (CCRI).
International Presentations
- 2024. T Cell Therapy of Cholangiocarcinoma. Invited. KSMO Liver Cancer Symposium. Seoul, KR.
- 2024. Endogenous T-cell Therapy. Invited. Cell Therapy Seminar Series. Taipei, TW.
- 2024. T Cell Therapy of Cancer: Faster-Higher-Stronger. Invited. International Symposium: 70th Anniversary Kaohsiung Medical University. Kaohsiung, TW.
- 2024. Utilizing T cell receptor-based therapy to treat anaplastic thyroid cancer. Conference. AACR Annual Meeting. San Diego, US.
- 2024. TBD. Invited. Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP). Rome, IT.
- 2023. T Cell Therapy meets ChatGPT: a chalk talk for 2023. Invited. CRI-ENCI-AACR International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference (CICON23). Milan, IT.
- 2023. T cell therapy of solid tumors : don’t stop believing. Invited. OICR and the Department of Immunology Seminar. Toronto, CA.
- 2023. T cell therapy of solid tumors : don’t stop believing. Invited. Joe Doupe Symposium. Winnipeg, CA.
- 2023. T Cell Therapy: Mythbusters Edition. Invited. Victoria, CA.
- 2021. Is cellular therapy the future for melanoma and all other cancers?. Conference. Melanoma/IO Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. Challenges of T-cell therapy in solid tumors. Invited. Immunotherapy of Cancer Conference. Munich, DE.
- 2018. Keynote Speaker. Invited. HK Immuno-Oncology Symposium, CN.
- 2018. Cell Therapy (Plenary speaker). Conference. Advanced Cell Therapy Shanghai Summit, CN.
- 2018. Cell Therapy (Speaker). Invited. Nobel Symposium (Cancer Immunotherapy), Karolinska Institute, SE.
- 2018. Keynote Speaker and Panelist. Conference. Eradicate Cancer, AU.
- 2017. Plenary Speaker. Conference. Advanced Cell Therapy Shanghai Summit (ACTSS), CN.
- 2017. Distinguished Guest speaker (Plenary Session). Conference. CAHON 2016 China Cancer Immunotherapy Workshop, CN.
- 2017. Keynote Speaker. Conference. Immunotherapy at Brisbane, AU.
- 2017. Special Guest Speaker. Conference. Partner State Key Lab Summit, HK.
- 2016. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer (Plenary Speaker). Conference. Inernational Oncolytic Virus Therapy Annual Meeting. Vancouver, CA.
- 2014. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer. Conference. German Cancer Center (DKFZ) Workshop on Cancer Therapy (Global Academic Program)-MD Anderson Workshop. Heidelberg, DE.
- 2014. T cell Therapies for Cancer. Invited. Immunology for Non-Immunologists, ASCO Annual Meeting. Chicago, US.
- 2014. Adoptive T Cell Therapy (Plenary Speaker). Invited. Norwegian Cancer Sympoisum,on Immunotherapy. Oslo, NO.
- 2014. Adoptive T cell therapy and CTLA4 blockade—Personalized Medicine for Common Cancers. Invited. BIO-Forum. The 16th International Shanghai Forum on Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry. Shanghai, CN.
- 2014. Adoptive T cell therapy and CTLA4 blockade—Treatment Modality for Solid Tumor Malignancies. Invited. 1st International Sino-German Immunology Symposium. Guangzhou, CN.
- 2014. A Combination Strategy of Adoptive T Cell Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade. Invited. Global Academic Program Annual Meeting (MD Anderson Cancer Center and Yonsei University),. Seoul, KR.
- 2014. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer. Invited. Sidra Symposium Series - Plenary Speaker, QA.
- 2013. Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy. Conference. Cold Spring Harbor. Suzhou, CN.
- 2013. A Combination Strategy of Adoptive T Cell Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade. Invited. Norwegian Cancer Sympoisum: Harnessing Innate and Adaptive Immunity. Oslo, NO.
- 2009. Adoptive Cellular Therapy. Conference. Kobe University, International Center for Medical Research. Kobe, JP.
- 2009. Adoptive Cellular Therapy, Seminar Speaker. Conference. Kobe University, Inernational Center for Medical Research. Kobe, JP.
- 2009. Adoptive T Cell Therapy: Strategems and Spoils. Conference. Cambridge Oncology seminar series. Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute. Cambridge, GB.
- 2009. Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS4). Cambridge, UK. “Immunotherapy: No Efficacy without (a little) Toxicity ?. Conference. International Association of Biomedical Gerontology (IABG), 10th Congress. Cambridge, GB.
- 2009. Of Science EXPOs and Cancer Research (Keynote Speaker). Conference. Northwest Association of Biomedical Research (NWABR). Bellevue, US.
- 2009. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer: The Next Generation (Session Speaker). Conference. Society for Melanoma Research 2009 International Congress. Boston, US.
- 2009. Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Melanoma. Conference. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Session Chair and Speaker. Orlando, US.
- 2009. Control of Cancer Immunosuppression: The Challenge for Cancer Vaccine Development (Plenary Speaker). Conference. International Immunotherapy Symposia Series. New York, US.
- 2009. 2nd Annual Cancer Immunotherapy Symposium-Plenary Speaker. Conference. Canadian Immunology Society. Whistler, CA.
Formal Peers
- 2022. Endogenous T Cell Therapy: The New Math in Adoptive Cell Therapy. Invited, US.
- 2022. Workshop on Advances in Immunoengineering. Invited, US.
- 2021. Research Day Activities. Invited, US.
- 2021. Opportunities and Challenges in Adoptive Cellular Therapy of Solid Tumors. Invited, US.
- 2021. T Cell Immunity of COVID19: Developing Biomarker and Therapeutic Strategies. Invited, US.
- 2020. Adoptive T Cell Therapy: 2020 Vision. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy. Invited. Chicago, IL, US.
- Immunotherapy of Cancer. Invited. Seattle, WA, US.
- Application of Nanotechnology to Cancer Immunotherapy. Invited. Seattle, WA, US.
- Tumor Immunology/Immunotherapy. Invited. Seattle, WA, US.
- Immune Monitoring in Health and Disease. Invited. Seattle, WA, US.
- Adoptive Cellular Therapy: ABCs of ACT. Invited. Seattle, WA, US.
Grant & Contract Support
Date: | 2026 - 2031 |
Title: | AI-empowered Immunomics for Metastatic Melanoma Polyepitope Vaccine |
Funding Source: | Terasaki Institute |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP26865 |
Date: | 2026 - 2027 |
Title: | T- Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors |
Funding Source: | Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology (TAMEST) |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2025 - 2027 |
Title: | A Universal Tool for Unravelling the Requirements for Clinically Relevant Cell-Cell Interactions via In Situ Phenotyping and Tagging of Live Cells |
Funding Source: | Narwhal Bio |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00025932 |
Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
Title: | Repurposing of eliglustat for prevention of triple-negative breast cancer |
Funding Source: | N/A |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP000225223 |
Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
Title: | A Phase IB Study Of Brachyury-specific T Cell Therapy For The Treatment Of Patients With Advanced or Refractory Chordoma |
Funding Source: | Cancer Research Institute |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00025718 |
Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
Title: | HORMAD-specific TGF-beta resistant memory T cells for treatment of patients with Gastro-esophageal Cancer |
Funding Source: | NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP26960 |
Date: | 2025 - 2027 |
Title: | Design and optimization of TCR-T therapeutics by an advanced T-cell receptor-antigen binding prediction platform |
Funding Source: | Nightstar Biotechnologies, Inc |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00025898 |
Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
Title: | ME240317P1: Enhancer editing to improve TIL therapy for melanoma |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DoD) |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | ME240317 |
Date: | 2025 - 2027 |
Title: | Antigen Discovery of TCR Targets for Pediatric Glioma |
Funding Source: | Lindonlight Collective |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00025550 |
Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
Title: | Complement inhibitors: a novel anti-melanoma immunotherapy |
Funding Source: | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP00024217 |
Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
Title: | Checkpoint Inhibitors: Effects on Immune Exhaustion and Outcomes During Septic Shock in Cancer Patients |
Funding Source: | C. Gutierrez |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP00024310 |
Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
Title: | Role of a novel enhancer hub in T cell exhaustion |
Funding Source: | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP00024415 |
Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
Title: | INTERCEPT Platform for In Vivo Immune Engineering Through Epigenetic Editing |
Funding Source: | W.M. Keck Foundation |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP00025550 |
Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
Title: | ImpACT: Improving Treatment Strategies for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Through Integration of Novel Therapies and Assessment of Tumor Response |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Key |
ID: | FP00023822 |
Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
Title: | Equipment: Development of a Preclinical Magnetic Particle Imaging System Tailored for Cancer Cell Therapy |
Funding Source: | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 2509874 |
Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
Title: | MD Anderson Sarcoma SPORE Project 2: Adoptive Cell Therapies for Chordomas |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | P50CA302482 |
Date: | 2025 - 2027 |
Title: | Phase 1 Study of Intrathecal Cellular Adoptive Immunotherapy Using Autologous CD8+ Antigen-Specific T Cells for Melanoma Patients with Leptomeningeal Disease |
Funding Source: | CPRIT |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | RP250534 |
Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
Title: | Miniature tumor avatars to enhance antigenic prediction for personalized vaccine |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1R01CA299679-01 |
Date: | 2025 - 2028 |
Title: | Microgravity and T Cell Therapy |
Funding Source: | NASA-CASIS |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2024 - 2027 |
Title: | Evaluating Antigen Spread After cDC1 Vaccination |
Funding Source: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1 F30 CA 290816 - 01 A1 |
Date: | 2024 - 2028 |
Title: | SPIKEs: Programmable and scalable therapeutics for immune-directed cancer-killing |
Funding Source: | Texas A&M University Health Science Center / ARPA-H |
Role: | PI |
ID: | AWD00008170 |
Date: | 2024 - 2029 |
Title: | Center for Gastric Pre-Cancer Atlas of Multidimensional Evolution in 3D (GAME3D) |
Funding Source: | NIH |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | U01CA294518 |
Date: | 2024 - 2029 |
Title: | Defeating Cancer with Immunomodulatory Bacterial Therapeutics |
Funding Source: | University of Missouri / NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | FP20412 |
Date: | 2024 - 2027 |
Title: | Epigenetic editing to improve cell therapy for melanoma |
Funding Source: | DoD |
Role: | PI |
ID: | ME230277 |
Date: | 2024 - 2029 |
Title: | Deregulation of Sulfatide Synthesis in the Development and Progression of Pancreatic Cancer Precursor Lesions |
Funding Source: | NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | 1 R01 CA 278948 - 01 A1 |
Date: | 2024 - 2029 |
Title: | Establishing a non-invasive immune checkpoint inhibitor associated nephritis signature |
Funding Source: | NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1 R01 CA 292038 - 01 |
Date: | 2024 - 2029 |
Title: | Bhlhe40 Regulation of T Cell Function During Cancer Immunotherapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 1R01CA282027-01A1 |
Date: | 2024 - 2027 |
Title: | Platelet-Mediated Immune Response Modulation in Melanoma |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DoD) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP00020664 |
Date: | 2024 - 2025 |
Title: | VEL-03: IND-enabling development of a novel therapeutic approach for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and other solid tumors |
Funding Source: | Velorum Therapeutics |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP00020485 |
Date: | 2024 - 2028 |
Title: | Epigenetically enhanced Endogenous T Cell Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00019864 |
Date: | 2024 - 2027 |
Title: | Rapid urine test for detecting cancer immunotherapy toxicity |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | FP00019839 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | An Exploration of the Tumor Immunopeptidome for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | FP19933 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | An Exploration of the Tumor Immunopeptidome for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | FP19933 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | The Impact of Biologic Aging on Immunity-Related Cervical Cancer Outcome Disparities Among Women Living with HIV in Zambia |
Funding Source: | NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 5 R01 CA 284623 - 01; Project: 00015760 |
Date: | 2023 - 2024 |
Title: | Tumor agnostic development of TCR targets for lung cancer and solid tumors |
Funding Source: | The Troper Wojcicki Foundation |
Role: | PI |
ID: | LC 005; Project: 00015910 |
Date: | 2023 - 2027 |
Title: | Mechanisms for enhancing the efficacy of immunotherapies using recombinant bacterial therapeutics |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | Combining Effective Radiotherapeutic-strategies to enhance Vaccinations against Cervical cancer (CERVICAL) ROBIN: Project 1 - Microenvironment, patient-level, and systemic factors contributing to robust HPV-specific immune response in cervical cancer patients undergoing definitive chemoradiation |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | U54CA281787 |
Date: | 2023 - 2025 |
Title: | HORMAD-specific TGF-beta resistant memory T cells for treatment of patients with Gastro-esophageal Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 1 UG3 CA283615-01 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | Repurposing Glucosylceramide Synthase to Promote Mitochondrial Lethality and Potentiate an Anti-Tumor Immune Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | R37CA269611 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | NO TITLE PROVIDED |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | FP00016743 |
Date: | 2023 - 2028 |
Title: | Program for T-cell based therapies (ProTCT) |
Funding Source: | STrategic Research Initiative DEvelopment (STRIDE), MD Anderson |
Role: | PI |
ID: | N/A |
Date: | 2022 - 2027 |
Title: | Spatial Decoding of Tumor-Immune Co-Evolution in Gastric Cancer Development and Progression |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | U54CA272685 |
Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
Title: | Adoptive Cellular Therapy for the Treatment of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00015142 |
Date: | 2022 - 2027 |
Title: | Immunotherapy of Uveal Melanoma using PRAME Vaccine in combination with Adoptive T cell therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP0001311_Res1 |
Date: | 2022 - 2023 |
Title: | Identification of TCR Targets for Chordoma |
Funding Source: | Cancer Research Institute |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CRI3233 |
Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
Title: | Aging Related Immune Determinants of Cervical Cancer Outcomes in Women Living with HIV |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | FP00015458 |
Date: | 2022 - 2029 |
Title: | Biology and Function of Exosomes in Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Significant Contributor |
ID: | FP9593_Res1 |
Date: | 2022 - 2024 |
Title: | Phase I Study of Cellular Adoptive Immunotherapy Using Autologous CD8+ Antigen-Specific T Cells for Patients With Leptomeningeal Melanoma |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | FP00015123 |
Date: | 2022 - 2025 |
Title: | Development of Point of Care Device for detection of Immunotoxicity |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | FP00013163_Res1 |
Date: | 2021 - 2026 |
Title: | Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Endogenous T Cell Therapy Response |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | FP00013137 |
Date: | 2021 - 2026 |
Title: | Synthetic Biology strategies to Enhance Adoptive Cellular Therapy by Genetic and Epigenetic Engineering |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00012822 |
Date: | 2021 - 2025 |
Title: | MD Anderson Epigenomics Therapy Initiative (METI) |
Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Role: | Co-Leader (Cell Therapy Arm) |
ID: | N/A; Fund: 123944 |
Date: | 2021 - 2026 |
Title: | MD Anderson Sarcoma SPORE |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | P50CA247709 |
Date: | 2021 - 2026 |
Title: | MD Anderson Lymphoma SPORE: Improving Outcomes for Lymphoma |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Project 1 Basic Co-Leader |
ID: | 1 P50 CA257882-01 |
Date: | 2021 - 2026 |
Title: | MD Anderson Epigenetics SPORE |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | P50CA261606 |
Date: | 2021 - 2024 |
Title: | Intrathecal Endogenous T cell for Patients with Leptomeningeal Disease |
Funding Source: | Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | FP0001293 |
Date: | 2021 - 2028 |
Title: | Recombinant Human InterLeukin-7 (CYT107) to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Lymphopenic Patients with COVID-19 Infection |
Funding Source: | Cancer Research Institute |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | 2020-07041 |
Date: | 2021 - 2024 |
Title: | PROTEAN-CR: Proteomics Toolkit for Ensemble Analysis in Cancer Research |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | 1U01CA258512-01 |
Date: | 2020 - 2023 |
Title: | Systematic discovery of cryptic CD8+ T-cell epitopes in triple negative breast cancer for developing new adoptive T-cell therapy |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | W81XWH-19-BCRP-BTA12-2 |
Date: | 2020 - 2024 |
Title: | From cancer associations to altered immunity in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease |
Funding Source: | Harvard Medical School/Parkinson’s Foundation (MDACC sub) |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 237603; Project: 00012532 |
Date: | 2020 - 2021 |
Title: | From Cancer Associations to Altered Immunity in the Pathogenesis of Parkinsons Disease |
Funding Source: | Harvard Medical School |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | FP00011002 |
Date: | 2020 - 2022 |
Title: | Developing single-cell RNAseq- based genetic screens to identify novel targets for cancer immunotherapy |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | RP200520 |
Date: | 2020 - 2021 |
Title: | T Cell Immunity of COVID19: Developing Biomarker and Therapeutic Strategies |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | R01CA237672 |
Date: | 2019 - 2024 |
Title: | Adoptive T Cell Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 5 R01 CA 237672 - 05; Project: 00008060 |
Date: | 2019 - 2021 |
Title: | Modular Application of Surface Technology for the Generation of Antigen-specific T cells for Adoptive Cellular Therapy |
Funding Source: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 7540119C10129 |
Date: | 2019 - 2023 |
Title: | Controllable In Vivo Genome Editing for Immune-Checkpoint Blockade in Solid Tumors |
Funding Source: | University of Kentucky |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | R23181 |
Date: | 2019 - 2025 |
Title: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma |
Funding Source: | NCI |
Role: | Co-I |
ID: | 5 P50 CA 221703 - 05; Project: 00008031 |
Date: | 2019 - 2023 |
Title: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center SPORE in Melanoma – Project 3: Immunotherapeutic Targeting of SLC45A2 for Treatment of Uveal Melanoma |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Leader |
ID: | P50CA221703 |
Date: | 2019 - 2024 |
Title: | Immunotherapeutic Targeting of SLC45A2 for Treatment of Uveal Melanoma |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | RP190360 |
Date: | 2018 - 2019 |
Title: | Aptamer-based Detection and Binding of Peptide-MHC Complexes |
Funding Source: | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00004660 |
Date: | 2017 - 2019 |
Title: | Enhancing immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer by disrupting mutant K-ras using CRISPR/Cas9 |
Funding Source: | William March Rice University |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | FP00001387 RP170721 |
Date: | 2017 - 2020 |
Title: | Phase I/II Study to Evaluate Adoptive Cellular Therapy Using Il-21-Primed CD8+ MAGE-A4-Specific T Cells in Combination with Anti-CD137 Antibody for Patients with Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer |
Funding Source: | City of Hope National Medical Center |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FP00002043 |
Date: | 2016 - 2018 |
Title: | Pre-Clinical and Human Correlative Studies of a Novel Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Pancreatic Cancer |
Funding Source: | DOD/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (DOD/CDMRP) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CA150262P3 |
Date: | 2016 - 2019 |
Title: | Multidisciplinary Research Project |
Funding Source: | Pancreatic Immunotherapy |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2016 - 2017 |
Title: | Cancer Center Support Grant |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | CO-I |
ID: | CA016672-41 |
Date: | 2016 - Present |
Title: | Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Cancer |
Funding Source: | Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy |
Role: | PI |
ID: | RCTS# 2016-00552378 |
Date: | 2016 - 2019 |
Title: | Visualizing T-Cell Trafficking |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | RP160013 |
Date: | 2015 - 2017 |
Title: | TCR engineering for Adoptive T Cell Therapy |
Funding Source: | ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 51315 |
Date: | 2015 - 2016 |
Title: | SIV: Preclinical Activities ActoLog - Immatics Biotechno |
Funding Source: | Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 51757 |
Date: | 2015 - 2016 |
Title: | Development of Personalized Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer |
Funding Source: | Lustgarten Foundation Extraordinary Opportunity Proposal |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2014 - 2017 |
Title: | Project 3: Feasibility Study for ACTolog |
Funding Source: | Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 15040602 |
Date: | 2013 - 2014 |
Title: | Gastric Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy |
Funding Source: | Sister Institution Network Funding (MDACC) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 01 |
Date: | 2013 - 2017 |
Title: | Rapamycin and IL-21 Conditioned CD8+Tcells for Adoptive Cellular Therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI, Project 2 Leader |
ID: | CA159981-02 |
Date: | 2013 - 2016 |
Title: | Rapamycin and IL-21 Conditioned CD8+ Tcells for adoptive Cellular Therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 5P50CA159981-02 |
Date: | 2013 - 2018 |
Title: | Adoptive Cellular Therapy: Strategies to Enhance Safety, Persistence and Efficacy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CA172730-01 |
Date: | 2013 - 2019 |
Title: | Adoptive T Cell Therapy for Cancer |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | R1301 |
Date: | 2013 - 2017 |
Title: | SU2CR - Immunology Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy |
Funding Source: | American Association for Cancer Research |
Role: | PI |
ID: | SUC2CR-AACR-DT 1012114616 |
Date: | 2013 - 2019 |
Title: | Adoptive T Cell Therapy and Immunotherapy of Cancer |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | PI |
ID: | R1301 |
Date: | 2013 - 2015 |
Title: | Adoptive Cell Transfer for Cancer Treatment |
Funding Source: | Stand Up to Cancer - Cancer Research Institute |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | SU2C-CRI |
Date: | 2011 - 2017 |
Title: | Targeting MCPyV to Overcome Immune Evarsion in Merkel Cell Carcinoma |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-PI |
ID: | CA147820 |
Date: | 2011 - 2016 |
Title: | Adoptive CD4 T Cell Therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CA71429-06 |
Date: | 2010 - 2014 |
Title: | Targeting Cancer-Testis Antigens in Sarcoma |
Funding Source: | Gilman Foundation |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2010 - 2014 |
Title: | Strategies to Enhance the Efficacy of Adoptive T Cell Therapy |
Funding Source: | MRA |
Role: | PI |
Date: | 2010 - 2016 |
Title: | Adoptive T Cell Therapy of Melanoma Targeting NY-ESO-1 |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CA104711-07 |
Date: | 2009 - 2011 |
Title: | Potentiating Adoptive T Cell Therapy by Immunomodulation - now in NCE |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CA 128283-02S1 |
Date: | 2009 - 2011 |
Title: | The use of IL-21 modulated CTL for Adoptive T Cell Therapy |
Funding Source: | Harry LLoyd CTR |
Role: | PI |
ID: | FDN TE 5158 |
Date: | 2009 - 2012 |
Title: | Phase I/II study of cellular adoptive immunotheraphy using autologous CD8+NY-1 specific t Cell clones and anti-CTLA-4 for patients with metastatic melanoma |
Funding Source: | CRI |
Role: | Co-PI |
Date: | 2009 - 2011 |
Title: | Cancer Center Support Grant |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Investigator |
ID: | CA15704-37 |
Date: | 2008 - 2011 |
Title: | Identification of T-Cell defined Antigens in Ovarian Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | CA 122904-03 |
Date: | 2006 - 2012 |
Title: | Adoptive Therapy of Cancer: Strategies to Augment the Antigen-Specific T-Cell Response |
Funding Source: | Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 1006002 |
Title: | Wnt Modulators and Tumor Antigen Expression of Human Melanoma Cells |
Funding Source: | CCSG Pilot Award |
Role: | PI |
Title: | Adoptive T Cell Therapy Following CD25 Lymphodepletion |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | PI |
ID: | 137647-01A2 |
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