Frontier Science #21 - Clinical Applications of Immunotherapies w/ Lili Yang - Prof. @ UCLA | BIOS

Guest: Dr. Lili Yang is currently an Associate Professor at ‪@UCLA‬. She received her Ph.D. degree in Biology from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2004, studying with the Nobel Laureate David Baltimore. Post graduation, she stayed at Caltech and led a multi-institutional Engineering Immunity Program from 2004 to 2012, developing gene- and cell-based immunotherapies for cancer and HIV/AIDS. She joined the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2013. Her research laboratory at UCLA studies tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy, with a special focus on stem cell-based and gene-engineered immunotherapy for cancer. Her work has resulted in over 60 peer-reviewed publications (in prestigious journals including Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Cell Stem Cell, PNAS, J Exp Med, J Clin Invest, Blood, etc.), 20 patents, 2 clinical trials, and 2 biotech startups.

In recognition of her scientific achievements, Dr. Lili Yang has received multiple prestigious awards, including a TR35 (Innovators Under 35) Award from the MIT Technology Review Magazine , a Forbeck Scholar Award, the Director’s New Innovator Award from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a series of Translational Research Awards from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), a Young Investigator Award from the American Association of Immunologists (AAI), and an Outstanding New Investigator Award from the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT).

Dr. Lili Yang is also widely recognized for her biotech accomplishments. She has been named Women in Biopharma by Endpoints News in 2022, and Top Women in Academic Entrepreneurship by BIOS in 2023.

Hosts: Drew Yashar & Min Joo Kim

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