Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Professor in the Departments of Medical Biophysics and Immunology at the University of Toronto. She is also the Director of the Tumor Immunotherapy Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Her interests include understanding CD8+ T cell biology and mechanisms that regulate anti-tumor immunity.

Dr Robert Schreiber

Title: Speaker

Country: USA

Organisation: Washington University School of Medicine

Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D. is the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pathology and Immunology and Professor of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He is co-leader of the Tumor Immunology Program of Washington University’s Siteman Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Founding Director of the Andrew M. and Jane M.Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs. Schreiber is an Extramural Member Researcher of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, an Associate Director of the Scientific Advisory Board to the Cancer Research Institute, and a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors to the National Cancer Institute. Schreiber is a co-founder of three biotech companies: Igenica Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Burlingame CA), a biotech company focused on novel monoclonal antibody cancer therapeutics, Jounce Therapeutics (Boston MA), a biotech company focused on development of novel immunotherapeutics capable of unleashing the anti-cancer activities of the immune system and Neon Therapeutics, Inc (Cambridge, MA). a biotech company focused on targeting mutant proteins in tumors (neoantigens) to develop cancer specific immunotherapeutics. He is also a member of Scientific Advisory Boards for BioLegend, Constellation,