Siobhan Burns

Ep. 65: “Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders” Featuring Dr. Siobhan Burns Blog Post

Dr. Siobhan Burns is a Professor of Translational Immunology at University College London. Her group studies the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms that give rise to primary immunodeficiency disorders. She talks about how genetic mutations affect immune function, and what inborn errors of immunity can teach us about general immunology.

Peter Fecci

Ep. 64: “Brain Tumor Immunotherapy” Featuring Dr. Peter Fecci Blog Post

Dr. Peter Fecci is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Duke University and the Director of the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis. His research focuses on brain tumor immunology and immunotherapy, and T cell dysfunction in glioblastoma and other intracranial cancers. He talks about activating T cells to target brain tumors and his team’s work on targeting MHC-I-negative tumor cells.

Peter Fecci

Dr. Peter Fecci

Dr. Peter Fecci is a Professor of Neurosurgery and the Director of the Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis at Duke University. His research centers around brain tumor immunology and immunotherapy,…

Kristin Anderson

Ep. 62: “T Cells in Solid Tumors” Featuring Dr. Kristin Anderson Blog Post

Dr. Kristin Anderson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, where her lab focuses on engineering T cells to overcome immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment. She talks about how her cancer diagnosis changed her career focus, strategies for targeting ovarian cancer, and her transition from postdoc to professor.