Speaker Profile
M.D., Instructor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Stanford
Biography
Sneha Ramakrishna, M.D. obtained her B. A. from the University of Chicago and her M.D. from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. She completed her residency training in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the Johns Hopkins/National Cancer Institute combined program. Her research focuses on identifying mechanisms of relapse in patients following chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies and optimizing both CAR design and tumor sensitivity to improve long-term success of CAR T cell therapies. Clinically, Dr. Ramakrishna sees patients with pediatric solid tumors and treats children with CAR T cell therapies in the Cancer Cellular Therapies program.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2023 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Sharon Benzeno, Adaptive Biotechnologies
- PMWC 2023 Luminary Award Ceremony
Honoree: Bruce Levine, University of Pennsylvania
- Advance and Optimize Cell Therapies in Oncology (PANEL)
Chair: Sharon Benzeno, Adaptive Biotechnologies
- Ira Mellman, Genenetch
- Mark Selby, Walking Fish Therapeutics
- Sneha Ramakrishna, Stanford
- Loïc VINCENT, Affini-T Therapeutics
- Nick Haining, Arsenal
- Warner Biddle, Kite - Pioneering Cell Therapies in the Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders (PANEL)
Chair: Carl June, UPenn
- Lenny Dragone, Sonoma
- James Chung, Kyverna
- David Chang, Cabaletta
- Cristina Musselli, Abata Therapeutics - Innovations in Cell Therapy Manufacturing (PANEL)
Chair: Bruce Levine, University of Pennsylvania
- Chris Holt, BMS
- Heidi Hagen, Sonoma Bio
- Rahul Singhvi, Resilience
- Snehal Patel, Sana Biotechnology - Patentability of Immunotherapies - Latest Developments
- Janet Xiao, Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Investing in Gene-Modified Cell Therapies
Chair: Karen Tkach Tuzman, BioCentury Inc.
- Robert Lin, UPMC
- Yvonne Yamanaka, venBio
- Abraham Bassan, Samsara Capital
- Brian Daniels, 5am Ventures
- Leveraging Data Sets to Inform Future Drug Discovery and Development (PANEL)
Chair: Jason Coloma, Maze Therapeutics
- Peter DiLaura, Sonoma Bio
- Nick Haining, Arsenal
- Kwame Okrah, Parker Institute
- Dan Kirouac, Notch Therapeutics
