The Department of Molecular Biosciences and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology present

The Sixth John Charles Sisson Memorial Lecture

Dr. James Allison, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

"Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New Insights, Opportunities, and Prospects for a Cure."

James P. Allison, PhD, earned his doctorate at The University of Texas, Austin, and did his postdoctoral fellowship in molecular immunology at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. Dr. Allison is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Immunology and the Executive Director of the Immunotherapy Platform, and a Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he also holds the Vivian Smith Distinguished Chair in Immunology.

Learn more about Allison and the talk at the link below.