About the Speaker

Catherine J. Wu, MD
Chief, the Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Speaker Bio

Title: From GvL to personalized vaccine and back again

Description: We will report on updates in our studies of graft-versus-leukemia and personalized cancer vaccines across diverse tumor types.

Wes Brown Seminar

“Wes Brown epitomized the relentless initiative that makes Stanford Medicine a pillar of hope for so many.”

Lloyd Minor, MD
Dean, Stanford School of Medicine
Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford University

Wes Brown, MD, was a Professor of Medicine-Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) and an Infectious Disease specialist. Wes dedicated her career to Stanford, its BMT Program, and its patients. She is remembered for delivering superlative patient care and for many contributions to the field including establishing the basis for a dedicated BMT-CT immune compromised host service, developing and leading novel clinical trials, studying transplant-related immune deficiencies and devising translatable ways to overcome them, and mentoring and supporting numerous trainees.