Program in Translational Therapeutics

Mission:

To promote and accelerate early phase clinical development of novel translational therapeutics by building matrix partnerships between interdisciplinary and inter-institutional laboratory and clinical investigators.

Goals include:

• To extend and expand the critical mass of expertise and leadership in Translational Therapeutics that is an identifiable resource for trainees and both intra- and extra-mural collaborators.
• To facilitate translational therapeutics with engineered cells.
• To promote translational science using engineered RNA and targeted nanomedicines.
• To address the emerging disparities that restrict access to novel cell and gene therapies.

PTT Co-Directors

Carl June, MD – Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director of Translational Research of the Abramson Cancer Center

Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine
Co-Director, Penn Center for AIDS Research, Immunology Core

General inquiries can be sent to ptt@pobox.edu