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Ph.D., Professor, Harvard
Biography
Marcela Maus, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the Paula O’Keeffe Chair in Oncology, and Director of Cellular Immunotherapy at The Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute. She is an internationally recognized translational physician-scientist specializing in T-cell and cellular immunotherapies for cancer, with over 230 publications and multiple NIH grants. Her research focuses on human T-cell biology and the clinical translation of engineered T-cell therapies. Dr. Maus trained at MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Mark Genovese, Eli Lilly
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Miriam Merad, Mount Sinai (Luminary)
• Jeffrey A. Bluestone, UCSF (Luminary)
Featured Speakers
• Miriam Merad, Mount Sinai
• Jeffrey A. Bluestone, UCSF
• Gallia Levy, Gilead
• Marcela V. Maus, Harvard
• Nick Wilson, Biogen
• Megan Levings, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
• Min Bao, Kali Therapeutics
• Purvesh Khatri, Stanford
• Heleen Scheerens, Genentech
• Pascal Geldsetzer, Stanford
• Dan Littman, NYU
• Anne Kasmar, Parexel
Macrophages Across Inflammation, Cancer & Aging
Master regulators of tissue health and disease across precision immunology.
Immune Reset in Autoimmune Disease
CAR-T, in vivo CAR, and the pursuit of durable remission.
Beyond Broad Immunosuppression
Tolerance, Tregs, and disease-modifying approaches.
Turning Biomarkers on Their Head
What we can measure before we can reliably predict response.
Precision Immunology in Clinical Development
Trial enrichment, deeper endpoints, response prediction, and regulatory strategy.
The Microbial Roots of Autoimmunity
Chronic infection, dysbiosis, and microbial signals shaping disease.
Davos of Precision Medicine
PMWC 2027 Program
January 27–29, 2027 · Santa Clara Convention Center
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