Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Director of Translational Research, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania. Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute. Research studies various mechanisms of lymphocyte activation that relate to immune tolerance and adoptive immunotherapy for cancer and chronic infection. Named most influential academic scientist in the biopharmaceutical industry, FierceBiotech.