ILS Seminar - "Micro-Physiological Systems: Developing a Functional Precision Medicine Platform for Immuno-Oncology"
Jan
29
2026
Jan
29
2026
Description
The Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program welcomes Dr. Amir Reza Aref for the 2026 Spring Seminar Series.
Dr. Aref is a scientific leader in translational immuno-oncology, drug discovery, pre-clinical biomarker, computational biology and cancer diagnostics with over 15 years of combined industry and academic experience at MIT, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is currently the Director at the Center for Personalize and Precision Cancer Therapeutics (CPCT) at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Aref is hosted by Laden Mashouri, Dr. George Georgiou, and Dr. Everett Stone.
Dr. Aref's seminar, “Micro-Physiological Systems: Developing a Functional Precision Medicine Platform for Immuno-Oncology” will be held on, Thursday, January 29 at 12:00 PM in NHB 1.720 with a pizza reception to follow at 1:00 PM.
Click here to learn more about Dr. Aref's research
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