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Meet a PennMedicine Researcher
Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, is the co-recipient of the 2023 Dean's Distinguished Award, along with Dr. Katalin Karikó. The Dean's Distinguished Award recognizes an exceptional individual or collaborative team whose relentless pursuit of scientific excellence has resulted in a paradigm-shifting discovery that has indelibly transformed the global landscape of health care and scientific understanding. Nobel Prize Laureates Drs. Weissman and Karikó have pioneered research that has rewritten the annals of medical science and history. Their unwavering dedication to mRNA-based therapies has not only saved countless lives during the COVID-19 pandemic but has also unveiled a new frontier in medicine, offering hope for treating a wide spectrum of diseases, from cancer to genetic disorders. More about Dr. Weissman
Featured Publications
- Toward Application of Polygenic Risk Scores to Both Enhance and Deintensify Breast Cancer Screening. Maxwell KN, Domchek SM Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2024 May 1;42(13):1462-1465 Epub 2024 Feb 29
- MAPT H2 haplotype and risk of Pick's disease in the Pick's disease International Consortium: a genetic association study. Valentino RR, Scotton WJ, Roemer SF, Lashley T, Heckman MG, Shoai M, Martinez-Carrasco A, ... The Lancet. Neurology. 2024 May;23(5):487-499
- Caring for Hospitalized Adults With Opioid Use Disorder in the Era of Fentanyl: A Review. Englander H, Thakrar AP, Bagley SM, Rolley T, Dong K, Hyshka E JAMA internal medicine. 2024 Apr 29
- Advancing genomics to improve health equity. Madden EB, Hindorff LA, Bonham VL, Akintobi TH, Burchard EG, Baker KE, Begay RL, ... Nature genetics. 2024 Apr 29
- The SPATA5-SPATA5L1 ATPase complex directs replisome proteostasis to ensure genome integrity. Krishnamoorthy V, Foglizzo M, Dilley RL, Wu A, Datta A, Dutta P, Campbell LJ, ... Cell. 2024 Apr 25;187(9):2250-2268.e31 Epub 2024 Mar 29
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