Schedule | Fall 2025
UPENN SOM | Case Studies in Translational Research BIOM 510
| Session | Date | Room | Class Time | Faculty Preceptor | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Monday, August 25 | Jordan 516 EW | 3:30-4:30PM | Bob Heuckeroth, MD-PhD Skip Brass, MD-PhD |
Intro/Guidance session |
2 |
Friday, September 5 | Jordan 516 EW | 1:30-3:00PM | Ali Naji, MD, PhD | Academic vs Industry for beta cell replacement to cure type one diabetes |
3 |
Monday, September 8 | Jordan 506 EW | 1:30-3:00PM |
Sneha Narasimhan, MD, PhD |
Disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease: from clinical trials to clinical practice |
4 |
Wednesday, September 17 | Jordan 516 EW | 1:30-3:00PM |
Carl June, MD |
CAR T Cells for Autoimmune Disorders |
5 |
Monday, September 29 | Jordan 516 EW | 1:30-3:00PM | Kathy High, MD | AAV-mediated gene therapy for hemophilia |
6 |
Monday, October 6 | Jordan 516 EW | 2:00-3:30PM |
Peter Lebowitz, MD, PhD |
Developing Novel Drug-Device Cancer Therapeutics |
7 |
Wednesday, October 15 | Jordan 506 EW | 1:30-3:00PM | Jake Brenner, MD, PhD | DNA-loaded lipid nanoparticles (DNA-LNPs) for common chronic diseases |
8 |
Monday, October 20 | Jordan 516 EW |
2:00-3:30PM |
Paul Offit, MD | Aluminum adjuvants in vaccines |
9 |
Friday, November 7 | Jordan 516 EW | 2:30-4:00PM | Drew Weissman, MD, PhD | In vivo gene therapy |
10 |
Monday, November 10 |
Jordan 505 EW | 1:30-3:00PM |
Christina Coughlin, MD, PhD |
Filing an Industry IND - differences from academia and career paths |
11 |
Monday, November 17 | Smilow 11-146AB | 1:30-3:00PM | Tal Zaks, MD, PhD | The Development of Individualized Cancer Vaccines |
Presentation Schedule
|
Class Date |
Preceptor |
Student 1 |
Student 2 |
Student 3 |
Student 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 5 | Ali Naji, MD, PhD | Danealle Parchment | Sagar Gupta | Kessh Bhasiin | |
| Monday, September 8 | Sneha Narasimhan, MD, PhD | Sydney Alderfer | Jonathan Gaither | Sajeev Kohli | |
| Wednesday, September 17 | Carl June, MD | Kate Jones | Daniel Yong | David Moon | |
| Monday, September 29 | Kathy High, MD | Rachel Xiang | Jenny Lu | Chetan Vadali | Audrey Grifffith |
| Monday, October 6 | Peter Lebowitz, MD, PhD | Miranda Song | Rachel Palmer | Akshay Govindan | |
| Wednesday, October 15 | Jake Brenner, MD, PhD | Tiffany Wu | Jose Velarde | Suma Kotha | Vish Rao |
| Monday, October 20 | Paul Offit, MD | Eric Wang | Zahraa Hotait | Rachana Mudipalli | |
| Friday, November 7 | Drew Weissman, MD, PhD | Nathan Wang | Rishi Shridharan | Claire Millett | |
| Monday, November 10 | Christina Coughlin, MD, PhD | Elizabeth Rubin | Samuel Neuman | Jake Shapira | |
| Monday, November 17 | Tal Zaks, MD, PhD | Seth Anderson | Ashwin Kammula | Ether Dharmesh |