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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
- Association Between Chest Compression Pause Duration and Survival After Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Lauridsen KG, Morgan RW, Berg RA, Niles DE, Kleinman ME, Zhang X, Griffis H, ... Circulation. 2024 May 7;149(19):1493-1500 Epub 2024 Apr 2
- Will HIV Break the Heart of Africans? Bedimo RJ, Strasserking F, Tebas P Circulation. 2024 May 7;149(19):1471-1473 Epub 2024 May 6
- Gene Editing for CEP290-Associated Retinal Degeneration. Pierce EA, Aleman TS, Jayasundera KT, Ashimatey BS, Kim K, Rashid A, Jaskolka MC, ... The New England journal of medicine. 2024 May 6
- Behavioral Interventions to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Outreach: Two Randomized Clinical Trials. Mehta SJ, Rhodes C, Linn KA, Reitz C, McDonald C, Okorie E, Williams K, ... JAMA internal medicine. 2024 May 6
- Risk of meningomyelocele mediated by the common 22q11.2 deletion. Vong KI, Lee S, Au KS, Crowley TB, Capra V, Martino J, Haller M, ... Science (New York, N.Y.). 2024 May 3;384(6695):584-590 Epub 2024 May 2
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