Susan Kaech

Susan Kaech is an American immunologist. Kaech is a professor and director of the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences.[1] She holds the NOMIS Foundation Chair.[2] Her research focuses on the formation of memory T cells, T cell metabolism, and cancer immunotherapy.[3]

Susan Kaech
Alma materUniversity of Washington (B.S.)
Stanford University (Ph.D.)
Emory University (Postdoctoral Fellow)
AwardsHoward Hughes Early Career Scientist (2009)
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
InstitutionsYale University, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
Doctoral advisorStuart Kim
Websitehttps://www.salk.edu/scientist/susan-kaech/

Education

Kaech conducted her undergraduate studies at the University of Washington and her PhD at Stanford University.[4]

Awards and honors
  • HHMI Early Career Scientist, 2009[1]
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2007[1]
  • American Asthma Foundation Investigator Award, 2007[1]
  • Cancer Research Institute Investigator Award, 2005[1]
  • Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Award, 2005[1]
  • Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation Award in Biosciences, 2003[1]
  • Damon Runyon-Walter Foundation Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship, 1999[1]
  • National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1993[1]

References
  1. "Susan Kaech". Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  2. "Three Salk faculty honored with endowed chairs". Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  3. "Prominent scientists in immunobiology and aging research to join Salk Institute". Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  4. "Kaech CV_09.30.2016" (PDF). MD Anderson Center. Retrieved 2019-09-07.


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