Dr. Jeffrey Schlom is Chief of the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH. He received his B.S. from the Ohio State University, M.S. from Adelphi University, and Ph.D. from the Waksman Institute at Rutgers University. Dr. Schlom directs a translational research program in which the latest advances in immunology and immunotherapy are used to design and develop a range of potential novel immunotherapeutic approaches for a variety of human cancers. His most recent work involves the development of novel therapeutic cancer vaccines, checkpoint inhibitors and immune modulators, both as a monotherapy and in combination therapies. The program focuses on the design and development of novel "off the shelf" immunotherapeutics that can be translated from hypothesis-driven preclinical studies to science-based clinical studies both at the NIH and at numerous Cancer Centers throughout the U.S. Dr. Schlom serves on the editorial boards of numerous scientific journals. He has authored more than 700 scientific publications and holds numerous patents for monoclonal antibody and recombinant vaccine generation and uses. 

Cancer Biology, Clinical Research, Immunology, Stem Cell Biology