Cristina Puig-Saus

Cristina Puig-Saus, Ph.D., is a Scientific Co-Founder of Kalthera and Scientific Advisor at ImmPACT Bio. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), a member of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI), the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC), and the Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC) at UCLA. Her laboratory focuses on studying the T cell responses elicited against solid tumors and the design and clinical translation of gene-engineered adoptive T cell therapies. She is the recipient of a Next-generation Star Award from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), a senior Parker Fellow Award from PICI, and an Ablon Scholar Award, among others.