Susan Kaech
American immunologist
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| Intro | American immunologist | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Physician Immunologist | |
| Work field | Healthcare | |
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Biography
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. She holds the NOMIS Foundation Chair. Her research focuses on the formation of memory T cells, T cell metabolism, and cancer immunotherapy.
Education
Kaech conducted her undergraduate studies at the University of Washington and her PhD at Stanford University.
Awards and honors
- HHMI Early Career Scientist, 2009
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2007
- American Asthma Foundation Investigator Award, 2007
- Cancer Research Institute Investigator Award, 2005
- Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Award, 2005
- Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation Award in Biosciences, 2003
- Damon Runyon-Walter Foundation Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship, 1999
- National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1993