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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
- Use of Machine Learning to Optimize Referral for Early Palliative Care: Are Prognostic Predictions Enough? Weissman GE, Greer JA, Temel JS Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2024 May 10;42(14):1603-1606 Epub 2024 Mar 15
- Exagamglogene Autotemcel for Severe Sickle Cell Disease. Frangoul H, Locatelli F, Sharma A, Bhatia M, Mapara M, Molinari L, Wall D, ... The New England journal of medicine. 2024 May 9;390(18):1649-1662 Epub 2024 Apr 24
- Adopting More Precise Metrics to Move Everyone Closer to Eye Health. Ross AG, Higginbotham EJ JAMA ophthalmology. 2024 May 9
- 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
- Author Correction: A multi-ancestry genetic study of pain intensity in 598,339 veterans. Toikumo S, Vickers-Smith R, Jinwala Z, Xu H, Saini D, Hartwell EE, Pavicic M, ... Nature medicine. 2024 May 7
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