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***Special Joint Seminar with the Immunology Forum***
Dr.
Olivera Finn, Ph. D.
Professor & Chair, Dept. of Immunology, University of
Pittsburgh,
School of Medicine, President, American Association of
Immunologists
Dr. Olivera Finn, Professor and
Chair of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology, has been leader
of the UPCI Immunology Program since 1991, the year that she became a
faculty
member at the University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Finn received her PhD in 1980 from Stanford
University and completed her postdoctoral training at Stanford in the Department
of Medicine, Division of Oncology in 1982. Dr. Finn is actively involved in a
number of professional societies such
as AAI, AACR, and Women in Cancer
Research. She is also a member of the AACR Task Force on Immunology and is an
active participant in NCI activities. Her research is focused on tumor antigen
discovery and cancer vaccines. She has received the University of Pittsburgh
Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, UPCI Scientific Leadership Award, and
University of Pittsburgh Mentor of the Year Award.
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