Cassian Yee, MD Professor, Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine Biography Dr. Yee is a Professor in the Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Department of Immunology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and Director of the Solid Tumor Cell Therapy Program. He previously held the position of Professor at Division of Oncology at the University of Washington and a Member in Program in Immunology, Clinical Research Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The Yee Lab is developing adoptive cellular therapy as a treatment modality for patients with malignant and viral diseases. Over the last 18 years, Dr. Yee’s research has been focused on the isolation of autologous antigen-specific T cells from the peripheral blood, manipulation of immune modulating parameters to enhance effector function and persistence and their expansion to numbers sufficient for adoptive transfer and in vivo tracking. Education & Training 1986: University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, MD, Medicine 1986-1987: General Comprehensive Internship, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada 1987-1989: Medical Research Council of Canada Fellow, Ontario Cancer Institute/ Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada 1989-1991: Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 1991-1994: Research Fellowship, University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA Awards & Honors 2009: Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation 2006-2012: Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research, Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2001-2006: Damon Runyon-Lilly Foundation, Clinical Investigator Award, Damon Runyon-Lilly Foundation 2000-2004: Cancer Research Institute Investigator Award, Cancer Research Institute 1995-2000: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award in Biomedical Sciences, Burroughs Wellcome Fund 1994-1997: National Cancer Institute of Canada Fellowship, National Cancer Institute of Canada 1991: Stanford University Housestaff Research Award, Stanford University 1987-1989: Medical Research Council of Canada Post-MD Fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada 1983-1985: Terry Fox Cancer Research Scholarship