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In Principle and Practice

SESSION 1

Think Like the Problem:
The Genesis and Trajectory of Breakthroughs

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Carl H. June, MD

Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy; Director, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies; Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

About the June Lab at the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies →

More about the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at Penn Medicine →

Carl June receives the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences →


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E. John Wherry, PhD

Richard and Barbara Schiffrin President’s Distinguished Professor; Chair, Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics; Director, Institute for Immunology and Immune Health; Director, Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn

The Wherry Lab at the Perelman School of Medicine →

Video presentation: Origins: The People, Stories, and Magic Behind Breakthrough Medicine featuring John Wherry →

SESSION 2

Turbo-charging Discovery:
Data Science + Medical Innovation

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Daniel J. Rader, MD

Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine; Chair, Department of Genetics;
Chief, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics

The Rader Lab at the Perelman School of Medicine →

The Department of Genetics at the Perelman School of Medicine →


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René Vidal, PhD

Penn Integrates Knowledge Rachleff University Professor, Penn Engineering and Perelman School of Medicine; Director, Innovation for Data Engineering and Science (IDEAS)

The GRASP Laboratory at the School of Engineering and Applied Science →

René Vidal appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor at Penn →

SESSION 3

AI Meets Real Life:
The Ubiquity and Impact of New Technologies

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Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP

Arthur Knight Asbury, MD Professor in Neurology; Chair, Department of Neurology;
Co-Director of the Penn Translational Neuroscience Center

The Jensen Lab at the Perelman School of Medicine →

Dr. Jensen on What Social Media Does to the Teenage Brain in The New York Times →


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Ethan Mollick, MBA, PhD

Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Faculty Scholar;
Associate Professor of Management, The Wharton School

Ethan Mollick in Knowledge at Wharton →

Ethan Mollick’s Blog, One Useful Thing →