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Dr. Cristina Puig Saus is an Assistant Professor specializing in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at UCLA. Her research focuses on understanding natural T cell responses to cancer, aiming to design clinical translations of new cellular therapies for solid tumors. Her lab studies neoantigen-specific T cell responses induced by immune checkpoint blockade in patients who respond to therapy, with the objective of defining the characteristics that constitute an effective antitumor T cell response. Dr. Puig Saus is also interested in developing novel CAR-T cell therapies for melanoma and is initiating IND-enabling studies for these candidates while designing additional CAR-T cell-based strategies for combination therapies. Further, she is exploring strategies to enhance T cell gene editing to improve adoptive T cell therapy outcomes for cancer patients.
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center • Los Angeles, CA
Focus on research in T cell responses and CAR-T cell therapies.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.