Name: Alexandra Cadena
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| Cadena |
Title: Research Intern
Employer: MD Anderson Cancer Center
When and why did you become a SITC member?
I became a SITC member about two years ago when I was a
college student interning over the summer in the Experimental Rad Onc.
Department at MD Anderson. My PI at the time encouraged me to submit an
abstract to SITC on a retrospective study I did correlating tumor growth
kinetics with response to immunotherapy. My abstract got accepted and I poster
presented at National Harbor in 2015. After that experience, I truly fell in
love with the SITC community and saw the field of immuno-oncology (IO) as the solution to
shifting the scientific paradigm. What I most enjoy about being a SITC member
is the diversity of talent the group draws from. I think they have really found
an amazing balance of bringing all voices, from all different disciplines to
the table to discuss advances in cancer immunotherapy. I find this refreshing
in a world that constantly seeks to compartmentalizes and subspecialize what we
know.
