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Neil Sheppard D.Phil

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Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
📍 Greater Philadelphia, United States

Neil C. Sheppard leads the Therapeutic Innovation in NK cell (THINK) Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. With a D. Phil. from Oxford and over 20 years of experience at GSK and Tmunity, he is an expert in advancing CAR-T and NK cell therapies. Colleagues describe him as exceptionally bright, talented, and hard-working.

Outside the lab, Neil is a proponent of continuous education and modern learning methods. He has a keen interest in utilizing AI tools for "microlearning" to stay current on complex topics in immunology and participates in scientific podcasts to share recent developments in the biopharmaceutical field.

He uses AI to generate a daily digest on cytokines and chemokines to continuously expand his immunology knowledge.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Philadelphia, United States
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NK Cell Therapies
Heads the Therapeutic Innovation in NK cells (THINK) Lab at UPenn, focusing on improving the therapeutic application of NK cells in cancer through gene editing and new CAR development.
CAR-T & TCR-T Development
Has advanced multiple CAR-T and TCR-T programs into clinical trials and continues to work on improving their efficacy and accessibility, particularly for solid tumors.
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Career

Work history

7-2020
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
1-2020
Head of the Therapeutic Innovation in NK cells (THINK) Lab
University of Pennsylvania
10-2019
Director of Research Technologies & Innovation at the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies
University of Pennsylvania
4-2018 - 8-2019
Executive Director Program Leader
Tmunity Therapeutics Incorporated
9-2017 - 4-2018
Early Development Leader, Oncology Cell Therapy
GSK
In the press

Media appearances

Candel Therapeutics partners University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Cellular Immunotherapies. Featured in Candel Therapeutics (press release)
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FDA Approves Personalized Cellular Therapy for Advanced Leukemia Developed at University of Pennsylvania. Featured in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) News
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Education
2002 - 2006
D.Phil
University of Oxford
1998 - 2002
B.Sc.
University of Bristol
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