Sepideh Dolatshahi
University of Virginia

Uncovering targetable immune interactions in
the tumor microenvironment

• Dr. Dolatshahi is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the
• University of Virginia (UVA), a core member of UVA Cancer Center and
  the Carter Immunology Center. Her Systems Immunology lab combines
  multiplex experimental measurements with computational methods to
  solve problems in the context of cancer, infectious diseases, and
  maternal-neonatal immunology. Before joining UVA, she was a
  postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biological Engineering at
  MIT. Prior to that, she received her Ph.D. in 2015 at Georgia Institute of
  Technology. Her work has been recognized by several national awards
  such as the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Chambers-
  Thermo Fisher Scientific Memorial Award in cancer research, Jeffress
  Trust award in Interdisciplinary Research and the Hypothesis Fund. She
  was selected by the UVA BME students as the most inclusive professor of
  the year in 2023.