(PEDS) Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Malcolm Brenner is the sixth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium (PBMTC). Dr. Brenner is being recognized for a career that exemplifies the mission of the PBMTC, “to support research and education to improve the availability, safety, and efficacy of hematopoietic cell transplantation and other cellular therapeutics for children and adolescents.” As the Founding Director of the Center for Gene Therapy at the Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Brenner has pioneered the use of gene transfer in human subjects which established the feasibility of tracking human stem cells and their progeny in subjects with cancer. His dedication to gene therapy has been instrumental in making strides toward the use of gene transfer to augment the immune response to human tumors, using vaccines and adoptive transfer of genetically modified t-cells.
The presentation of the award to Dr. Brenner will occur at the lunchtime session during the Pediatric Special Interest Group (PSIG) day of the BMT Tandem Meetings in Grapevine, Texas. After receiving the award, Dr. Brenner will give a lecture outlining some of his achievements as well as a challenge to BMT community regarding important areas of future research. The presentation will take place on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 12:00 pm. We invite friends, colleagues and all in the BMT community to attend and hear a thought-provoking lecture as we honor Dr. Brenner.