Dr. Hideho Okada University of California, San Francisco, USA

Hideho Okada is Professor of Neurological Surgery, Surgery and Immunology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he holds the Kathleen M. Plant Distinguished Professorship and directs the Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Center. A physician-scientist, Dr. Okada has spent more than 25 years advancing immunotherapy for malignant brain tumors,... read morepioneering glioma vaccines, T-cell–based therapies, and novel CAR T-cell approaches. His research has translated fundamental discoveries in tumor immunology into multiple FDA-approved investigational clinical trials aimed at improving outcomes for patients with glioblastoma and other brain tumors.