The Best of the AACR Journals Collection: Author Profiles

Michael C. Milone 

Title & Affiliation:
Associate Professor Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Most-cited Article:
Reducing Ex Vivo Culture Improves the Antileukemic Activity of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells

Q: What is your primary area of study/research?
A: Immunology with a focus on engineered T-cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune disease.

Q: What influenced your decision to embark on a research career?
A: My high school biology teacher who supported me and served as a mentor at a critical time in my life.

Q; What excites you most about your research area?
A: Cellular therapies, especially genetically engineered cells, offer a pliable therapeutic platform with vast applications to human disease.

Q: What are your hobbies or passions outside of work?
A: I have always loved music, learning the trumpet in my younger years. Over the past decade, I have been studying the cello and I sing with an amateur choir.