Renee N. Donahue
Staff Scientist
Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology
National Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Donahue is a Staff Scientist and Head of the Molecular Immunology Group in the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, NCI. Dr. Renee Donahue received her B.S. in Molecular Biology from Grove City College in 2004, and Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2011. She subsequently joined the NIH as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, and was appointed as a Staff Scientist in 2017. Dr. Donahue’s current research focuses on investigating the immune response of patients enrolled in our clinical trials, prior to, as well as following therapy, to identify immune signatures that correlate with clinical outcome.
Research Interest
1) Cellular and molecular immunology 2) tumor immunology 3) cancer immunotherapy 4) immune biomarkers 5) immune response of patients enrolled in our clinical trials to identify patients 6) Cancer Biology, 7) Clinical Research, 8) Immunology
Publications
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A fully human IgG1 anti-PD-L1 MAb in an in vitro assay enhances antigen-specific T-cell responses.
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Analyses of pretherapy peripheral immunoscore and response to vaccine therapy.
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Analyses of the peripheral immunome following multiple administrations of avelumab, a human IgG1 anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody.
