National Academy of Medicine Member
Ward Coleman Chair in Cancer Research
Director of Immunotherapy
Director Vaccine and Cell Therapy Laboratory (VCTL)
Professor of Medicine, Hematology & Oncology; Urology
Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr. Bhardwaj is an immunologist who has made seminal contributions to human dendritic cell biology, specifically with respect to their isolation, subset discovery, immunobiology, antigen presenting function, and use as vaccine adjuvants in humans. She is the Director of Immunotherapy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and holds the Ward Coleman Chair in Cancer Research. Dr. Bhardwaj brings expertise in human immunology and a variety of immune therapies, having developed Toll Like Receptor (TLR) agonist- and dendritic cell-based vaccines for the treatment of both cancer and infection in several Investigator-Initiated studies, and more recently supplication of neoantigen vaccines into the clinic. Dr. Bhardwaj is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians, a recipient of the Doris Duke Distinguished Scientist Award and was named one of the Scientific American Magazine’sTop 50 Researchers, receiving the Award for Medical Research in 2004. She received the Fred W. Alt Award for new discoveries in Immunology in 2015 from The Cancer Research Institute. Dr. Bhardwaj is a senior editor of the AACR Cancer Immunology Research journal, senior editor for Frontiers in Immunology and consulting editor for the Journal of Clinical Investigation. She has also served on NIH Study Sections and multiple advisory councils. Dr. Bhardwaj was formerly chair of the Cancer Immunology Steering Committee of the AACR. Dr. Bhardwaj has also successfully acquired multiple federal and foundation grants and has authored over 200 publications. Dr. Bhardwaj will serve as temporary chair of the AACR Nominating Committee.
HONORS & AWARDS
1981 Immunology Award, NYU School of Medicine
1984 – 1987 Irvington House Fellowship
1991 – 1995 Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award
1995 – 1996 New York Community Trust Award
1999 American Society of Clinical Investigation, Elected member
1999 – 2003 NIH Study Section Member: AIDS and Related Research 2
1999 – 2004 Burroughs Welcome Clinical Scientist Award
2001 – 2006 Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award
2001 Alpha Omega Alpha Almuna Award
2002 Ann Belsky Moraines Visiting Professorship & Lectureship Award, NYU
2002 – 2007 Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award
2004 Merit Award, NIH
2004 Scientific American Top 50 Researchers Award (Medical Research)
2005 – 2006 Empire Who’s Who Honored Member
2008 – 2013 NIAID: Vaccine Research Center Board of Scientific Counselors
2009 American Association of Physicians, Elected member
2009 – 2011 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
2010 Henry Silverman/Melanoma Research Alliance Team Science Award
2012 New York University, Solomon A. Berson Award in Basic Science
2013 – Present Ward Coleman Chair in Cancer Research
2015 Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology, CRI
2019 Solomon Berson-Rosalyn Yalow Society Lectureship Awardee
AFFLIFATIONS