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Dr. Bhardwaj is an immunologist who has made seminal contributions to human dendritic cell biology,\u00a0specifically 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.\u00a0 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\u2019s<\/em>Top 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.\u00a0Dr. Bhardwaj will serve as temporary chair of the AACR Nominating Committee.<\/p>\n HONORS & AWARDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1981 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Immunology Award, NYU School of Medicine<\/p>\n 1984 – 1987 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Irvington House Fellowship<\/p>\n 1991 – 1995 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award<\/p>\n 1995 – 1996 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0New York Community Trust Award<\/p>\n 1999 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0American Society of Clinical Investigation, Elected member<\/p>\n 1999 – 2003 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 NIH Study Section Member: AIDS and Related Research 2<\/p>\n 1999 – 2004 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Burroughs Welcome Clinical Scientist Award<\/p>\n 2001 – 2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award<\/p>\n 2001 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Alpha Omega Alpha Almuna Award<\/p>\n 2002 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ann Belsky Moraines Visiting Professorship & Lectureship Award, NYU<\/p>\n 2002 – 2007 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award<\/p>\n 2004 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Merit Award, NIH<\/p>\n 2004 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Scientific American Top 50 Researchers Award (Medical Research)<\/p>\n 2005 – 2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Empire Who’s Who Honored Member<\/p>\n 2008 – 2013 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0NIAID: Vaccine Research Center Board of Scientific Counselors<\/p>\n 2009 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 American Association of Physicians, Elected member<\/p>\n 2009 – 2011 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act<\/p>\n 2010 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Henry Silverman\/Melanoma Research Alliance Team Science Award<\/p>\n 2012 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 New York University, Solomon A. Berson Award in Basic Science<\/p>\n 2013 – Present \u00a0 \u00a0Ward Coleman Chair in Cancer Research<\/p>\n 2015\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology, CRI<\/p>\n 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Solomon Berson-Rosalyn Yalow Society Lectureship Awardee<\/p>\n2020\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jacobi Medallion Award Recipient, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2020\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SITC Team Science Award Recipient<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2021\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Outstanding Achievement Award, Society of American Asian Scientists in Cancer Research<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2021\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 AACR, Board of Directors<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2022\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0AAISCR Lifetime Achievement Award<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2022\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0European Society for Medical Oncology\u2019s (ESMO) Immuno-Oncology Award<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2023\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Induction into SITC\u2019s 2023 Class of Fellows of the Academy of Immuno-oncology<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 CRI \/ Oliver R. Grace CLIP Investigator<\/div>\n<\/div>\n2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mount Sinai Innovation Partners\u2019 Inventor of the Year 2024<\/div>\n<\/div>\n