Charu Sankaran
Graduate Student, BC Cancer Research Institute
Charu is a first-year graduate student in Dr. Kevin Hay's lab at the BC Cancer Research Institute, in the interdisciplinary oncology program. Since joining Dr. Hay's lab as a Co-op student in 2019, Charu has been passionate about understanding mechanisms involved in CAR T-cell persistence. Her project focuses on the role of senescence in CAR-T cell persistence, and identifying strategies to improve this. Charu is excited to be a part of the HQP working group, and looks forward to an in-person Summit4CI.