Braverman Receives Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Young Investigator Award

Erica Braverman, MDPitt Pediatrics congratulates instructor Erica Braverman, MD, of the Division of Hematology-Oncology, on her receipt of a Young Investigator Award from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.

This grant aims to improve pediatric immunotherapy cancer treatments, particularly CAR-T cell therapy, which has the potential to be more effective than traditional chemotherapy and eliminate associated long-term side effects. Braverman intends to study methods to control how T cells burn energy and use the information to make CAR-T cells better at destroying cancer cells, limiting chances of relapse.

Braverman is supported by mentor and associate professor Craig A. Byersdorfer, MD, PhD. Her award provides three years of funding totaling $150,000.