Daniel J. Powell Jr PhD

Dr. Daniel Powell Jr. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Powell is also a member of the Abramson Cancer Center and Penn’s Ovarian Cancer Research Center (OCRC) within the Center for Research on Reproduction & Women’s Health.

Dr. Powell is a cancer immunologist, well-recognized for his detailed investigations of the immunobiology of cancer, patient T cell responses in the control of their cancer, and the use of translational immunotherapy for effective cancer treatment. His research team is pioneering innovative immunotherapeutic strategies, including tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte-based therapeutics, genetically-modified T cell therapy, dendritic cell-based cancer vaccination and antibody-based immune checkpoint inhibition for the treatment of gynecologic and other cancers. These approaches empower a patient’s own immune cells to seek out and destroy their cancer.