A Celebration of Science and Medicine’s Brightest Minds: The Annual Wunderkind Awards

The annual celebration of scientific and medical wunderkinds is upon us once again. Each year, STAT selects a new class of stars in these fields who are just beginning their careers. This year’s event will be live-streamed below at 1 p.m. ET for a conversation with past all-star Wunderkinds. The discussion will focus on how their journeys have unfolded, where they are now, and their most inspiring and innovative ideas.

The event will feature Sponsor Introduction by Lauren Averett Byers, M.D., professor of thoracic/head & neck medical oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Koichi Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Among the featured speakers are Nicole M. Gaudelli, Ph.D., an entrepreneur in residence (EIR) at GV (formerly Google Ventures) and the inventor of the Adenine Base Editor, a gene-editing tool with potential applications in treating various genetic diseases. Kellie Jurado, Ph.D., presidential assistant professor of microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania, researches immune system development and response to viral infections during early life. Bianca Jones Marlin, Ph.D., Herbert and Florence Irving assistant professor of cell research at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, investigates the biology of how trauma and stress can be inherited across generations