Hashni Epa Vidana Gamage, PhD

Hashni earned her PhD in Molecular and Integrative Physiology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where her research focused on developing small molecules to target myeloid cells and reverse the immunosuppressive microenvironment of triple-negative breast cancer. At the Smith Lab, she is currently developing circular RNA-based CAR-T cell therapies for multiple myeloma. Outside the lab, she enjoys traveling, working out, and spending time with her two kitties, Luna and Lemon.