Crystal Mackall is the Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University, the Founding Director of the Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy, Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy @ Stanford, and Associate Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute. During a career spanning more than three decades, she has led an internationally recognized translational research program focused on immune-oncology and engineered cell therapies, with a major focus on children’s cancers. She is the recipient of numerous awards and is a member of the US National Academy of Medicine, a Fellow of the AACR Academy and the Academy of Immunooncology. She has co-founded 4 biotech companies, published over 250 manuscripts and filed more than 35 patents.