{"id":39050,"date":"2026-07-01T18:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/?post_type=cri_scientists&#038;p=39050"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:48:53","slug":"adam-blaisdell-md-phd","status":"publish","type":"cri_scientists","link":"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/es\/cri-funded-scientists\/adam-blaisdell-md-phd","title":{"rendered":"Adam Blaisdell, MD, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Blaisdell is studying how to restore the tumor-killing capacity of exhausted CD8 T cells, a major barrier to successful cancer immunotherapy. His work focuses on perforin, a protein that immune cells use to punch holes in cancer cells and trigger their destruction. In many tumors, chronic stimulation causes T cells to lose this cytotoxic(killing) function. Dr. Blaisdell aims to identify the pathways that suppress perforin release and develop strategies to preserve or restore killing activity, potentially improving immunotherapy efficacy.<br><br>Dr. Blaisdell is a physician-scientist whose clinical practice focuses on caring for patients experiencing immune-related side effects from cancer immunotherapies, giving him a unique perspective on how to improve treatment effectiveness and safety. He completed his MD\/PhD training at New York University and is now a postdoctoral fellow at UCSF, with funding from a CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mentor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Averil Ma, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects and Grants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Enhancing perforin-dependent anti-tumor immunity by exhausted CD8 T cells<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A20 in cancer immunity and regulation of CD8 T cell function and fate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of California, San Francisco | Fellowship | All Cancers | 2023\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Blaisdell is studying how to restore the tumor-killing capacity of exhausted CD8 T cells, a major barrier to successful cancer immunotherapy. 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