Congratulations to Fernanda Szewc, graduate research assistant in the Capitini Laboratory, who was recently appointed to the TL1 Clinical Investigation program supported by the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). This two-year award provides an annual stipend, tuition, insurance, fees, and a travel allowance in support of her investigation and research of immunotherapeutics to treat recurrent soft tissue sarcoma. Fernanda’s research project entitled, “Immune-based therapy of relapsed Rhabdomyosarcoma using aTEA enrichment diet and CAR-T cell construct,” will be performed under the direction and mentorship of Dr. Christian Capitini, MD.