Meet Inspira Advantage’s Research Mentors

Dr. Vella is an immunologist and biotech strategist with expertise spanning immunology, oncology, translational research, and business development. She earned a PhD in immunology at Dartmouth College, where she was Lead Author on research focused on tissue-resident memory T-cell biology in melanoma-associated vitiligo. Dr. Vella continued this immuno-oncology focus during postdoctoral training at Dartmouth through translational studies examining T-cell function in lung cancer in collaboration with clinical teams, supported in part by an F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship.