Janssen-Drexel 4D Fellowship News

March 2024

Desmond Lewis Starts New Research Position

Congrats to Desmond Lewis, 4D fellow class of 2023, for starting a new position as an associate research scientist at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine.

September 2023

4D Grad Continues Work at Janssen

Previous 4D Fellow and 2023 graduate Mohammed Sani Alhassan has been offered a permanent position as an Associate Scientist at Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Mohammed’s new position focuses on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) screening in the Cell Therapy/Therapeutics Discovery division. Congrats, Mohammed!

August 2023

Welcome 2023 Fellows

The Janssen-Drexel 4D Fellowship program welcomes 2023 fellows Melina Kazemi and Matthew Yohannes! Melina and Matthew comprise the third consecutive class of 4D fellows, continuing the program’s commitment to help diversify the biomedical sciences. Melina has enrolled in our Pharmacology & Physiology MS program, while Matthew enrolled in our Drug Discovery and Development MS program.

November 2022

The newest class of 4D fellows participated in the second annual Janssen Day event, held at Janssen’s Spring House campus. The event brought together Janssen senior leaders to discuss their work in the oncology therapeutic area, from discovery research to clinical studies.

August 2022

The inaugural class of Janssen-Drexel 4D fellows successfully completed their first year in Drexel graduate programs, capping off a great start to their educational journey and to the entire 4D program. The occasion was marked by a 4D Fellowship event at Janssen’s Spring House facility, where the inaugural fellows presented their research progress and the incoming fellows introduced themselves to Janssen scientists. Read more.

June 2022

Janssen-Drexel 4D fellow Desmond Lewis recently participated in Janssen’s Prostate DAS all-hands meeting and team building event.

December 2021

Dr. Fei Shen and colleagues organized “Janssen Day,” where our students visited Janssen’s Spring House campus to spend the day interacting with industry staff and scientists.

Dr. Fei Shen and colleagues organized 'Janssen Day,' where our students visited Janssen's Spring House campus to spend the day interacting with industry staff and scientists.