MD
Associate Professor, Medicine
Joint Faculty, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
UNC-Chapel Hill
Immunology and Immunotherapy Research Program
Area of Interest
The Vincent Lab works in the areas of systems tumor immunology and immunogenomics, to better understand anti-tumor immunity and translate this into curative immunotherapy strategies.
Awards and Honors
- Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award, UNC School of Medicine, 2023-24
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences Faculty Mentor Award, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2022
- Invited speaker, Immuno-Oncology Young Investigators Forum, 2016
- Pope Clinical Fellow Award, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2015
- Outstanding Fellow Award, North Carolina Oncology Association, 2015
- Invited speaker, Illumina Users Group Meeting, 2015
- Outstanding Abstract Travel Award, American Society of Hematology, 2013
- Farmer Award for Compassion in Medicine, UNC Hospitals Department of Internal Medicine, 2010
- David A. Ontjes Outstanding Intern Award, UNC Hospitals Department of Internal Medicine, 2010
- Competitive Selection to ABIM Research Track, UNC Department of Hematology/Oncology, 2009
- John B. Graham Medical Student Research Society, University of North Carolina, 2008
- Harold C. Pillsbury Basic Science Award, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 2008
- Holderness Research Fellowship, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 2005
News and Stories
Celebrating 10 years of CAR T-cell therapy at UNC Health
Roy Dreyfuss received CAR T-cell therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma as part of a clinical trial in 2016. This was more than a year before the FDA approved this treatment for other blood cancers; Dreyfuss became the first patient to receive CAR T-cell therapy at UNC Health.
UNC School of Medicine Names 2023-24 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
UNC Lineberger’s Pengda Liu, PhD, and Benjamin Vincent, MD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award.
