David Truong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and associated faculty in the Department of Pathology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He received a B.S. from University of California, San Diego, a Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, and NRSA F32-supported postdoctoral training with Dr. Jef D. Boeke at NYU Langone Health. Prior to starting his research group, he was a founding team member of the startup company Neochromosome Inc with support of an NIAID small business innovative research award. He has been honored with a Delil Nasser Award by the Genetics Society of America, and a DP2 New Innovator award/grant from NIAID. The Truong lab combines site-specific “bigDNA” genome engineering in human iPSCs with cell state programming and synthetic genetic circuits to build universal allogeneic “smart cells” for therapeutics, diagnostics, and modeling. His group focuses primarily on the neuro-immune axis for applications in cancer immunotherapy, neurodeneration, and tissue regeneration.
Selected Awards
2021 NIH (NIAID) New Innovator Award (DP2)
2020 NIAID Small Business Innovative Research Award (SBIR)
2018 Delil Nasser Award for Professional Development, Genetics Society of America
2015 NIH (NIGMS) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
2009 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (honorable mention)