Amelia Stepniak, MS

Medical Student
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Amelia Stepniak is a second-year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology with a minor in Anthropology from Emory University and completed a Master of Science in Neurobiology at Northwestern University. Her current research in the Kohanbash Lab focuses on immune interactions in pediatric brain tumors, with an emphasis on B cell receptor repertoire dynamics. She is interested in leveraging tumor immunobiology to better understand early tumorigenesis and identify clinically actionable insights in neuro-oncology. Her work has been supported by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Presentation(s):

• Consensus Clustering of B-cell Related Gene Signatures Reveals Six Immune Subtypes Across Pediatric Brain Tumors (Best Pediatric Basic Science Abstract)

  Saturday, May 2, 2026
  2:48 PM - 2:56 PM CT