In memoriam: Shaveta Vinayak

Dr. Shaveta Vinayak, associate professor (Hematology and Oncology) passed away on July 25.

Vinayak earned her medical degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and a master’s in physiology and biophysics from Georgetown University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and pursued fellowship training in medical oncology at Stanford University.

She joined the University of Washington in 2018 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2023. A clinical and translational researcher, she aimed to develop novel immunotherapies for the treatment of triple-negative and BRCA-associated breast cancers.

In 2022 she joined the UW Cancer Vaccine Institute as Director of Clinical Trials.