From Guyana to Gainesville: A young researcher is creating revolutionary new treatments for autoimmune diseases – and raising the next generation of biomedical engineering stars.

By: Barbara Drake UNDER 40 AND AN ‘ACADEMIC FATHER’ 40 Gators Under 40 honoree Jamal Lewis, Ph.D., is an innovative biomedical engineer who developed a vaccine against type 1 diabetes while earning his doctorate at UF. He is shown here