Wafik El-Deiry: Honored to receive this recognition from the Ministry of health of Ukraine

Wafik El-Deiry shared on LinkedIn:

“Very grateful and honored to receive this recognition from the Ministry of health of Ukraine and the Ukrainian non-profit Peace and Development Foundation. Hoping for peace, cooperation and progress in medical oncology and cancer science.”

Source: Wafik El-Deiry/LinkedIn

Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals

Dr. El-Deiry discovered p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene, cell cycle inhibitor, and tumor suppressor that explained the mammalian cell stress response. Dr. El-Deiry made important contributions in cell death signaling and our understanding of the sensitivity of tumors to chemotherapy. El-Deiry has more than 400 peer-reviewed publications and 5 edited books.