Wafik S. El-Deiry: Looking forward to our Legorreta Cancer Center Annual Membership Retreat

Wafik S. El-Deiry shared on X:

“Looking forward to our Legorreta Cancer Center Annual Membership Retreat in September, 2024 with distinguished invited guest speakers, updates on our progress in Rhode Island and much more before our cancer center EAB in the Fall.”

Source: Wafik S. El-Deiry/X

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’s research is focused on mechanisms of therapy resistance with major efforts in drug discovery and development.