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

Wafik S. El-Deiry shared on X:

“Looking forward to upcoming Legorreta Cancer Center Annual Membership Retreat with amazing colleagues, distinguished guests & Public Service Awardees ⁦Mia Ackerman, Sam Zurier.”

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Wafik S. 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.

He is the Editor in Chief at Oncotarget. 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.