Wafik S. El-Deiry: Great to meet with Dr. Apostolia M Tsimberidou at ASCO24

Wafik S. El-Deiry posted on LinkedIn:

“Great to meet with Dr. Apostolia M Tsimberidou, Professor in Investigational Cancer Therapeutics at MD Anderson Cancer Center, co-editor of Cancer Medicine at the ASCO meeting.

We spoke about collaboration with WIN Consortium and Novocure as well as opportunities for collaboration with Legorreta Cancer Center.”

Source: Wafik S. 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.