Wafik S. El-Deiry: Academic life and too many things on the to do list

Wafik S. El-Deiry shared on LinkedIn:              .

“Academic Life: Reviewing grants this evening (1200 pages in total) on a long train ride 3 days after submitting a 600 page grant. Too many things are on the to do list (papers to publish, talks to give, grants to submit, research meetings, clinic and many administrative tasks) and they must all be done in a timely fashion. (Not to mention various trainings that are expiring).”

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.