Wafik S. El-Deiry: Looking forward to visiting the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center in Honolulu

Wafik S. El-Deiry shared on LinkedIn:

“Looking forward to visiting the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center in Honolulu on Monday and then Kona later next week. The question is how much can I get done on a long direct flight from Boston.

I prefer working on our research manuscripts to work through the backlog.”.

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