Major Research Areas of Division Faculty
Division researchers and clinicians are at the forefront of cancer research and treatment and provide the highest quality medical care available today. Following is a synopsis that reflects some of the major research areas of our faculty.
- Oncogenes and growth factor receptors in the pathogenesis of breast cancer; receptor tyrosine kinases as targets for antitumor therapy; molecular therapeutics in breast carcinoma
- Molecular genetics of human solid tumors and the translation of these findings into clinical application
- Molecular fingerprinting of solid and hematologic malignancies using cDNA microarrays and MALDI-MS technologies
- Cancer drug pharmacology
- Study of leukemogenesis
- Retroviral mediated gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells; development of lentiviral vectors to achieve increased transduction of nondividing target cells
- New drug development (Phase I and Phase II)
- Clinical translational research programs exist in multiple diseases including thoracic, breast, GI, GU, H&N and hematologic malignancies