Wafik S. El-Deiry MD, PhD, FACP
Director, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University · USA
Editorial leadership for Journal of Hematology and Oncology Research ISSN 2372-6601
Research interests
- Molecular Oncology
- Cancer Molecular Targets
- Therapeutics Section
- Pharmacology
- Genetics
- Hematology
- Oncology
Biography
Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School, Director of the Cancer Center at Brown University, and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals. He is an American Cancer Society Research Professor, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor of Medical Science, and Mencoff Family University Professor at Brown University.
Selected publications
- Targeting apoptosis in cancer therapy 2020 cited 2,206×
- Targeting apoptotic pathways for cancer therapy 2024 cited 113×
- Dose intensification of TRAIL-inducing ONC201 inhibits metastasis and promotes intratumoral NK cell recruitment 2018 cited 71×
- AMG-232 sensitizes high MDM2-expressing tumor cells to T-cell-mediated killing 2020 cited 57×
- Heterogeneity in Cancer Recent 2025 cited 55×
- Immunotherapy for Colorectal Cancer: Mechanisms and Predictive Biomarkers 2022 cited 51×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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