Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
United States of America
Dr. Ashwani K. Sood joined the staff of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 1983 as a cancer research scientist in the Department of Immunology. In 2001 he was named as assistant member of the department. He also participates as a faculty member with the University at Buffalo. Previous to joining RPCI he was a member of the Department of Human Genetics at Yale University.
To evaluate PDEF as an antigen for primary prevention of breast cancer, To develop PDEF based vaccines and T cell therapies against metastatic breast cancer, To identify PDEF regulated genes and determine their role in breast cancer, To develop PDEF induced proteins as additional targets of vaccine/immunotherapy of breast cancer