Biography:
Dr. Elizabeth Repasky is a Distinguished Member of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Professor of Oncology, the William Huebsch Professor of Immunology, and Program Leader for the Cell Stress and Biophysical Therapies Program. She is originally from Western Pennsylvania, graduating from Seton Hill University with a BA in Biology. She received her PhD from SUNY Buffalo and did a postdoctoral fellowship in cell biology at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Repasky’s research program focuses on exploration of stress and its physiological and immunological consequences so that we can better understand how to manipulate stress to improve the efficacy of cancer therapies, including radiation, chemotherapies and immunotherapies. A major passion for her has been her research in the area of thermal stress, and the impact of thermoregulation on the on the anti-tumor immune response. This interest has led her to new research projects in the lab focusing on understanding why patients with cancer often “feel cold” despite having a normal core body temperature and the impact of thermal stress on metabolism and anti-tumor immunity. Dr. Repasky is a 2015 awardee of the J. Eugene Robinson Award from the Society for Thermal Medicine (STM) and the STM 2018 William C Dewey Award. She is a Section Editor for the International Journal of Hyperthermia and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Immunology. During her career, she has authored or co-authored over 200 research publications and has received longstanding support from the NIH. Training and mentorship have been very important to her during her career and she has served as major advisor to 24 PhD students and 12 Postdoctoral Fellows, nearly all of whom have gone on to become successful members of the research, academia or bio-tech communities.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Professor of Oncology, Immunology
- Distinguished Member (Immunology)
- Department of Immunology
- The Dr. William Huebsch Professor in Immunology
- Co-Leader, Cell Stress and Biophysical Therapies CCSG Program
Background
Education and Training:
- PhD - Anatomy, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Fellowship:
- 1982 - Cell Biology - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Professional Memberships:
- American Association of Immunologists
- American Association for Cancer Research
- Cell Stress Society International
- Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
- Society of Thermal Medicine
- Radiation Research Society
Honors & Awards:
- 2019 - Distinguished Biomedical Alumnus, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
- 2018 - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Educational Affairs, Graduate Student Association Award for Faculty Excellence in Mentoring and Teaching
- 2018 - Recipient of the “Roswell Pride in Member Ingenuity” Award (RPMI)
- 2018 - William C. Dewey Award for “Mentorship and Training of New Investigators” (Society for Thermal Medicine)
- 2015 - Appointed to RPCI Mentorship Committee, to define new strategies to improve mentorship
- 2011 - RPCI Faculty Award for “Excellence in Mentoring”
- 2007 - Appointed Program Leader: Cell Stress and Biophysical Therapies; Cancer Center 2018
- 2004 - Named the William Huebsch Professor of Immunology
- 2003 - “I am Roswell” Award for Most Inspired and Inspiring Mentor
- 2002 - RPCI “Outstanding Mentor Award” for Scientific Training of Clinical Fellows
