Roswell Park Researcher Earns Distinction Among Peers in World’s Largest Scientific Society

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Dean Tang, PhD, Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Dr. Tang was selected by his peers for advancing the basic understanding of tumor cell heterogeneity generated via prostate cancer stem cells, and for discovering microRNAs that negatively regulate these stem cells. His research goal is to identify novel therapeutics and therapeutic combinations for personalized cancer treatment.

In addition to conducting his research, Dr. Tang serves in a leadership role at Roswell Park, overseeing 15 independent research laboratories in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics with the collective focus on a multidisciplinary approach to experimental cancer therapeutics. He also serves as a member of the Graduate Faculty at the University at Buffalo.

This year 391 members have been awarded this honor by the AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874.

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