Immunotherapy Expert Dr. Pawel Kalinski Joins Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD, has joined Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center as Vice Chair for Translational Research within the Department of Medicine and Director of Cancer Vaccine and Dendritic Cell Therapies within the Center for Immunotherapy. Dr. Kalinski, who has distinguished himself with important research on the immune system and its implications for cancer therapy, joins Roswell Park from the Hillman Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh, and will hold the additional titles of Rustum Family Endowed Professor for Molecular Therapeutics and Translational Research, Professor of Oncology and Co-Leader of the Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy Program.

Dr. Kalinski’s research interests focus on the biology of dendritic cells, T cells and tumor microenvironment-associated myeloid cells. His work will contribute to ongoing important research at Roswell Park’s Center for Immunotherapy through the development of dendritic cell vaccines and dendritic cell-induced T cells, two types of personalized immunotherapy that use patients’ own immune cells to eliminate cancer cells.

“Pawel is a highly sought-after researcher whose interests and abilities will both complement and enhance our Center for Immunotherapy and the broader goals of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. He appropriately views all his activities through the lens of how they can best be integrated into a comprehensive program to improve treatment, outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients. We are honored to welcome him as a colleague,” says Roswell Park Deputy Director, Center for Immunotherapy Executive Director and Chair of Gynecologic Oncology Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG.

Dr. Kalinski earned his medical degree at Warsaw Medical Academy in Poland and a doctorate in immunology from the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. He first joined the UPMC Department of Surgery in 2000 as a visiting professor and most recently served as a tenured Professor there. He is active in such professional associations as the American Association of Immunologists, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, American Association for Cancer Research and American Society of Clinical Investigation.

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