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Kwai Wa Cheng, B.Sc. (Hons.) M.Phil, Ph.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2001 The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, PHD, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences

Honors and Awards

2005 Altana Pharma Odyssey Award, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
2003 Scholar in Training Award, The American Association of Cancer Research

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Caswell PT, Spence HJ, Parsons M, White DP, Clark K, Cheng KW, Mills GB, Humphries MJ, Messent AJ, Anderson KI, McCaffrey MW, Ozanne BW, Norman JC. Rab25 associates with alpha5beta1 integrin to promote invasive migration in 3D microenvironments. Dev Cell 13(4):496-510, 10/2007. PMID: 17925226.
2. Cheng KW, Lahad JP, Kuo WL, Lapuk A, Yamada K, Auersperg N, Liu J, Smith-McCune K, Lu KH, Fishman D, Gray JW, Mills GB. The RAB25 small GTPase determines aggressiveness of ovarian and breast cancers. Nature Medicine 10(11):1251-1256, 2004. PMID: 15502842.

Invited Articles
1. Cheng KW, Lahad JP, Mills GB. Analysis of Molecular Aberrations in Ovarian Cancer allows novel target identification. J. Obset Gynaecol Cancer 26(5):461-474, 2004.
2. Cheng KW, Tanyi JL, Mills, GB. Genomic technologies in cancer research, drug discovery and development. CME J Gynecol Oncology(7):16-24, 2002.

Last updated: 3/5/2013