DUBLIN, OH, April 3, 2018 – Harris Search Associates has recruited Dr. Kay-Uwe Wagner as Program Leader Tumor Biology and Microenvironment (TBM) at Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University. As Program Leader Dr. Wagner will provide overall direction for the TBM Program in partnership with the Program Co-Leader, the Program Advisory Committee, and the Cancer Center Executive Committee, all with the goal of fostering programmatic interactions. As a member of the Cancer Center Executive Committee, he will have the responsibility for faculty recruitment and retention, space assignments, cancer center membership, funding priorities, and faculty development, and monitors progress related to the Institute’s strategic plan.
Dr. Wagner currently serves as Professor at the Eppley Institute for Cancer Research and Allied Health Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. His research objectives are to elucidate the mechanisms regulating the normal development of the mammary gland and to identify genetic pathways that control the development of breast cancer.
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