Naoto Ueno
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Naoto T Ueno | |
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| Born | March 29, 1964 Kyoto, Japan |
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| Doctoral advisor | Mien-Chie Hung |
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| Institutions | University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center |
Naoto T Ueno (born March 1964) was a Professor of Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; his research is in the area of inflammatory breast cancer and the molecular mechanism of metastasis and tumorigenicity. Ueno was also a visiting professor with the Keio University.[1]
He moved from MD Anderson Cancer Center to the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center as a director on December 12, 2022.[2] He currently practice at Queen's Medical Center and Kapiolani Chidren and Women's Hospital.
He is a breast medical oncologist who specializes in inflammatory, triple-negative, and metastatic breast cancer. He is best known for his preclinical development of E1A gene therapy and multiple preclinical developments, which led to novel clinical trials related to inflammatory and triple-negative breast cancer.
He is currently[when?] studying cancer metastasis, MAPK/EGFR pathways, and cancer microenvironment. He was the executive director of the Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Program and Clinic and Section Chief of the Translational Breast Cancer Research at the Department of Breast Medical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
He is the founder of the Japan TeamOnclogy Program and CancerX.[3]
Awards
[edit]- 1995-1996 Clinical Fellow Research Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 1996 Cancer Research Achievement Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 1996 Houston Endowment, Jesse H. Jones Fellowship in Cancer Education
- 1996 Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research Award, Pharmacia and Upjohn
- 1998 American Association Cancer Research-Glaxo Wellcome Oncology Clinical Research Scholar Award for Promising Translation or Clinical Research, Glaxo Wellcome
- 2008 6th Robert M. Chamberlain Distinguished Mentor Award Nomination (Top Three Finalist), MD Anderson
- 2011 Amgen Basic Research Award, 2nd Prize for Mentoring, MDACC
- 2013 Regent's Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Texas
- 2013 Bradley Stuart Beller Special Merit ASCO Merit Award for Hiroko Masusda, MD, PhD (Mentee)
- 2018 Rune for the Cure Foundation. Unknown Hero Award.
References
[edit]- ^ "Naoto Tada Ueno, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P. - Breast Medical Oncology - Faculty - MD Anderson Cancer Center". University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ "New UH Cancer Center director shares vision for future | University of Hawaiʻi System News". January 9, 2023.
- ^ Stromberg, Sandi. "MD Anderson takes its 'normal' to Japan". MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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