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Philip Thorpe, PhD
Endowed Title: Serena S. Simmons Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunopharmacology
Cell Regulation
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
Office Phone: 214-648-1268
Office Fax: 214-648-1613
Biography
EDUCATION/TRAINING
University of Liverpool, UK BSc 1972 Pharmacology
Clinical Research Centre, London, UK PhD 1976 Immunology
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
1975-1981 Medical Research Council Fellow, Chester Beatty Research Institute, London, UK
1981-1991 Director, Drug Targeting Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK
1991-1998 Professor of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
1998-1999 Associate Director, Center for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center, ME
1999-Present Serena Simmons Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunopharmacology, Professor of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
1998 Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology, Ventura, CA
2002 Chairman, 1st International Symposium on Vascular Targeting, Boston, MA
2004 Chairman, 2nd International Symposium on Vascular Targeting, Miami, FL
2004-Present American Cancer Society Institutional Review Group Honors
1972 1st Class honors (summa cum laude), Bachelor of Science Degree
1988 1st recipient of Pierce Immunotoxin Award (awarded every two years for outstanding contributions to immunotoxin research)
1997 Texas State Legislature Award for Research Excellence 1999 American Cancer Society Award of Excellence
PATENTS
252 issued and pending worldwide patents (including 74 in the US)
PUBLICATIONS
200 publications in fields of drug targeting, angiogenesis, antibody-based therapeutics.
Education
| Graduate School | University of London - England (1975) |
| Undergraduate | University of Liverpool - England (1972) |
Research Interests
Publications
Ran S, Downes A, Thorpe PE , Cancer Research , 2002; (62):6132-6140
Veenendaal LM, Jin H, Ran S, Cheung L, Navone N, Marks JW, Thorpe PE, Walterberger J, Rosenblum MG , Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (USA) , 2002; (99):7866-7871
Brekken RA, King SW, Thorpe PE , Cancer Research , 1998; (58):1952-1959
Huang X, Molema G, King S, Watkins L, Edgington TS, Thorpe PE , Science , 1997; (275):547-550
Burrows FJ, Thorpe PE , Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (USA) , 1993; (90):8996-9000
Peled A, Wald O, Burger J, Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2012 Mar; 21 (3):341-53
Huang X, Ye D, Thorpe PE, Vaccine, 2011 Jun; 29 (29-30):4785-93
Stafford JH, Thorpe PE, Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.), 2011 Apr; 13 (4):299-308
Sierko E, Wojtukiewicz MZ, Zimnoch L, Thorpe PE, Brekken RA, Kisiel W, Anticancer research, 2011 Mar; 31 (3):843-7
Ramesh S, Morrell CN, Tarango C, Thomas GD, Yuhanna IS, Girardi G, Herz J, Urbanus RT, de Groot PG, Thorpe PE, Salmon JE, Shaul PW, Mineo C, The Journal of clinical investigation, 2011 Jan; 121 (1):120-31
Honors/Awards
(1999)
(1997)
awarded every two years for outstanding contributions to immunotoxin research (1988)
Bachelor of Science Degree (1972)