David J. Tweardy, MD, Oral History Interview, March 20, 2019

David J. Tweardy, MD, Oral History Interview, March 20, 2019

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Major Topics Covered:

  • The Division of Internal Medicine: leadership of, priorities, development of strategic plan for, developing emergency medicine and hospitalist service

Identifier

TweardyDJ_02_20190320

Publication Date

3-20-2019

Publisher

The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center

City

Houston, Texas

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Topics Covered

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas System. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute

Disciplines

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History

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About the Interview Subject

David J. Tweardy, MD (b. 12 February 1952, Charleroi, Pennsylvania) came to MD Anderson in 2014 to serve as head of the Division of Internal Medicine and join the faculty as a full professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health. At the time of the interview he also served as Department Chair ad interim for Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine. He has joint appointment in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology in the Division of Basic Science Research, and in the Department of Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. His research includes: cytokine signaling and oncogenesis (structural and biochemical features of signaling proteins and oncoproteins that effect susceptibility to small molecule modulation); interactions of STAT3 and other oncoproteins with the major eukaryotic protein-folding machine; use of proteostasis modulators to improve the function of mutated David J. Tweardy, MD, Navigation Materials, p. 2 transcription factors that cause immunodeficiencies; contribution of STAT3 to infection- and inflammation-induced carcinogenesis; dtructure-based and high-throughput approaches to developing small-molecule inhibitors of STAT3; contribution of STAT3 to asthma and other allergic disorders.

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