Cellular Therapy Targeting Malignant Brain Tumors

CCR Grand Rounds Duane A. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D. is Co-Director of the Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy and Director of the UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program. He is the Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and the State of Florida Endowed Cancer Research Chair at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Mitchell graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey with a bachelor ’ s degree in biology before receiving his medical degree and doctorate degree in immunology from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 2001. He completed post-graduate training in pathology and a neuro-oncology research fellowship at Duke University Medical Center prior to joining the faculty as an assistant professor. During his tenure at Duke, Dr. Mitchell held positions as Director of Preclinical Research at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Associate Director of the Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, and served as an active member of the Duke Cancer Institute Safety Oversight Committee, Cancer Center Protocol Review Committee, and Institutional Review Board. In 2013, Dr. Mitchell joined the University of Florida faculty and leads a comprehensive brain tumor program focused on translational research. He has considerable clinical and translational research experience having served as principal investigator on seven first-in-human protocols through FDA-approved clinical trials. The goal of these trials is...
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