Bissan Al-Lazikani | |
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Known for | Cancer drugs, Data Science, Chemogenomics, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Bioinformatics |
Awards | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Scholar in Cancer Research
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology University of London Leading Women John Black Charitable Foundation-Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Award Victoria and Vinny Smith – Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Award American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Team Science Award Howard Hughes Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Doctoral advisor | Cyrus Chothia |
Notable students | Krishna Bulusu, Elizabeth Coker, Catherine Fletcher |
Website | mdanderson |
Professor Bissan Al-Lazikani PhD FRSB MBCS is a data scientist and drug discoverer. She applies computational techniques to help solve critical bottlenecks in cancer drug discovery and development. Since 2021 she has been professor of genomic medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.[1]