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Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD, appointed professor at The Wistar Institute
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Medical oncologist and scientist Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD, has been appointed professor at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia.
Dang serves as scientific director of Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in New York.
In that role, he shapes scientific strategy for and aligns the missions of six independent Ludwig centers across the country. He also oversees operations of its branches in San Diego, Oxford, United Kingdom, and Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Wistar Institute will host Dang’s Ludwig Laboratory, which will focus on his research into cancer, immune cell metabolism and the MYC cancer gene, which controls gene expression that affects metabolism and cancer cell growth.
“We are incredibly excited about Chi’s role as global scientific director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and we are thrilled to host his laboratory here,” Dario C. Altieri, MD, president and CEO, cancer center director, and Robert and Penny Fox distinguished professor at The Wistar Institute, said in a press release. “Chi’s efforts in harmonizing and inspiring among the best cancer research programs in the world will provide an incredible impetus for us to continue on the remarkable path of impactful discoveries.”
Dang, a National Academy of Medicine member, previously served as director of Abramson Cancer Center of University of Pennsylvania.
The research conducted at his Ludwig Laboratory at Wistar could lead to more optimal therapies that utilize or affect metabolism. He also hopes to determine how cancer cells interact with the immune system and identify new pathways that can be manipulated to disable cancer cells, according to the press release.
“I have spent the last 20 meaningful years in clinical academic leadership roles ... committed to upholding and ensuring the highest standards of science from the bench to bedside,” Dang said in the release. “I will apply that same dedication here at my Ludwig Wistar lab as a scholar–researcher focused exclusively on discovery science in an environment that will provide me with the sanctuary to think and discover.”