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Philip Thorpe, Ph.D.

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Philip Thorpe
Name:
  Philip Edward Thorpe, Ph.D.
Endowed Title:
  Serena S. Simmons Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunopharmacology
Academic Title:
  Professor
Primary Appointment:
  Pharmacology
Secondary Appointment:
  Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
School:
  Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Degree Program:
  Cell Regulation
Immunology
Affiliations:
  Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Email:
  Philip Thorpe, Ph.D.

 PERSONAL OVERVIEW
     
Thorpe, Philip Edward
Professor
Pharmacology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

EDUCATION/TRAINING
University of Liverpool, UK B.Sc. 1972 Pharmacology
Clinical Research Centre, London, UK Ph.D. 1976 Immunology

Positions and Employment
1975-1981 Medical Research Council Fellow, Chester Beatty Research Institute, London, U.K.
1981-1991 Director, Drug Targeting Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, U.K.
1991-1998 Professor of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas,Texas
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 Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

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
180 publications in fields of drug targeting, angiogenesis, antibody-based therapeutics.