Barnhart Family Distinguished
Professor in Targeted Therapies;
Professor and Deputy Department Chair
Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology;
Professor
Department of Systems Biology
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
For celebrated contributions to cancer bioinformatics and systems biology, advancing the understanding of the molecular basis of human cancers through multidimensional omics analyses, innovative computational tools, and systems-level approaches. Dr. Liang has led pioneering efforts in pan-cancer analyses, RNA editing in cancer, and tumor-microenvironment interactions, uncovering novel tumor-intrinsic and microenvironmental vulnerabilities and therapeutic strategies.
The AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research was established by the AACR to recognize an early-career investigator for meritorious achievements in basic cancer research. The award is intended to recognize an individual who has not yet reached 46 years of age at the time of their award presentation. To learn more, please visit the press release.
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