Scholar
Stephen T Wong
Google Scholar ID: C2gJxXYAAAAJ
Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College
Citations & Impact
Citations
12,754
H-index
54
i10-index
225
Publications
20
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0
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Publications
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Academic Achievements
- Secured funding from NIH, Chao Foundation, Dunn Foundation, DOD, CPRIT, Tina’s Wish Foundation, and others
- Key grants include NIH R01CA238727 (brain metastasis and Alzheimer’s suppression), NIH R01CA177909 (platelets in ovarian cancer), and NIH U01CA253553 (spatiotemporal modeling of bone metastasis)
- Developed a novel PCDH7 single-domain antibody therapy for brain metastases
- Repurposed digoxin for Group III/IV medulloblastoma, advancing to clinical trial
- Identified prognostic genes in glioblastoma and biomarkers in high-grade serous ovarian cancer
Research Experience
- Affiliated with the Systems Medicine and Bioengineering (SMAB) program at Houston Methodist Academic Institute
- Integrates bioengineering with systems medicine to understand disease mechanisms, particularly in cancer, neurological, and metabolic disorders
- Leads research projects on brain tumors, ovarian cancer, lung disease, bone cancer, and breast cancer
- Research includes tumor-astrocyte crosstalk, single-domain antibody therapeutics, drug repositioning, exosomal communication, immunotherapy, platelet-tumor interactions, and immuno-radiotherapy crosstalk
- Several projects have advanced to clinical trials
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