Journal of Pharmacogenomics & Pharmacoproteomics

Alfonso Duenas-Gonznlez

Biography

Dr. Alfonso Dueñas-González received his PhD in the Salamanca University Spain in 1996 and postdoctoral fellowship in the University of Toronto, Canada. Currently, he is a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Biomedical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and at the National Cancer Institute. He has pioneered Translational Research studies in Cancer Epigenetics and Drug Repositioning as well as conducted clinical trials in cervical cancer treatment. He is also interested in the study of the biological significance of circulating DNA as well as in the metabolic therapy of cancer. He has served in the editorial boards of several international scientific biomedical journals, as a reviewer of research papers and international grant agencies as well as scientific advisor for pharmaceutical industry. He has authored more than 100 scientific articles and has edited chapters and books in the field of Medicine. He has lectured a number of conferences in well-known international meetings and has conducted the preclinical and clinical development of cancer drugs. He has trained tens of postgraduate students and he has been the recipient of several important awards such as Canifarma, Miguel Aleman and the Cathedra Pfizer-PUIS UNAM.

Research Interest

His research interests includes Translational Research, Cancer Epigenetics, Drug Repositioning, Cervical cancer treatment.