Paul Lambert
Expert on cancer biology, cancer causing viruses
Professor and Chair, Oncology; Director, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research School of Medicine and Public Health Work: 608-316-9786 — Home and cell phones available upon request ahellpap@uwhealth.org Home page
Topics
- Role of human papillomaviruses in cervical cancer, anal cancer, head and neck cancer
- Human papilloma virus vaccines
- Role of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus in Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- anti-cancer therapies
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, its history, discoveries (e.g. 5-fluorouracil or 5-FU in chemotherapy, Nobel Prize to Howard Temin for his discovery of Reverse Transcriptase)
Achievements
- Development of new anti-cancer therapies for cervical cancer
- Defined role of papillomavirus-encoded oncogenes in human cancers
- Identified cellular factors that contribute to papilloma virus-mediated human cancer