Associate Professor
School of Medicine and Public Health | Department of Neurosurgery | Dey Lab
Hometown: Dehradoon, India
Dr. Mahua Dey is a neurosurgeon-scientist, a leading expert in developing innovative personalized immunotherapy for brain cancer and director of the surgical neuro-oncology program in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr Dey’s innovative approach to brain tumor treatment involves combining advanced surgical techniques with cutting edge personalized immunotherapy. Her research work focuses on developing personalized therapeutic cancer vaccine that teaches one’s own immune system to identify hidden residual cancer cells after surgery and kill the cancer cells while also boosting age related immune dysfunction. She is also very passionate about teaching and developing future generation of physician scientists.
Talks:
Personalized Therapeutic Vaccine for hard to treat cancers.
An overview of personalized therapeutic vaccine approaches that are challenging the concepts of “hard to treat” cancers.
Training next generation of physician scientists.
A discussion on innovation and novel strategies that will foster new talent who can successfully straddle the line between face to face patient care and cutting edge research.