Department of Internal Medicine
Hematology, Oncology and Blood &
Marrow Transplantation Faculty
George J. Weiner, M.D.
C.E. Block Chair ot Cancer Research
Director, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Dr. Weiner's clinical interests include medical oncology and hematology with a special interest in the treatment of lymphoma and leukemia. His clinical and laboratory research focuses on the immunotherapy of lymphoma and leukemia including the development and evaluation of genetically modified monoclonal antibody constructs and development of novel immune adjuvants for cancer immunization.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- C.E. Block Chair of Cancer Research
- Member, Experimental Therapeutics II Study Section, NIH, 1996-2000
- Hematology and Medical Oncology, Diplomate
- Member, University of Iowa Graduate Program in Immunology
- Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Member, American Society of Hematology
- Member, American Association of Immunologists
- Member, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Fellow, American College of Physicians
- Chairman, Iowa Consortium for Comprehensive Cancer Control
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Medical School:
Ohio State University
Residency:
Medical College of Ohio
Fellowship:
University of Michigan |
Recent Publications
- Jahrsdörfer, B, Wooldridge, JE, Blackwell, SE, Taylor, CM, Link, BK and Weiner, GJ. Good prognosis cytogenetics in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia is associated in vitro with low susceptibility to apoptosis and enhanced immunogenicity. Leukemia, 19: 759-766, 2005.
- Bowles, JA, and Weiner, GJ. CD16 polymorphisms and NK activation induced by monoclonal antibody-coated target cells. J. Immunological Methods, 304:88-99, 2005.
- Racila, E, Racila, DM, Ritchie, JM, Taylor, C, Dahle, C, and Weiner, GJ. The pattern of clinical breast cancer metastasis correlates with a single nucleotide polymorphism in the C1qA component of complement. Immunogenetics, In Press, 2005.
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Links of Interest
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