University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States
Dr. Vinay K. Puduvalli is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuro-Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Co-Director of the MD Anderson Brain Tumor Center and holds the Beau Biden Endowed Chair in Brain Cancer Research. He serves as the leader of the MD Anderson Brain Cancer Core Grant Program, co-Director of the MD Anderson Cancer Neuroscience Program and as co-leader of the MD Anderson GBM Moonshot Project. Dr. Puduvalli’s research focuses on patient-oriented research to develop new treatments for brain malignancies using a combined approach of targeted therapies, innovative clinical trial designs and rational combinations of anticancer agents. His clinical expertise includes care of patients with brain and spine malignancies, as well as neurological complications of cancer. His laboratory research focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in gliomas that can overcome tumor heterogeneity in order to target these with novel agents using a variety of pre-clinical models. In a translational context, he has led several institutional and multicenter clinical studies involving novel targeted agents, novel combinations and epigenetic therapies. He has served as a mentor for students, residents, fellows, junior and senior faculty over the past 2 decades. He serves in national leadership roles in the Society of Neurooncology and has served on advisory boards, review boards and study sections for national and international, federal and industry agencies.
