CancerQuest | Interview with Dr. Haian Fu

Dr. Haian Fu
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Professor, Department of Hematology & Oncology
Director, Molecular Discovery-Cancer Drug Discovery and Development Program, Winship Cancer Institute
Co-Director, Drug Development & Pharmacogenomics Academy, Winship Cancer Institute & Department of Pharmacology
Director, Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center
Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Fu studies the signals that travel between and within cells, including cancer cells. He hopes to use this knowledge to develop novel drugs that can interfere with the abnormal signals being sent/received by cancer cells. His background in pharmacology gives him a great insight into what types of agents can actually work as drugs in humans.

Questions and Answers

	Please introduce yourself including your name and title(Time: 13 sec)
	How long have you been at Emory and what brought you here initially?(Time: 40 sec)
	How did you come to collaborate with Dr. Khuri?(Time: 1 min 35 sec)
	Are there other faculty members with whom you work closely?(Time: 36 sec)
	What is the process by which a new treatment goes from an idea to a clinical treatment?(Time: 2 min 15 sec)
	How do use your training in pharmacology in your research?(Time: 51 sec)
	What is the model system you use and how is this model relevant to human disease like cancer?(Time: 1 min 28 sec)
	What molecules are you investigating that interfere with these signaling pathways?(Time: 52 sec)
	In what cellular processes/pathways are you interested?(Time: 47 sec)
	What is the role of these in normal cells?(Time: 19 sec)
	How is this different in cancer cells?(Time: 2 min 4 sec)
	In what types of cancers is 1433 protein being investigated?(Time: 1 min 23 sec)
	What are the future applications of your work as far as the treatment and prevention of cancer?(Time: 54 sec)
	Are there any additional ideas or comments you would like to make?(Time: 1 min 30 sec)