Pharmacology

Biography

he research of Liewei Wang, M.D., Ph.D., is focused on pharmacogenomics, a critical component of individualized medicine that studies the role of inheritance in variation in drug response. Patients treated with the same dose or regimen of a drug can display different responses, ranging from lack of efficacy to severe toxicity. Dr. Wang's laboratory uses various high-throughput "omics" tools, including genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics, to identify biomarkers that can help predict clinical response. At the same time, her lab uses various models, including cells, patient-derived xenografts and patient samples, to validate and understand the biology underlying these biomarkers.

Research Interest

Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Research Pharmacogenomics and Drug Targets - Liewei Wang Center for Individualized Medicine Epidemiology and Genetics of Lung Cancer Research Program Experimental Therapeutics Program Women's Health Research Center Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Research Women's Cancer Program