William Gmeiner, PhD

I am a Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology at WFUSM with secondary appointments in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Molecular Medicine, and a joint appointment with the Wake Forest/Virginia Tech Biomedical Graduate Sciences Graduate Program. My research focuses on cancer biology and fluoropyrimidine biochemistry and emphasizes translational science, particularly for colorectal cancer and gastrointestinal malignancies. I have or have been the PI on multiple R01 awards as well as U01, R21, R29, R41 and R42 awards from NIH-NCI and grants from the DoD, the NC Biotechnology Center, and other agencies. I have authored and co-authored >110 peer-review publications related to my research with >10 issued patents and several pending patent applications. My work intersects with others involved in drug discovery / development and translation to clinical trials. I am passionate about mentoring and educational activities and am the course director for 2 graduate courses in the Cancer Biology curriculum, advisor for 7 PhD students and 4 MS students and served on the dissertation and thesis committees for 14 graduate students and trained 10 post-doctoral researchers.