Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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Joseph Pressey

Biography

Dr. Pressey is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Dr. Pressey functions as the Director of Pediatric Oncology Developmental Therapeutics Program at UAB. In this role Dr. Pressey serves as the institutional principal investigator (PI) of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Phase I Consortium and the Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration (SARC). Dr. Pressey also guides participation in industry sponsored clinical trials including recent and current studies with Genzyme and Novartis.
 

Research Interest

1. Molecular and clinical aspects of pediatric oncology including a general interest in solid tumors with particular interests in sarcomas and rare tumors.
2. Experimental therapeutics in pediatric hematology-oncology.