Padmanee Sharma

She holds the position of professor of genitourinary medical oncology and immunology in the Division of Cancer Medicine where she specializes in renal, prostate, and bladder cancers.

[1][2][3] Her doctoral work demonstrated that cells expressing thymus-leukemia (TL) on their surface could be recognized by the Immune system and killed.

[4] In 2003, she was the lead author on a study of another tumor antigen, NY-ESO-1 in bladder cancer.

[5] She won an ASCO Young Investigator Award in 2003 to pursue this work.

[11] She is married to longtime collaborator, James P. Allison and has three daughters from a previous marriage.

Dr. Padmanee Sharma, Director of Scientific Programs for James P. Allison Institute and Scientific Director of Immunotherapy Platform at MD Anderson Cancer Center