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Yusuf Hannun
Director of Stony Brook Cancer Center, Vice Dean for Cancer Medicine, Joel Strum Kenny
Professor in Cancer Research
Medicine
School of Medicine
Biography
Yusuf Hannun focuses on studying basic mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics. He is an expert in cancer genetics and is an internationally recognized leader in the study of bioactive lipids (fatty molecules that play important roles in the behavior of cells) and how disorders in their mechanisms play important roles in cancer. He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his research.
Education
- Fellowship, Duke University
- MD and Residency, American University of Beirut Medical Center
News Highlights
January 10, 2019
Long Island health systems expanding cancer care
Long Island Business News
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November 5, 2018
Stony Brook University unveils new state-of-the-art facility
Times Beacon Record
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September 5, 2018
Stony Brook University Earns Long Island's First Pancreatic Cancer Foundation Distriction
Times Beacon Record
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July 21, 2018
Medical experts explain state cancer data for LI
Newsday
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