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Caius Radu is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He serves as the Vice Chairman of the Department and Co-Director of the Cancer Molecular Imaging, Nanotechnology, and Theranostics Research Program at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Radu received his M.D. from the University of Medicine in Craiova, Romania, and completed his postdoctoral training in immunology and cancer biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas under the mentorship of Dr. Owen Witte. His research focuses on advancing the understanding of fundamental biological processes that interface metabolic, signal transduction, and immune networks in cancer. Furthermore, his team investigates novel mechanisms that regulate nucleotide metabolism in cancer and aims to identify targetable co-dependencies in pancreatic and prostate cancers using nucleoside imaging probes as non-invasive predictive biomarkers for treatment responses.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.