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Donatien Kamdem Toukam, PhD

Jun 26, 2025, 16:42
Dr. Kamdem earned his PhD in Molecular Biosciences in 2011 from the University of Bochum under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Klaus Überla, where he focused on designing vaccine scaffolds to elicit neutralizing immune responses against HIV. He began his postdoctoral training in Dr. John Morris’s lab at the University of Cincinnati, advancing immunotherapeutic strategies and exploring curative vaccines for lung cancer based on cancer stem cell theory. He later joined Dr. Sengupta’s lab, where he investigated the anti-cancer potential of repurposed benzodiazepine derivatives targeting lung, skin, and brain tumors. Currently, Kamdem is a research associate in the joint lab of Drs. Wise-Draper and ElGamal, where he studies the role of B7H3 signaling in the pathogenesis of head and neck cancers and its influence on therapeutic response and resistance.
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Vontz Center for Molecular Studies
Trisha Wise-Draper, MD, PhD
3125 Eden Avenue, ML 0562, Room 1304
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0562
Office: 513-558-2826
Email: wiseth@ucmail.uc.edu

Dalia ElGamal, MSc, PhD
3125 Eden Avenue, ML0508, Room 1327
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0562
Office: (513) 558 7932
Email: elgamadm@ucmail.uc.edu

The Barrett Cancer Center
Vinita Takiar, MD, PhD
3151 Bellevue Avenue, ML 0757
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Office: 513-584-1450
Email: takiarva@ucmail.uc.edu