Wadih Arap
Director, Cancer Program at University Hospital · Rutgers Health
Credentials: · · · · · ·
History
- Present
Division of Hematology/Oncology · Rutgers Health
- Present
Cancer Institute of New Jersey at University Hospital · Rutgers Health
- Present
- 1983–1986
Internal Medicine
- 1979–1983
University of São Paulo Medical School in Brazil
Research
Cancer treatment by targeted drug delivery to tumor vasculature in a mouse model
Science · 1998 · First of 3 authors · 1,577 citations
Anti-cancer activity of targeted pro-apoptotic peptides
Nature Medicine · 1999 · 769 citations
Aminopeptidase N is a receptor for tumor-homing peptides and a target for inhibiting angiogenesis
Cancer Research · 2000 · 727 citations
22 papers · 2 as a resident
19 papers · 2 as a resident
13 papers
12 papers
12 papers
10 papers
10 papers
7 papers · 7 as a resident
Grants
- 2025–2026
Identification of Molecular Features Associated with Vascular Alterations in Aging
National Institute on Aging · R21
PI · $431.8K · Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
- 2024–2026
Phage-Based Therapeutic Gene Delivery Targeting Multiple Compartments in Solid Tumors
National Cancer Institute · R21
PI · $403.7K · Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
- 2023–2025
Ligand-Directed Therapeutic CRISPR/Cas Gene Editing in Tumor Cells
National Cancer Institute · R21
PI · $403.7K · Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
- 2020–2025
Designing a Transcriptome-Based, Targeted Theranostic Platform for Prostate Cancer
National Cancer Institute · R01
PI · $1.8M · Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences