Lawrence Fong, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

lawrence.fong@ucsf.edu 415-514-3160

Lawrence Fong, M.D. is the Efim Guzik Distinguished Professor in Cancer Biology in the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco, where he leads the Cancer Immunotherapy Program. He also co-directs the Parker Institute of Cancer Immunotherapy at UCSF and co-leads the Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy Program in the Cancer Center.

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He is a physician-scientist in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology directing both a translational research program and an NIH-funded research lab. He has focused on cancer immunotherapy for over 20 years and has been involved in both pre-clinical and clinical studies of FDA-approved immunotherapies including sipuleucel-T and immune checkpoint inhibitors. Dr. Fong’s research examines the determinants of clinical response and resistance to immunotherapies.

Awards

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  • NCI Outstanding Investigator Award, 2021
  • American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2015
  • Earle Chiles Visiting Professorship, 2014
  • V Foundation Scholar, 2003
  • American Association for Cancer Research Scholar-in-Training Award, 2002
  • American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1997
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award, 1997
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, 1993
  • Stanford Alumni Medical Scholar, 1990

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training UCSF 02/2021
  • MD Stanford 05/1992
  • BA Columbia 05/1988

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (179)

Top publication keywords:
CD4-Positive T-LymphocytesAntibodies, MonoclonalProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorIpilimumabCancer VaccinesImmunotherapyLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingProstatic NeoplasmsCTLA-4 AntigenTumor MicroenvironmentTissue ExtractsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantT-Lymphocytes

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