Immunology

Biography

Omar E Franco completed his MD at the “Universidad Nacional de Asunción”. After four years of medical training, he received a scholarship from the Japanese Government for a clinical fellowship, and then did his PhD at Mie University in Japan. Then he did a Post-doctoral training with Dr. Simon Hayward Lab at Vanderbilt University. More recently he was promoted to Research Assistant Professor and moved to North Shore University Health System as a Senior Research Scientist. He has more than 40 publications and is a member of the Society of Basic Urological Research. His main interest is in the tumor microenvironment.

Abstract

Abstract : Heterogeneous tumor stroma and prostate carcinogenesis