Charles Streckfus
Professor
The University of Texas
USA
Biography
Dr. Charles F. Streckfus is a Professor of Diagnostic & Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and has many published abstracts and presentations. His honors and awards include the President's Award for Scientific Excellence, Presented by the International Society for Preventive Oncology, 6th International Symposium Predictive Oncology Intervention Strategies, Pasteur Institute, Paris France, February 12, 2002 for his discovery of salivary Her2/neu as a biomarker for breast cancer. This discovery has led to Dr. Streckfus' current work at the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston into establishing an array of protein biomarkers in saliva for breast and other related cancers. His most recent publication in the February 2008 edition of Cancer Investigations concerning his research has received notice worldwide, and has established Dr. Streckfus as a leader in cancer modelling and biomarker research.
Research Interest
Dr. Charles research interests involve Breast cancer related proteins are present in saliva and are modulated secondary to ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast and Method of Diagnosing and Monitoring Breast Carcinomas.