Stanford University
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Timothy Omi
Department Property Administrator, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials
Current Role at StanfordFacilities Specialist 1
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Abdulwahab Omira
Undergraduate, Computer Science
BioRobotics and Physics researcher interested in AI and advanced power generation systems. Focused on improving efficiency and output in multiple forms of genertation technologies, including renewable, thermal, and chemical. Owner of four patents in nuclear waste processing, disposal, and solar power systems with developing projects in medical and other commercial robotic applications.
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Antonio Omuro, MD
Joseph D. Grant Professor
BioDr. Omuro is a neuro-oncologist and chair of the Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences. Previously, Dr. Omuro held leadership roles including chief of Neuro-Oncology at Yale Cancer Center and chief of the Neuro-Oncology Division at the University of Miami. He received fellowship training in neuro-oncology from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
As a worldwide leader in neuro-oncology, Dr. Omuro is at the forefront of the latest advances in cancer care. He is passionate about developing new therapies to treat glioblastoma and other types of gliomas (tumors of the brain or spine). He specializes in innovative treatments, including targeted medications, immune-checkpoint inhibitors, and other immunotherapies (treatments that activate or suppress the immune system).
Dr. Omuro is a physician-researcher who has been the principal investigator in multiple clinical trials, and he has been awarded dozens of research grants from organizations all over the globe. His research interests include novel treatments for gliomas and primary central nervous system lymphoma. He has also studied the neurological effects of cancer. Dr. Omuro led the largest international clinical trial ever conducted to explore treatments for glioblastoma.
Dr. Omuro has presented and lectured to colleagues across the nation and around the world, including in South Korea, Brazil, France, Japan, and Switzerland. He has published more than 140 articles in dozens of peer-reviewed journals, such as American Journal of Neuroradiology, Cancer, Neuro-Oncology, and Neuro-Oncology Advances. Dr. Omuro completed his residency in Neurology at the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine in Brazil, his native country, and worked as a clinician and researcher at Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Sorbonne Universities in Paris, France.
He has reviewed articles for more than 30 medical journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. Dr. Omuro has also published several book chapters, and he cowrote a book entitled Meningiomas: Comprehensive Strategies for Management. In addition, Dr. Omuro has served on the editorial board for many academic journals, including the Journal of Neuro-Oncology and Current Opinion in Neurology.
Dr. Omuro is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Society for Neuro-Oncology, and American Association for Cancer Research. Dr. Omuro is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in health care, and he has served as a mentor for many physicians and researchers.