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Robert Edwards, MD

Robert Edwards

Contact Information

microscope Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
Pin UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
5051 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Summary

Dr. Edwards' research interests include  the treatementHPV-related and ovarian malignancies with immunotherapeutic approaches. He serves as principal investigator for a number of pharmaceutical-sponsored studies. He also serves on the Cancer Vaccine Committee, which experiments with novel therapeutic approaches to gynecologic malignancies and produces translational research.

Three specific targets of Dr. Edwards' research include: 1) vaccine therapies for cervical and ovarian cancer; 2) combining biologic and immunologic therapies with traditional therapies in the treatment of women's cancer; and 3) intraperitoneal therapy.