Heinz-Josef Lenz, M.D., FACP, is Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, holds J Terrence Lanni Chair for Cancer Research and is the Associate Director for Clinical Sciences at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the USC Keck School of Medicine. He is the head of GI Oncology in the Division of Medical Oncology and Co-Director of the Colorectal Center at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
An active researcher, Dr. Lenz focuses on identification of predictive and prognostic biomarker and is an expert on early drug development. Dr. Lenz serves as Chair of the Translational Medicine of the SWOG GI Committee. He is a member of the NCI Task Force for Gastroesophageal Cancer and the NCI Translational Science Committee. He is member of the NCI Investigational Drug Steering Committee. In addition to having an NCI-funded laboratory, he was a recipient of the ASCO Young Investigator Award, the ASCO Career Development Award, NCI Midcareer Development and the STOP Cancer Career Development Award. He is the PI of the NCI drug development grants USC UG1 and UM1 (California Cancer Consortium) He has published over 430 peer reviewed papers.
An active researcher, Dr. Lenz focuses on identification of predictive and prognostic biomarker and is an expert on early drug development. Dr. Lenz serves as Chair of the Translational Medicine of the SWOG GI Committee. He is a member of the NCI Task Force for Gastroesophageal Cancer and the NCI Translational Science Committee. He is member of the NCI Investigational Drug Steering Committee. In addition to having an NCI-funded laboratory, he was a recipient of the ASCO Young Investigator Award, the ASCO Career Development Award, NCI Midcareer Development and the STOP Cancer Career Development Award. He is the PI of the NCI drug development grants USC UG1 and UM1 (California Cancer Consortium) He has published over 430 peer reviewed papers.