Fyza Yusuf Shaikh MD, PhD

Fyza Shaikh is an Instructor in Cancer Immunology in the Department of Oncology. She has completed her MD/Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a Medical Oncology fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her clinical and research focus includes examining the role of the gut microbiome in tumorigenesis and responses to immunomodulatory cancer therapeutics. Her prior research experiences include evaluation of c-Myc and KRAS induction on the polarized acinar structure of breast epithelium, mechanisms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus assembly and budding, c-Met expression in hepatocellular carcinoma, and characterization of PDL-1 expression in EBV-associated gastric cancer.