Immunotherapies and Vaccine Development
Dr. Awad's main area of research is on cancer immunotherapy and vaccine development. He has been working with a number of laboratories to study the genetics and immune microenvironment of lung tumors in order to develop better immune therapies for cancer patients. In addition, he conducts research on cancers whose growth is driven by mutations in genes such as RET, ROS1, and ALK, and he has been working to understand how these cancers acquire resistance to targeted therapies.