Filip Janku's Biography

Filip Janku, Associate Professor, Center Medical Director, Clinical and Translational Research Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Filip Janku, MD, PhD is Associate Professor, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Dr. Janku received his MD and PhD degrees from the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Dr. Janku is principal investigator for numerous phase I trials, most of which involve novel, targeted agents, some of those being first-in-human studies. Dr. Janku received multiple awards for his research efforts, including four Merit Awards from ASCO as well as an American Association for Cancer Research Scholar-in-Training Award.