About NVCI

Byungwoo Ryu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Melanoma, Renal Cancer & Immunotherapy

Byungwoo Ryu, Ph.D. Dr. Ryu joined Nevada Cancer Institute from the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D degree from Oregon State University in Molecular Toxicology. Dr. Ryu completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Ryu served as an instructor and research associate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for four years prior to coming to NVCI. During his time at Johns Hopkins, he received the Howard Temin Award from the NCI.

Dr. Ryu has a National Institutes of Health/NCI grant (Development of Novel Markers for Melanoma Progression) and two patents on Biomarkers for Melanoma (WO/2008/141275 and WO/2006/074430).

Internship Programs

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Undergraduate/Graduate Internships