John J. Wright, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator

Dr Wright received a PhD in molecular virology from the University of Illinois Medical Center and his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. He completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia and then was a research fellow in the Metabolism Branch of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Wright completed a medical oncology fellowship in the Medicine Branch of the NCI and spent several years on staff at the NCI-Navy Medical Oncology Branch and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He then joined the Investigational Drug Branch of CTEP and oversees a portfolio of agents including signal transduction inhibitors, proteasome inhibitors, histone deacetylase inhibitors and has an interest in nanotechnology-based cancer therapeutics.

Contact Information:
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza North, Suite 7115A
Rockville MD, 20852-7426
Phone: 301-496-1196
Fax: 301-402-0428
E-mail: wrightj@ctep.nci.nih.gov