Colin D. Weekes, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Education: University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2000 University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology Tel: (303) 724-3808 Fax: (303) 724-3892 e-mail: colin.weekes@uchsc.edu

Bio
Dr. Weekes initially trained at the University of Nebraska Medical Center where he completed a combined M.D., Ph.D program.  His graduate training was in cell biology and focused on lymphoma cell chemotherapy resistance.  Following completion of medical school, he matriculated through a internal medicine residency at the University of Alabama Birmingham.  Dr. Weekes focused on the translational research in the development of novel therapies for pancreatic cancer during my  medical oncology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Research
Dr. Weekes is a junior faculty member of the Developmental Therapeutics and Gastro-Intestinal Malignancies Programs.  Clinically, he has an active clinic focused on the management of all gastrointestinal malignancies and early phase clinical studies as part of the developmental therapeutics clinic.  In addition, he directs a translational research laboratory focused on developing therapies targeting the tumor microenvironment for the treatment GI malignancies.  Dr Weekes is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) as well as the Pancreatic Cancer Research Team.