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Biomathematics in the development of personalized medicine in oncology.

Agur Z

Zvia Agur is an internationally known biomathematician whose research focuses on the dynamics of cancer and infectious diseases, and on mathematical methods for identifying improved drug regimens and improved vaccination programs. She is President of the Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel, and the Founder, Chairperson and Chief Scientific Officer of Optimata Ltd, Israel. Professor Agur is a former president of the Israeli Society of Theoretical and Mathematical Biology (1995-2001) and a former member of the Board of Directors of the European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (1996-2002). Her innovative research has won national awards, has been published in a long list of leading scientific journals and is recognized by the academic community worldwide. She serves on the editorial board of several scientific publications, and holds a PhD from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and the Université Libre, Brussels.

Published 24 March 2006 in Future Oncol, 2(1): 39-42.
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