Faculty
Oncology Division
Peter G. Ruminski, MS
Instructor
Department of Medicine
Oncology Division
Stem Cell Biology
Research Interests
- Developing new and novel drugs for the treatment of diseases with unmet medical needs, especially in the area of oncology
Contact
- 314-273-2458 (office)
- 314-362-9333 (fax)
- pgruminski@wustl.edu
- Division of Oncology
Mail Stop 8007-0002-02
Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Room 2607, Cancer Research Building (lab)
Biosketch
| Education | |
|---|---|
| 1975 | BA in Chemistry and Education, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO |
| 1992 | MS in Molecular Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| Academic Positions & Employment | |
| 1975-1977 | Research Associate, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| 1979-1991 | Research Scientist / Senior Research Specialist, Monsanto Corporate Research, St. Louis, MO |
| 1991-1999 | Senior Research Scientist, Department of Medicinal Chemistry / Oncology, Ophthalmology, Inflammation and Metabolic Disease, G.D. Searle Global Research and Development, St. Louis MO |
| 1999-2002 | Associate Research Fellow, Department of Medicinal Chemistry / Inflammation and Oncology, Pharmacia Corporation, Global Research and Development, St. Louis, MO |
| 2002-2010 | Associate Research Fellow, Department of Medicinal Chemistry / Inflammation, Anemia, and Immunology, Pfizer Inc., Global Research and Development, St. Louis, MO |
| 2010-2017 | Executive Director, Center for World Health & Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO |
| 2017-present | Instructor in Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
| Honors & Awards | |
| 1997-2009 | Numerous internal (Monsanto, Searle, Pharmacia, Pfizer) awards for significant scientific achievements in the discovery, development and delivery of drug candidates for human clinical trials in various therapeutic disease areas |
| 2000 | Session Chair, Integrin Antagonists as Pharmaceutical Therapeutics, ACS National Meeting, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Washington, DC |
| 2006 | Lifetime Technical Achievement Award in Medicinal Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society |
| 2010 | Health Care Hero Award, Saint Louis Business Journal |
| 2015 | Saint Louis University Research Innovation Award |
| Professional Societies & Organizations | |
| American Chemical Society | |
| American Chemical Society – Division of Medicinal Chemistry | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | |
| Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society | |
