Vancouver Prostate Center, University of British Columbia Supervisors

Artem Cherkasov is a Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) and a Director of Therapeutics Development at Vancouver Prostate Centre. Research interests include computer-aided drug discovery (CADD), QSAR modeling, drug reprofiling and development of new cancer therapies. Dr Cherkasov co-authored more than 200 research papers, 80 patent filings and several book chapters. During his tenure at the UBC, Dr Cherkasov has been a principal applicant or co-applicant on a number of successful grants totaling over 70M dollars, and licensed 6 drug candidates to big pharma companies, major international venture funds and spin off companies.