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PPI Pharmaceuticals

Scientist-led leadership in PPI oncology discovery

PPI Pharmaceuticals is led by Campbell McInnes, Ph.D., President and Chief Scientific Officer. The advisory board includes collaborators in cancer pharmacology, functional genomics, and Polo-like kinase biology.

President and Chief Scientific Officer

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Campbell McInnes, Ph.D.

Professor in Medicinal Chemistry, University of South Carolina

Experience

Campbell McInnes, Ph.D., is Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of South Carolina, where he has served since 2006. He has 30 years of research experience and 25 years in cancer drug discovery.

  • Head of the Structure Based Design Group, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Dundee, UK (1999–2006)
  • Professor in Medicinal Chemistry, University of South Carolina since 2006

Education

  • Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (1991)

Consultant and Advisory Board Member

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Michael Wyatt, Ph.D.

Professor in Biomedicinal Chemistry, University of South Carolina

Experience

  • 30 years of research experience in cancer pharmacology
  • Joined the University of South Carolina in 1999

Education

  • Ph.D. in Molecular Pharmacology, University College London (1996)
  • Postdoctoral training in Genetic Toxicology, Harvard School of Public Health

Consultant and Advisory Board Member

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Ozgur Sahin, Ph.D.

Professor and Endowed Chair, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina

Experience

  • 20 years of cancer biology research in functional genomics, bioinformatics, and drug discovery
  • Founder and President, LoxiGen, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina

Education

  • Ph.D. in Molecular Pharmacology, University of Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center (2008)

Consultant and Advisory Board Member

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Mourad Sanhaji, Ph.D.

Group Leader, Molecular Oncology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Experience

  • Expert in Polo-like kinase cancer biology

Education

  • Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Goethe University (2013), with K. Strebhardt

Research group

McInnes Research Group

University of South Carolina

Campbell McInnes with the McInnes Research Group at the University of South Carolina