Kenji Fujihara

Postdoctoral Fellow

Possemato Lab

Department of Pathology

Pacold Lab

Department of Radiation Oncology

Perlmutter Cancer Center

Focus: Oncology, Drug discovery, Functional genomics, cell death and cellular metabolism

About me

G'day everyone! My name is Kenji Fujihara. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia, in a mixed family along side 6 siblings. After completing my undergraduate and postgraduate training at The University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, I moved to New York and where I have been a postdoc in the labs of A/Prof. Richard Possemato and A/Prof. Michael Pacold for 4 years. I work on several drug discovery projects aimed at arming future clinicans with novel medicines to treat patients with cancer. As an aspiring clinican scientist, I am driven not only by the desire to develop pathways to cure for patients, but also the understanding the fundemental biology underlying our natural world. In the future, I plan to move back in Melbounre to complete clincal training to complement my background as cancer biologist and drug hunter.

My mission as a PDA council member

My experience as a drug discovery scientist in cancer research has shaped my aspiration to become a clinical scientist, bridging the gap between discovery research, medicine, and patient care. Through the PDA Council, I hope to expand opportunities for postdocs to connect with clinical practice and the biotech/pharma industry, creating pathways that mirror the translational nature of my own work for current and future postdocs at NYULH.

I aim to accomplish this through the following:

Establish opportunities for postdocs to engage with clinical medicine at NYULH through structured shadowing, seminars, and collaborative projects.
Develop postdoc-specific internships and externships with biotech and pharmaceutical partners to broaden career exposure.
Create mentorship programs linking postdocs with clinicians, industry scientists, and alumni in diverse career paths.

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