Timothy Yap, MDEnriched profile
Ransom Horne, Jr. Endowed Professor for Cancer Research; Vice President and Head of Clinical Development, Therapeutics Discovery Division; Professor, Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Program); Professor, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Timothy A. Yap, MD, is Ransom Horne, Jr. Endowed Professor for Cancer Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The public record shows 1,380 publications with 27,287 citations (h-index 77), centered on PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, interferon and immune responses, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics. It also documents an investigator role on 30 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 25 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2021–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Clinical cancer research
- Top research focus: PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
- 30 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 25 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 74 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 233.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 30 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- PQ203 in Advanced Malignant Tumors Including Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Sponsor: ProteinQure Inc.
InvestigatorPhase 1RecruitingNCT07190469 - Evaluating BL-M14D1 in Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer and Neuroendocrine Tumors
Sponsor: SystImmune Inc.
InvestigatorPhase 1RecruitingNCT07080242 - A Study With NKT5097 for Adults With Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors
Sponsor: NiKang Therapeutics, Inc.
InvestigatorPhase 1RecruitingNCT07029399
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
25 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Program year202516 payments$20,284openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20256 payments
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20252 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2021–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Transcriptomic mechanisms underlying the immune modulating function and therapeutic efficacy of PARP inhibitors
University of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
FY2025$370,575R01CA255074 - Transcriptomic mechanisms underlying the immune modulating function and therapeutic efficacy of PARP inhibitors
University of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
FY2024$352,047R01CA255074 - Transcriptomic mechanisms underlying the immune modulating function and therapeutic efficacy of PARP inhibitors
University of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
FY2023$363,164R01CA255074
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
221 congress contributions (2007–2025) across AACR, ASCO, ASTRO, ESMO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Abstract 809: Food choices of patients with advanced cancer at start of early-phase combination trials with immune checkpoint blockade
AACR Annual Meeting
AACR2025Co-author
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Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Novel Synthetic Lethal Therapeutic Strategies in Precision Oncology.
American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02State-of-the-art strategies for targeting the DNA damage response in cancer1,199 citations2018
- 03Targeting the PI3K pathway in cancer: are we making headway?1,034 citations2018
- 04
- 05
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Office address
1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
Network
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Associate Director of Translational Research
Khalifa Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Podcast interview
Audio Journal of Oncology (AudioMedica): "Selective PARP1 Inhibitor Saruparib Clinical Promise in Solid Tumors with Homologous Recombination Repair Deficiency," September 22
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VJOncology (Video Journal of Oncology) on early-phase clinical trials
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