Rosa Nadal Rios, Associate Professor. Division of Hematology and Oncology. University of Washington School of Medicine

I graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2000 from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain. I completed my Medical Oncology Fellowship at Hospital de Sant Pau, affiliated with the same university. Subsequently, I obtained certification in clinical research and pursued studies in tumor biology and biomarker development.
I also defended my PhD thesis at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, graduating Cum Laude. I was honored with the PhD Extraordinary Award in recognition of outstanding academic achievement.
From February 2012 to June 2015, I completed a Genitourinary Oncology Fellowship at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, focusing on prostate cancer management and biomarker development. During this time, I was involved in the clinical validation of AR-V7.
In 2013, I joined the ACGME-accredited Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). As a medical oncologist specializing in genitourinary (GU) oncology, I began my career as a trialist and translational researcher, focusing on the clinical development of novel therapeutics and biomarker evaluation for GU malignancies at the NCI, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
I contributed to early studies evaluating cabozantinib for the treatment of bladder cancer. Our group was among the first to demonstrate that cabozantinib possesses both innate and adaptive immunomodulatory properties, providing a rationale for its combination with immunotherapy. I also participated in Phase I clinical trials of ipilimumab, nivolumab, and cabozantinib, which ultimately led to their FDA approvals for metastatic kidney cancer and other malignancies.
Upon joining the Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch at NIH, I continued to investigate novel immunotherapies, including T-cell-based therapies for kidney cancer. This work included a clinical trial of HERV-E TCR-transduced T cells for patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which has now completed enrollment. Additionally, we developed alternative methods for quantifying circulating TCR-engineered T cells post-adoptive transfer using nanoplate digital PCR.
In 2024, I joined the faculty of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center as an Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. I am a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Society for Medical Oncology, and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Additionally, I serve as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Oncology.
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:05/15/2025Date updated:05/15/2025