Stephen Cosenza

Dr. Stephen Cosenza joined Onconova Therapeutics in January 2021 as Lead Scientist and Study Monitor. He is presently involved in the development of all compounds in Onconova’s pipeline, participates in business development activities, and assists with clinical operations. He has been a preclinical drug development consultant for Onconova since its inception in 1998. He has 36 years of experience in molecular biology, specializing in the regulation of the normal mammalian cell cycle and the initiation and progression of cancer cell growth. He has participated in preclinical and IND-enabling work for all of Onconova’s compounds that have been approved for clinical trials. Dr. Cosenza has extensive experience in cell culture and working with the in vitro and in vivo animal models required for the study and development of small molecular weight compounds as cancer therapeutics.

Previously, Dr. Cosenza worked at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in the Department of Oncological Sciences and The Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology as Senior Researcher under the mentorship of Dr. E. Premkumar Reddy, one of Onconova’s founders. Dr. Cosenza has served as an external reviewer for various scientific journals and is an author of over 45 peer-reviewed articles.

Dr. Cosenza received his doctorate degree in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at Temple University School of Medicine. He performed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Wistar Institute and The Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology.