Michael T. Lewis

Dr. Lewis, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Radiology, and a member of the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). Dr. Lewis has expertise in breast development and breast cancer, with a focus on the identification and regulation of tumor-initiating cells and the goal of identifying new vulnerabilities in these cells that can be targeted therapeutically. As part of this work, he developed one of the largest human breast cancer patient-derived xenograft (PDX) renewable tissue resources available, a resource used worldwide for evaluation of experimental therapeutics in the area of breast oncology. Dr. Lewis also co-founded and is the President and CEO of StemMed, Ltd from which Tvardi Therapeutics was spun out. He studied biology at the College of William and Mary and received his doctoral degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz.