Edus "Hootie" Warren, MD, PhD, is an oncologist and cancer immunologist with expertise in cellular and molecular dissection of antitumor immune responses. Dr. Warren is the program head for Global Oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. His laboratory has a long-standing interest in harnessing the exceptional specificity and potency of T cells for cancer recognition and elimination. Currently, his lab's primary focus is on the development of T-cell therapy for advanced kidney cancer.

In his role as program head for Global Oncology, Dr. Warren leads an international team consisting of over 50 individuals, primarily based at the Hutchinson Centre Research Institute in Kampala, Uganda. This team is dedicated to conducting research aimed at enhancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer in low- and middle-income countries, focusing on studying Kaposi sarcoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast cancer and lung cancer.

Throughout his career, Dr. Warren has exhibited a passionate commitment to the training of future biomedical scientists and investigators. He has served or is currently serving as the primary mentor for numerous high school and undergraduate students as well as many doctorate students, postdoctoral fellows and medical fellows.  Dr. Warren is deeply dedicated to fostering the development of future clinicians and investigators in all health-related fields, with a particular emphasis on cancer.