Amy K. Licis, MD

Research Interests

sleep issues in children with neurofibromatosis, autism and cerebral palsy.  The ketogenic diet and tolerability and efficacy for the treatment of epilepsy. Gene-therapy mediation in expression of an angiogenesis inhibitor and prevention of Wilms tumor growth. Mutations of topoisomerase II in yeast to help clarify the mechanism of topoisomerase-targeting cancer drugs. Yeast genes involved in the defense against oxidative stress using knock-out strains. Survival data and complications from various cancer treatments