NEW YORK, July 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZIOP) announced today that Hagop Youssoufian, M.Sc., M.D., President of Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer and Jason A. Amello, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the 7th Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. ET at The Peninsula hotel in New York City.