Find a Researcher

About 250 active research projects are part of the Cancer Center's quest to cure cancer, understand its causes, and promote ways to prevent cancer before it starts.

These projects are led by 125 cancer research scientists supported by more than $60 million in grants each year from federal and other sources.

To learn more about our researchers, see the alphabetical list of all researchers below, or to view researchers by program name, select one of the following links:

• Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Program Members
• Cancer Population Science Program Members
• Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy Program Members
• Translational Engineering in Cancer Program Members

Researchers in alphabetical order

A

• Margaret E. Ackerman, PhD, Associate Professor, Thayer School of Engineering; Microbiology & Immunology
• Yashi F. Ahmed, MD, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
• Amanda Amodeo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
• Joseph Anderson, MD, Professor, Medicine
• Kelly Aschbrenner, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, The Dartmouth Institute
• Prachee Avasthi, PhD, Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology

B

• Amber Barnato, MD, , Professor, Susan J. and Richard M. Levy Distinguished Professor in Health Care Delivery, The Dartmouth Institute, Medicine •
• Paul Barr, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute; Biomedical Data Science; Community and Family Medicine •
• Elizabeth L. R. Barry, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Community & Family Medicine •
• Richard J. Barth Jr., MD, Professor, Surgery
• Steven L. Bernstein, MD, Professor; Chief Research Officer, DH; Associated Dean for Clinical Research, Geisel; Director, C. Everett Koop Institute, Emergency Medicine •
• William C. Black, MD, Professor; Radiology; Community & Family Medicine; The Dartmouth Institute •
• Giovanni Bosco, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology •
• Gabriel A. Brooks, MD, MPH, MPH, Assistant Professor, Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute •
• Mary F. Brunette, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry •
• Alan J. Budney, PhD, Professor; Director, Treatment Development & Evaluation Core, Center for Technology & Behavioral Health (CTBH), Psychiatry •
• Lynn F. Butterly, MD, Professor, Medicine

C

• Audrey H. Calderwood, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute •
• Mary D. Chamberlin, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine •
• M. Shane Chapman, MD, Professor, Surgery •
• Brock C. Christensen, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology; Community & Family Medicine; Molecular & Systems Biology •
• Michael Cole, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology •
• Carrie Hoverman Colla, PhD, Professor of The Dartmouth Institute •
• Duane Compton, PhD, Dean of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology •
• Tyler J. Curiel, MD, MPH, Gmelich Professor in Cancer Immunotherapy, Medical Oncology

D

• Scott C. Davis, MD, Assistant Professor of Engineering
• Thomas H. Davis, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Eugene Demidenko, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Community & Family Medicine
• Roberta DiFlorio-Alexander, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology and of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Solomon G. Diamond, PhD, Associate Professor of Engineering
• Konstantin H. Dragnev, MD, Professor of Medicine; Associate Director for Clinical Research
• Marie-Anne Durand, PhD, MSc, MPhil, Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute

E

• Jonathan T. Elliott, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering
• Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc, Professor, The Dartmouth Institute
• Jennifer A. Emond, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Pediatrics

F

• Steven N. Fiering, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and of Genetics
• Hildreth Robert Frost, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science

G

• Arti B. Gaur, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
• Scott A. Gerber, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology and of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
• Diane Gilbert-Diamond, ScD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology Community & Family Medicine
• David J. Gladstone, ScD, Professor of Medicine
• Kristina M. Godek, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
• Britt Anne Goods, PhD, Assistant Professor
• William R. Green, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• Erik E. Griffin, PhD, Professor of Biology and in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program
• Karl E. Griswold, PhD, Associate Professor of Engineering
• Jiang Gui, PhD, Associate Professor Biomedical Data Science, The Dartmouth Institute and Community & Family Medicine
• Christine Gunn, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Dartmouth Institute

H

• Ryan J. Halter, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Rian Hasson MD, MPH, FACS, Assistant Professor, Surgery
• Saeed Hassanpour, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Epidemiology
• Matthew C. Havrda, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
• Matthew S. Hayden, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Bin He, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
• Eric R. Henderson, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
• Henry N. Higgs, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
• John M. Hill, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Katherine “Katie” Hixon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
• Anne G. Hoen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and of Biomedical Data Science and of Microbiology & Immunology
• P. Jack Hoopes, DVM, PhD, Professor of Surgery and of Medicine
• Caitlin Howe, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
• Yina H. Huang, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology
• Brady Hunt, PhD, Research Scientist, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

J

• Brian Jackson, PhD, Research Professor, Director Trace Elements Analysis Core Laboratory
• Nicholas Jacobson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and Psychiatry
• Claudia Jakubzick, PhD, Associate Professor
• Leslie A. Jarvis, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Shudong Jiang, PhD, Associate Professor of Engineering

K

• Nirav Kapadia, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Margaret R. Karagas, PhD, Department Chair and Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Community & Family Medicine
• Arminja N. Kettenbach, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry
• Inas Khayal, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Dartmouth Institute and Biomedical Data Science
• Fred Kolling, IV, PhD, Senior Research Scientist/Analyst/Engineer, Co-Director, Genomics Shared Resource
• Periannan Kuppusay, PhD, Professor of Radiology and Medicine

L

• Frederick Lansigan, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Bonnie W. Lau, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
• Steven D. Leach, MD, Director, Dartmouth Cancer Center, Professor of Molecular and Systems, Biology and of Surgery; Preston T. and Virginia R. Kelsey Professor
• Joshua J. Levy, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Terri Lewinson, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor The Dartmouth Institute
• Lionel D. Lewis, MD, MB-BCH, Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Zhigang Li, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology
• Chun-Chieh Lin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology
• Andrew P. Loehrer, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Bryan W. Luikart, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
• Geoffrey P. Luke, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering

M

• Prerna Malaney, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Jonathan D. Marotti, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Lisa Marsch, PhD, Andrea G. Wallace Professor; Director, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
• Auden Curtis McClure, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Community and Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Aaron McKenna, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
• Rodwell Mabaera, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Paul M. Meaney, PhD, Professor of Engineering
• Kenneth R. Meehan, MD, Professor of Medicine
• Jennifer Meijer, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Glenn C. Micalizio, PhD, New Hampshire Professor of Chemistry
• Daniel Mielcarz, PhD, DartLab Director
• Dale F. Mierke, PhD, Professor of Chemistry
• Todd W. Miller, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular & Systems Biology
• Erika L. Moen, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science and of The Dartmouth Institute
• James B. Moseley, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
• Kristen Muller, DO, Assistant Professor
• David W. Mullins, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Education and of Microbiology & Immunology
• Merle L. Myerson, MD, EdD, Cardiovascular Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine

N

• Randolph J. Noelle, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

O

• Ardis L. Olson, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine

P

• Michael N. Passarelli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
• Keith D. Paulsen, PhD, Robert A. Pritzker Professor and Professor of Radiology & Surgery
• Laura Paulin, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology
• Joseph A. Paydarfar, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
• Maria Pellegrini, PhD, Associate Professor
• Joseph D. Phillips, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Brian W. Pogue, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics and Director, MS and PhD Program
• Kelli Pointer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Sarah I. Pratt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of The Dartmouth Institute

R

• Michael J. Ragusa, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Judy R. Rees, BM, BCh, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor of Community & Family Medicine and of Epidemiology
• David W. Roberts, MD, Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) and Neurology; Adjunct Professor of Engineering 
• Douglas J. Robertson, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Marthony Robins, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth and Radiology at Dartmouth Health
• Paul Robustelli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Megan E. Romano, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
• Pamela C. Rosato, PhD, Assistant Professor 

S

• Lucas Salas, MD, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Kimberly S. Samkoe, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Yolanda Sanchez, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
• James D. Sargent, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine and of Biomedical Data Science; Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart Professor
• Rahul Sarpeshkar, PhD, Professor of Engineering, Physics, Microbiology and Immunology and of Molecular and Systems Biology. Thomas E. Kurtz Professor
• Florian R. Schroeck, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Surgery and of the Dartmouth Institute
• Gary N. Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• John D. Seigne, MD, BCh, Associate Professor of Surgery
• Charles L. Sentman, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• Keisuke Shirai, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Christopher J. Shoemaker, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
• Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner, PhD, Assistant Professor
• Jacqueline Y. Channon Smith, PhD, Prinicipal Research Scientist, Director Immune Monitoring Laboratory and Flow Cytometry Core
• Kerrington D. Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
• Li Song, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science
• Radu V. Stan, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
• Courtney J. Stevens, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
• Mark Sundrud, PhD, Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology
• Harold M. Swartz, MD, MSPH, PhD, Professor of Radiology, of Community & Family Medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Zbigniew “Ziggy” M. Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Medicine

T

• Susanne E. Tanski, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
• Charles Thomas, Jr, MD, Professor and Chief of Radiation Oncology
• Linda T. Titus, MA, PhD, Active Emeritus Epidemiology and of Pediatrics and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Craig R. Tomlinson, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
• Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute; James J. Carroll 1948 Professor of Oncology
• Tor D.Tosteson, ScD, Professor of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute and Biomedical Data Science
• Gregory J. Tsongalis, PhD, HCLD, FACB, Professor of Pathology& Laboratory Medicine
• Mary Jo Turk, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunotherapy

U

• Edward J. Usherwood, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

V

• Linda Vahdat, MD, Professor of Medicine, Section Chief of Medical Oncology, Deputy Cancer Center Director
• Louis J. Vaickus, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

W

• Xiaofeng Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
• John B. Weaver, PhD, Professor of Radiology and Adjunct Professor of Engineering
• Michael L. Whitfield, PhD, Chair and Professor of Biomedical Data Science, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
• Benjamin B. Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology and of Medicine
• Charles R. Wira, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
• Steven Woloshin, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Chair and Professor of Surgery and Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
• Jimmy Wu, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Z

• Baseem I. Zaki, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• George J. Zanazzi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology
• Rongxiao Zhang, PhD, Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology
• Siming Zhao, PhD, Assistant Professor
• John X. J. Zhiang, PhD, Professor of Engineering
• Lisa Zubkoff, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of The Dartmouth Institute