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:
- CPS: Cancer Population Science Program Members
- ICI: Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy Program Members
- SGN: Cancer Signaling, Genomes, and Networks Program Members
- TEC: Translational Engineering in Cancer Program Members
Researchers in alphabetical order
A
- Margaret E. Ackerman, PhD, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering; Microbiology & Immunology
- Yashi F. Ahmed, MD, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
- Christine Alewine, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology
- Amanda Amodeo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Joseph Anderson, MD, Professor, Medicine
- Kelly Aschbrenner, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, The Dartmouth Institute
- Oluwatyoin (‘toyin) Asojo, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
B
- Amber Barnato, MD, Professor, The Dartmouth Institute, Medicine
- Paul Barr, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute; Biomedical Data Science; 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
- Indrani Bhattacharya, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science
- Giovanni Bosco, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
- Gabriel A. Brooks, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- Mary F. Brunette, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry
- Petr Bruza, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Thayer School of Engineering
- 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, Professor, Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- Mary D. Chamberlin, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine
- M. Shane Chapman, MD, Professor, Surgery
- Celia Chen, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Biology
- 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, The Dartmouth Institute
- Duane Compton, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Tyler J. Curiel, MD, MPH, Professor in Cancer Immunotherapy, Medical Oncology, Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
D
- Louise Davies, MD, MS, FACS, Professor, Surgery, The Dartmouth Institute
- Scott C. Davis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Emma Dean, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, The Dartmouth Institute
- Eugene Demidenko, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Community & Family Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Engineering & Mathematics
- Solomon G. Diamond, PhD, Associate Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Roberta DiFlorio-Alexander, MD, Associate Professor, Radiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Konstantin H. Dragnev, MD, Professor, Hematology/Oncology, Medicine
E
- Jonathan T. Elliott, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc, Professor, The Dartmouth Institute, Community & Family Medicine
- Jennifer A. Emond, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Pediatrics
- Linton Evans, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery
F
- Dana Ferrari-Light, DO, MPH, Assistant Professor, Surgery
- Steven N. Fiering, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, Genetics
- Hildreth Robert Frost, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Data Science
- Madelyn Frumkin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Psychiatry
G
- Charles Gaulin, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology
- Irene Georgakoudi, PhD, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Scott A. Gerber, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Diane Gilbert-Diamond, ScD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Community & Family Medicine
- David J. Gladstone, ScD, Adjunct Professor, Medicine, Thayer School of Engineering
- Kristina M. Godek, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Britt Anne Goods, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Subharup Guha, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Data Science
- Jiang Gui, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Data Science, The Dartmouth Institute, Community & Family Medicine
- Christine Gunn, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Dartmouth Institute
H
- Ryan J. Halter, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Surgery
- Saeed Hassanpour, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Epidemiology
- Matthew S. Hayden, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dermatology
- Bing He, PhD, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Eric R. Henderson, MD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Adjunct Associate Professor in Engineering
- Henry N. Higgs, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- John M. Hill, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology, Medicine
- Katherine “Katie” Hixon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Kenneth Hoehn, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Data Science
- Anne G. Hoen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Biomedical Data Science, Microbiology & Immunology
- Caitlin Howe, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Yina H. Huang, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
J
- Brian Jackson, PhD, Research Professor, Earth Sciences
- Nicholas Jacobson, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Psychiatry, Computer Science
- Claudia Jakubzick, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
- Leslie A. Jarvis, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Radiation Oncology
- Shudong Jiang, PhD, Professor, Engineering
K
- Nirav Kapadia, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute, Radiation Oncology
- Margaret R. Karagas, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology, Community & Family Medicine
- Dionna Kasper, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
- Tara Kaufmann, MD, MSCE, Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology
- Darcy A. Kerr, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Arminja N. Kettenbach, PhD, Associate Professor, Biochemistry
- Inas Khayal, PhD, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute, Biomedical Data Science
- Fred Kolling, IV, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Qualitative Biology
- Periannan Kuppusamy, PhD, Professor, Radiology, Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Chemistry & Engineering
L
- Soni Lacefield, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry & Cellular Biology
- Jennifer Landino, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Frederick Lansigan, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine
- Steven D. Leach, MD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology, Surgery
- Terri Lewinson, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute
- Lionel D. Lewis, MD, MB-BCH, Professor Emeritus, Medicine; Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Chun-Chieh (Paul) Lin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Xiaoying (Carol) Liu, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Andrew P. Loehrer, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, The Dartmouth Institute
- Geoffrey P. Luke, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
M
- Rodwell Mabaera, MD, Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology, Medicine
- Meredith MacMartin, MD, Assistant Professor, Palliative Medicine
- Prerna Malaney, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Jonathan D. Marotti, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Wesley Marrero, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Lisa Marsch, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Data Science
- Auden Curtis McClure, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Community & Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- Aaron McKenna, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
- Paul M. Meaney, PhD, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Kenneth R. Meehan, MD, Professor, Hematology/Oncology, Medicine
- Patrick Mellors, MD, Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology
- Daniel Mielcarz, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Dartmouth Cancer Center
- Dale F. Mierke, PhD, Professor, Chemistry
- Todd W. Miller, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
- Erika L. Moen, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Biomedical Data Science, The Dartmouth Institute
- James B. Moseley, PhD, Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Rachel Moses, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Surgery (Urology), The Dartmouth Institute
N
- Hung V.-T. Nguyen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
O
- Ardis L. Olson, MD, Emeritus Professor, Pediatrics, Community & Family Medicine
- Esteban Orellana, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
P
- Laura Paulin, MD, MHS, Associate Professor, Medicine, Epidemiology
- Keith D. Paulsen, PhD, Professor, Radiology, Surgery, Engineering
- Joseph A. Paydarfar, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery, Thayer School of Engineering
- Maria Pellegrini, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Arthur Petusseau, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Joseph D. Phillips, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery
- Patricia A. Pioli, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
- Brian W. Pogue, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Surgery; Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Physics and Astronomy
- Kelli Pointer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Medicine
- Sarah I. Pratt, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, The Dartmouth Institute
R
- Michael J. Ragusa, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Jacob Reibel, MD, MSCE, Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology
- David W. Roberts, MD, Professor Emeritus, Surgery (Neurosurgery), Neurology; Adjunct Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Douglas J. Robertson, MD, MPH, Professor, Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- Sarah Robertson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Marthony Robins, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Radiology
- Paul Robustelli, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
- Megan E. Romano, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Pamela C. Rosato, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
- Kari Rosenkranz, MD, Professor, Surgery
S
- Lucas Salas, MD, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Kimberly S. Samkoe, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Surgery; Associate Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Yolanda Sanchez, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
- James D. Sargent, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, Community & Family Medicine, Biomedical Data Science
- Catherine Saunders, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- Philip Schaner, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Medicine
- Karen Schifferdecker, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Community & Family Medicine, Health Policy & Clinical Practice
- Anna Schmoker, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Dartmouth Cancer Center
- Florian R. Schroeck, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Surgery, The Dartmouth Institute
- John D. Seigne, MD, BCh, Associate Professor, Surgery
- Charles L. Sentman, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
- Parth Shah, MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Medicine
- Keisuke Shirai, MD, Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology, Medicine
- Christopher J. Shoemaker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
- Kerrington D. Smith, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery
- Li Song, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Microbiology & Immunology
- Radu V. Stan, MD, Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Courtney J. Stevens, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
- Mark Sundrud, PhD, Professor, Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
- Harold M. Swartz, MD, MSPH, PhD, Professor, Radiology, Community & Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute; Adjunct Professor, Chemistry, Engineering
- Zbigniew "Ziggy" M. Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Medicine
T
- Laura J. Tafe, MD, Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Susanne E. Tanski, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Pediatrics
- Charles Thomas, Jr, MD, Professor, Radiation Oncology
- Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD, Professor, Medicine, Community & Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- Tor D.Tosteson, ScD, Professor, Community & Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute, Biomedical Data Science
- Mary Jo Turk, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
U
- Edward J. Usherwood, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
V
- Linda Vahdat, MD, Professor, Hematology/Oncology Medicine; Deputy Cancer Center Director; Section Chief, Medical Oncology
- Louis J. Vaickus, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Medical Professor, Medical Informatics
- Angelo Volandes, MD, MPH, Professor, Medicine
W
- Tor Wager, PhD, Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
- Guanbo Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Clinical Practice
- Xiaofeng Wang, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
- Garrett Wasp, MD, Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology, Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- John B. Weaver, PhD, Professor, Radiology; Adjunct Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Michael L. Whitfield, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Molecular & Systems Biology
- Ivy Wilkinson-Ryan, MD, Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
- Benjamin B. Williams, PhD, Associate Professor, Radiology, Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Steven Woloshin, MD, Professor, Medicine, Community & Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- Jimmy Wu, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Y
- James Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, Professor, Radiation Oncology, Applied Sciences
Z
- Baseem I. Zaki, MD, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Medicine
- George J. Zanazzi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- John X. J. Zhang, PhD, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Siming Zhao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science