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

• Anna Adachi-Mejia, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Yashi F. Ahmed, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics
• Christopher Amos, PhD, Associate Director for Population Sciences, Professor of Genetics and of Community and Family Medicine
• Angeline S. Andrew, PhD, Assistant Professor of Community & Family Medicine

B

• Ian Baker, DPhil, Sherman Fairchild Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering
• Elizabeth L. R. Barry, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and of Community & Family Medicine
• Stephen Bartels, MD, Hemon O. West Professor, Geriatrics and The Dartmouth Institute
• Richard J. Barth Jr., MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
• Michael L. Beach, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and of Community & Family Medicine
• Ethan M. Berke, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• William C. Black, MD, Professor of Radiology and of Community & Family Medicine
• Giovanni Bosco, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics
• Constance E. Brinckerhoff, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and of Medicine
• Gabriel A. Brooks, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Mary F. Brunette, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
• Alan J. Budney, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry
• Lynn F. Butterly, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, Colorectal Cancer Screening

C

• Audrey H. Calderwood, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Mary D. Chamberlin, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• M. Shane Chapman, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Eunice Y. Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery
• Zi Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering
• Chao Cheng, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics, IQBS
• Brock C. Christensen, PhD, Associate Professor of Community & Family Medicine
• Thomas A. Colacchio, MD, Professor of Surgery
• Charles Cole, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and of Genetics
• Michael Cole, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and of Genetics
• Carrie Hoverman Colla, PhD, Associate Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
• Duane Compton, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry; Interim Dean of the Geisel School of Medicine
• Margaret A. Crane-Godreau, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

D

• Madeline A. Dalton, PhD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Louise Davies, MD, MS, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Scott C. Davis, MD, Assistant Professor of Engineering
• Thomas H. Davis, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Eugene Demidenko, PhD, Research Professor of Community & Family Medicine and Adjunct, Mathematics and Computer Science
• Solomon G. Diamond, PhD, Associate Professor of Engineering
• James DiRenzo, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Konstantin H. Dragnev, MD, Professor of Medicine; Associate Director for Medicine Clinical Research
• Marie-Anne Durand, PhD, MSc, MPhil, Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute

E

• Alan Eastman, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Jonathan T. Elliott, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering
• Jennifer A. Emond, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering and of Pediatrics

F

• Steven N. Fiering, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and of Genetics
• Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH, Chair of The Dartmouth Institute, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Ann B. Flood, PhD, Active Emerita Professor of Community & Family Medicine and of Radiology and of The Dartmouth Institute

G

• Arti B. Gaur, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
• Scott A. Gerber, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics and of Biochemistry
• Diane Gilbert-Diamond, ScD, Assistant Professor of Community &Family Medicine
• Amy Gladfelter, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology
• David J. Gladstone, ScD, Professor of Medicine
• Marlene B. Goldman, MS, ScD, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and of Community & Family Medicine, and Director of Clinical Research OB/GYN
• Ivan P. Gorlov, PhD, Asociate Professor of Community & Family Medicine
• Olga Y. Gorlova, PhD, Associate Professor of Community & Family Medicine
• William R. Green, PhD, Department Chair and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• Gordon W. Gribble, PhD, Professor of Chemistry
• Erik E. Griffin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology
• Karl E. Griswold, PhD, Associate Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
• Jiang Gui, PhD, Associate Professor of Community & Family Medicine
• Paul M. Guyre, PhD, Professor of Physiology and of Immunology

H

• Ryan J. Halter, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
• Alexander Hartov, PhD, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
• Saeed Hassanpour, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences and of Epidemiology
• Matthew C. Havrda, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
• Todd Heatherton, PhD, Lincoln Filene Professor of Human Relations and Director, Center for Social Brain Sciences
• Mark T. Hegel, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Henry N. Higgs, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry
• Anne G. Hoen, PhD, M PHIL, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and of Biomedical Data Science and of Microbiology & Immunology
• Stefan D. Holubar, MD, MS, FACS, FASRS, Assistant Professor of Surgery
• P. Jack Hoopes, DVM, PhD, Professor of Surgery and of Medicine, and Adjunct, Engineering
• Huagang Hou, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology
• Yina H. Huang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
• Jay G. Hull, PhD, Professor of Psychology
• Karen L. Huyck, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine

I

• Mark A. Israel, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Molecular & Systems Biology and of Medicine

J

• Leslie A. Jarvis, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Shudong Jiang, PhD, Associate Professor of Engineering

K

• Nirav S. Kapadia, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Margaret R. Karagas, PhD, Department Chair and Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Community & Family Medicine
• Peter A. Kaufman, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Arminja N. Kettenbach, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemsitry
• William B. Kinlaw, MD, Professor of Medicine
• Periannan Kuppusay, PhD, Professor of Radiology
• Manabu Kurokawa, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology

L

• Frederick Lansigan, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Lionel D. Lewis, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Zhigang Li, PhD, Assistant Professor of Community & Family Medicine
• Meghan Longacre, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
• Geoffrey P. Luke, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering
• Kathleen D. Lyons, ScD, Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

M

• Auden Curtis McClure, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Community and Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Paul M. Meaney, PhD, Professor of Engineering
• Kenneth R. Meehan, MD, Professor of Medicine
• Vincent A. Memoli, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Glenn C. Micalizio, PhD, New Hampshire Professor of Chemistry
• Dale F. Mierke, PhD, Professor of Chemistry
• Todd W. Miller, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular & Systems Biology
• Nancy E. Morden, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Erika L. Moen, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science
• James B. Moseley, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry
• David W. Mullins, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Education and of Microbiology & Immunology

N

• Randolph J. Noelle, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• William G. North, PhD, Professor of Physiology

O

• Joseph F. O'Donnell, MD, Professor of Medicine and Senior Advising Dean, Student Affairs
• Alistair James O'Malley, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics
• Ardis L. Olson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine
• Tracy L. Onega, PhD, Associate Professor of Community & Family Medicine
• Elissa M. Ozanne, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Clinical Practice and of The Dartmouth Institute

P

• Michael N. Passarelli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
• Keith D. Paulsen, PhD, Robert A. Pritzker Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering
• Patricia A. Pioli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• Alexandre A. Pletnev, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Brian W. Pogue, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Engineering at Thayer School of Engineering, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Dartmouth
• Sarah I. Pratt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

R

• Michael J. Ragusa, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Judy R. Rees, BM, BCh, MPH, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Community & Family Medicine and Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry
• William F. C. Rigby, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology
• David W. Roberts, MD, Professor of Surgery and Section Chief of Neurosurgery
• Douglas J. Robertson, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Megan E. Romano, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
• Richard I. Rothstein, MD, Department Chair and Professor of Medicine

S

• Faramarz H. Samie, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery
• Yolanda Sanchez, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
• James D. Sargent, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Florian R. Schroeck, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Gary N. Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Charles L. Sentman, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• Jacqueline Y. Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• Kerrington D. Smith, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Samir S. Soneji, PhD, Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
• Harold C. Sox, MD, Professor of Medicine
• Mark R. Spaller, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and of Chemistry
• Radu V. Stan, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology and of Microbiology & Immunology
• Catherine Stanger, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
• Harold M. Swartz, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiology and of Physiology and of Community & Family Medicine
• Zbigniew Macdonald Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and of Medicine

T

• Susanne E. Tanski, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
• Linda T. Titus, PhD, Professor of Community & Family Medicine and of Pediatrics and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Craig R. Tomlinson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Tor Devin Tosteson, ScD, Professor of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Gregory J. Tsongalis, PhD, HCLD, FACB, Professor of Pathology
• Mary Jo Turk, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunotherapy

U

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

V

• Dale Collins Vidal, MD, Professor of Surgery

W

• John B. Weaver, PhD, Professor of Radiology and Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering
• H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Wendy A. Wells, MD, MSc, Professor of Pathology
• Michael L. Whitfield, PhD, Professor of Genetics
• Benjamin B. Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology
• Charles R. Wira, PhD, Professor of Physiology
• Steven Woloshin, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
• Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, Department Chair and Professor of Surgery and Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
• Jimmy Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Z

• Baseem I. Zaki, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
• John X. J. Zhiang, PhD, Professor of Engineering