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 Signaling, Genomes, and Networks 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, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering; Microbiology & Immunology
- Yashi F. Ahmed, MD, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Systems Biology
- 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 of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
B
- Amber Barnato, MD, Professor, The Dartmouth Institute, Medicine
- Paul Barr, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute; Biomedical Data Science; Community and 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 and of The Dartmouth Institute
- Mary F. Brunette, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry
- Petr Bruza, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology and 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 and of 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 of The Dartmouth Institute
- Duane Compton, PhD, Dean of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Tyler J. Curiel, MD, MPH, Professor in Cancer Immunotherapy, Medical Oncology, Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology
D
- Louise Davies, MD, MS, FACS, Professor of Surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute
- Scott C. Davis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering
- Emma Dean, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, The Dartmouth Institute
- Eugene Demidenko, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Community & Family Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Engineering & Mathematics
- Roberta DiFlorio-Alexander, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology and of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Konstantin H. Dragnev, MD, Professor of Medicine; Associate Director for Clinical Research
E
- Jonathan T. Elliott, PhD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering
- Glyn Elwyn, MD, PhD, MSc, Professor, The Dartmouth Institute and of Community & Family Medicine
- Jennifer A. Emond, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Pediatrics
- Linton Evans, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery
F
- Dana Ferrari-Light, DO, MPH, Assistant Professor, Surgery
- Steven N. Fiering, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and of Genetics
- Hildreth Robert Frost, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science
- Madelyn Frumkin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science and Psychiatry
G
- Arti B. Gaur, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
- Irene Georgakoudi, PhD, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Scott A. Gerber, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology and of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Diane Gilbert-Diamond, ScD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and of Community & Family Medicine
- David J. Gladstone, ScD, Adjunct Professor of Medicine and of Engineering
- Kristina M. Godek, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Britt Anne Goods, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Jiang Gui, PhD, 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 Associate Professor of Surgery
- Saeed Hassanpour, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Epidemiology
- Matthew C. Havrda, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
- Matthew S. Hayden, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology
- Bing He, PhD, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
- Eric R. Henderson, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics; Adjust Associate Professor in Engineering
- 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
- Kenneth Hoehn, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science
- 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, Radiation Oncology; Adjunct Professor of Engineering
- Caitlin Howe, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
- Yina H. Huang, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology
J
- Brian Jackson, PhD, Research Professor, Earth Sciences
- Nicholas Jacobson, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science, Psychiatry, and Computer Science
- Claudia Jakubzick, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
- Leslie A. Jarvis, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiation Oncology
- Shudong Jiang, PhD, Professor of Engineering
K
- Nirav Kapadia, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, of The Dartmouth Institute, and of Radiation Oncology
- Margaret R. Karagas, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology, Professor of Community & Family Medicine
- Darcy A. Kerr, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Arminja N. Kettenbach, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry
- Inas Khayal, PhD, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute and Biomedical Data Science
- Fred Kolling, IV, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Qualitative Biology
- Periannan Kuppusamy, PhD, Professor of Radiology and Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Engineering
L
- Soni Lacefield, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry and Cellular Biology
- Jennifer Landino, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Frederick Lansigan, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Steven D. Leach, MD, Director, Dartmouth Cancer Center, Professor of Molecular and Systems, Biology, and of Surgery
- 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 Emeritus of Medicine; Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Chun-Chieh Lin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Andrew P. Loehrer, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and of The Dartmouth Institute
- Geoffrey P. Luke, PhD, Assistant Professor of Engineering
M
- Rodwell Mabaera, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Prerna Malaney, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Jonathan D. Marotti, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Wesley Marrero, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Lisa Marsch, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Data Science
- Auden Curtis McClure, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, of Community & Family Medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute
- Aaron McKenna, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
- Paul M. Meaney, PhD, Professor of Engineering
- Kenneth R. Meehan, MD, Professor of Medicine
- Daniel Mielcarz, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Dartmouth Cancer Center
- Dale F. Mierke, PhD, Professor of Chemistry
- Todd W. Miller, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Molecular & Systems Biology
- Erika L. Moen, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Biomedical Data Science and of The Dartmouth Institute
- James B. Moseley, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Rachel Moses, MD, MPH, AssociateProfessor of Surgery (Urology) and The Dartmouth Institute
N
- Hung V.-T. Nguyen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
O
- Ardis L. Olson, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine
- Esteban Orellana, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
P
- Laura Paulin, MD, MHS, Associate Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology
- Keith D. Paulsen, PhD, Professor of Radiology, Surgery, and Engineering
- Joseph A. Paydarfar, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Engineering
- Maria Pellegrini, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Arthur Petusseau, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
- Joseph D. Phillips, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
- Patricia A. Pioli, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Brian W. Pogue, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Kelli Pointer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Sarah I. Pratt, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of The Dartmouth Institute
R
- Michael J. Ragusa, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- David W. Roberts, MD, Professor Emeritus 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, 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, Microbiology & Immunology
- Kari Rosenkranz, MD, Professor of Surgery
S
- Lucas Salas, MD, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
- Kimberly S. Samkoe, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Surgery; Associate Professor of Engineering
- Yolanda Sanchez, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
- James D. Sargent, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine and of Biomedical Data Science
- Catherine Saunders, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute
- Philip Schaner, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Florian R. Schroeck, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Surgery and of the Dartmouth Institute
- John D. Seigne, MD, BCh, Associate Professor of Surgery
- Charles L. Sentman, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
- Parth Shah, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Medicine
- Keisuke Shirai, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Christopher J. Shoemaker, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
- Kerrington D. Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
- Li Song, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science and Microbiology & Immunology
- Radu V. Stan, MD, 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; Adjunct Professor in Chemistry and Engineering
- Zbigniew "Ziggy" M. Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Medicine
T
- Laura J. Tafe, MD, Professor in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Susanne E. Tanski, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Charles Thomas, Jr, MD, Professor and Chief of Radiation Oncology
- Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
- Tor D.Tosteson, ScD, Professor of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute and Biomedical Data Science
- Mary Jo Turk, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
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; Medical Professor of Medical Informatics
- Angelo Volandes, MD, MPH, Professor, Medicine
W
- Tor Wager, PhD, Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Xiaofeng Wang, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
- Garrett Wasp, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
- John B. Weaver, PhD, Professor of Radiology and Adjunct Professor of Engineering
- Michael L. Whitfield, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Data Science, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
- Benjamin B. Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology and of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Engineering
- Steven Woloshin, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
- Jimmy Wu, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Y
- James Yu, MD, MHS, FASTRO, Professor, Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences
Z
- Baseem I. Zaki, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- George J. Zanazzi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology
- John X. J. Zhang, PhD, Professor of Engineering
- Siming Zhao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Data Science