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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:

Researchers in alphabetical order

A

Margaret E. Ackerman, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and of the Thayer School of Engineering
Yashi F. Ahmed, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
Amanda Amodeo, PhD, Assistant Professor
Prachee Avasthi, PhD, Associate Professor

B

Amber Barnato, MD, Professor of the Dartmouth Institute, Professor of Medicine, Susan J and Richard M. Levy Distinguished Professor in Health Care Delivery
Paul Barr, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice and of Biomedical Data Science
Elizabeth L. R. Barry, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and of Community and Family Medicine
Richard J. Barth Jr., MD, Professor of Surgery
Steven L. Bernstein, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine
William C. Black, MD, Professor of Radiology, Community & Family Medicine, and The Dartmouth Institute
Giovanni Bosco, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Systems Bilogy and Oscar M. Cohn '34 Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
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, Associate Professor of Medicine

C

Audrey H. Calderwood, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
Mary D. Chamberlin, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
M. Shane Chapman, MD, Dermatology Chair, Associate Professor of Surgery
Brock C. Christensen, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Community & Family Medicine, and Molecular and Systems Biology
Michael Cole, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
Carrie Hoverman Colla, PhD, Associate Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
Duane Compton, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry & Cell Biology; Dean of the Geisel School of Medicine

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

Alan Eastman, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
Jonathan T. Elliott, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering
Jennifer A. Emond, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science and of Pediatrics

F

Jason E. Faris, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Early Phase Trial Program
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
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
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
Henry N. Higgs, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
John M. Hill, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
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

Claudia Jakubzick, PhD, Associate Professor
Leslie A. Jarvis, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Shudong Jiang, PhD, Associate Professor of Engineering

K

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
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, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Professor of Molecular and Systems, Biology and of Surgery; Preston T. and Virginia R. Kelsey Professor
Lionel D. Lewis, MD, MB-BCH, Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Zhigang Li, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology
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
Kathleen D. Lyons, ScD, Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

M

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
Glenn C. Micalizio, PhD, New Hampshire Professor of Chemistry
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
David W. Mullins, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Education and of Microbiology & Immunology

N

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

O

Ardis L. Olson, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and of Community & Family Medicine
Tracy L. Onega, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science, of Epidemiology and of The Dartmouth Institute

P

Michael N. Passarelli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Diwakar R. Pattabiraman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology
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
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
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
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
Jacqueline Y. Channon Smith, PhD, Prinicipal Research Scientist, Director Immune Monitoring Laboratory and Flow Cytometry Core
Kerrington D. Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
Radu V. Stan, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Courtney J. Stevens, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harold M. Swartz, MD, MSPH, PhD, Professor of Radiology, of Community & Family Medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute
Zbigniew Macdonald Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Medicine

T

Susanne E. Tanski, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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

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