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 of Microbiology & Immunology and of the Thayer School of Engineering
• Yashi F. Ahmed, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology

B

• Amber Barnato, MD, Professor of the Dartmouth Institute, Professor of Medicine, Susan J and Richard M. Levy Distinguished Professor in Health Care Delivery
• Elizabeth L. R. Barry, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and of Community and Family Medicine
• Richard J. Barth Jr., MD, Professor of Surgery
• John Batsis, MD, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of the Dartmouth Institute
• 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
• 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

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
• Yina H. Huang, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology

J

• 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
• William B. Kinlaw, MD, Active Emeritus Professor of Medicine
• 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

• 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
• 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

S

• 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
• Mark R. Spaller, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Education
• Radu V. Stan, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
• 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
• Rongxiao Zhang, PhD, Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology
• John X. J. Zhiang, PhD, Professor of Engineering
• Lisa Zubkoff, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of The Dartmouth Institute