Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Independent Laboratory Investigators
James DeCaprio, MD
Chief, Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Merkel cell carcinoma, Merkel cell polyomavirus, Cell cycle gene regulation, RB and the DREAM complex DeCaprio Lab Website |
Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Associate Director, Hale Family Research Center Co-Director, Center for RAS Therapeutics Research Areas: Pancreatic Cancer, RAS Biology, Genomics, Cancer Therapeutics Aguirre Lab Website |
David Barbie, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology Associate Director, Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science Research Areas: Lung Cancer, Targeted Therapy, Innate Immunity Barbie Lab Website |
Himisha Beltran, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Center for Cancer Genomics Research Areas: Prostate Cancer, Treatment Resistance, Biomarkers, Tumor biology, Precision Medicine Beltran Lab Website |
Rameen Beroukhim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Beroukhim Lab Website |
Myles Brown, MD
Emil Frei III Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics Brown Lab Website |
Toni Choueiri, MD
Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School Chair, Division of Genitourinary Oncology, Medical Oncology Director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology Medical Director, International Strategic Initiatives Research Areas: Genomics, Drug Resistance, Biomarkers, Liquid Biopsy, GU Cancers Choueiri Lab Website |
Matthew Freedman, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School David Goldstein Chair at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Epigenetics |
William Freed-Pastor, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Pancreatic Cancer, Tumor Immunology, Immunotherapy Freed-Pastor Lab Website |
Marios Giannakis, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Colorectal Cancer, Translational Research, Immunotherapy, Molecular Epidemiology, Wnt-signaling Giannakis Lab Website |
William Gibson, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Chemical Biology, Therapeutic Development, P53 Biology |
William Hahn, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer William Rosenberg Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Oncogene Cooperation, Functional Genomics, Synthetic Lethality, Epithelial Transformation Hahn Lab Website |
Rizwan Haq, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Ocular Melanoma Center Haq Lab Website |
Sarah Hill, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Women's Cancer, BRCA1, Replication Stress, DNA Damage Repair, Replication Origins Hill Lab Website |
Megan Insco, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Melanoma, RNA Quality Control, Transcription, Novel Therapeutics, Zebrafish Animal Modeling Insco Lab Website |
Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School David M. Livingston, MD, Chair at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Senior Vice President for Translational Medicine Director, Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science Research Areas: Lung Cancer; Targeted Therapies, Drug Resistance, Preclinical and Clinical Drug Development Jänne Lab Website |
Rinath Jeselsohn, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Breast Oncology Center Jeselsohn Lab Website |
William Kaelin, MD
Sidney Farber Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Nobel Prize Laureate, 2019 Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Kaelin Lab Website |
Donald Kufe, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Leader, DF/HCC Experimental Therapeutics Program Research Areas: MUC1-C Oncoprotein, Pluripotency, Drug Resistance, Immune Evasion Kufe Lab Website |
Julie Aurore Losman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Cancer Cell Metabolism; Epigenetics |
Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Harvard Medical School Charles A. Dana Chair in Human Cancer Genetics at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Director, Center for Cancer Genome Discovery Meyerson Lab Website |
Constantine Mitsiades, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Treatment/Immunotherapy Resistance, Tumor Microenvironment, Multiple Myeloma, Solid Tumor Metastasis, Functional Genomics |
Matthew Oser, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Small Cell Lung Cancer, Lineage Plasticity, Epigenetics, Neuroendocrine Transcription Factors Oser Lab Website |
Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Leader, DF/HCC Cancer Cell Biology Program Center for Cancer Epigenetics Research Areas: Breast Cancer, Tumor Evolution, Heterogeneity, DCIS, Cancer Prevention Polyak Lab Website |
Srivatsan Raghavan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Pancreatic and Biliary Cancer, Plasticity and Evolution of cancer cell states, Tumor Microenvironment, Organoid Modeling, Cancer Therapeutics |
Barrett Rollins, MD, PhD
Linde Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Dean for Academic Programs, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Research Areas: Histiocytosis, Chemokines Rollins Lab Website |
William Sellers, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School/DFCI Core Institute Member, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Research Areas: Functional Genomics, Cancer Therapeutics Sellers Lab Website |
Nilay Sethi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Associate Director, DF/MGB Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program Gastrointestinal Cancer Center Research Areas: Gastrointestinal Cancer Sethi Lab Website |
Geoffrey Shapiro, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Senior Vice-President, Developmental Therapeutics, DFCI Clinical Director, Center for DNA Damage and Repair |
Ramesh Shivdasani, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, Chair at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Deputy Director, DF/HCC Center for Cancer Epigenetics Research Areas: Cell Differentiation, Transcriptional Regulation, Stem Cell Biology, Intestinal Stem Cells, Epigenetic Control Mechanisms Shivdasani Lab Website |
Ravi Uppaluri, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Director, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Research Areas: Head and Neck Cancers, Immunotherapy, Treatment Resistance Uppaluri Lab Website |
Srinivas Viswanathan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Genomics, Functional Genomics, Genitourinary Cancer, RNA Binding Proteins Viswanathan Lab Website |
Brian Wolpin, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Robert T. and Judith B. Hale Chair in Pancreatic Cancer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center Co-Director, Pancreas and Biliary Tumor Center Director, Hale Family Research Center |
Molecular and Cellular Oncology Affiliated Investigators
Jennifer L. Guerriero, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Lead Investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Director, Breast Tumor Immunology Laboratory, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Guerriero Lab Website |
David Liu, MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Rob and Karen Hale Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Director, Breast Immuno-Oncology Program, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center Mittendorf Lab Website |
Jun Qi, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Epigenetics, Drug Discovery, Chemical Biology Qi Lab Website |
Eliezer Van Allen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chandra Nohria Family Chair for AI in Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Chief, Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology Associate Member, Broad Institute Research Areas: Genomics, Applications of AI for Translational Research, Precision Medicine Van Allen Lab Website |