About Medical Oncology Research Divisions

Basic research is organized around three divisions in Medical Oncology, creating communities of investigators with similar interests and approaches: 

• Hematologic Neoplasia focuses predominantly on hematologic malignancies.
• Molecular and Cellular Oncology focuses predominantly on solid tumor biology.
• Population Sciences encompasses epidemiology, outcomes research, and computational biology.

Investigators in each division collaborate widely with clinicians and scientists in other Medical Oncology divisions, other DFCI departments, and external investigators. In particular, many DFCI investigators have formal appointments at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and all are active members of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC).