Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Independent Laboratory Investigators
James DeCaprio, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Research Areas: Merkel cell carcinoma, Merkel cell polyomavirus, Cell cycle gene regulation, RB and the DREAM complex DeCaprio Lab Website |
Andrew Aguirre, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Research Areas: Pancreatic Cancer, RAS Biology, Genomics, Cancer Therapeutics Aguirre Lab Website |
David Barbie, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Associate Director, Robert and Renée Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science Research Areas: Lung Cancer, Targeted Therapy, Innate Immunity Barbie Lab Website |
Adam Bass, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Gastric Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Genomics, Targeted Therapy, Cancer Biology Bass Lab Website |
Himisha Beltran, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Prostate Cancer, Treatment Resistance, Biomarkers, Tumor biology, Precision Medicine Beltran Lab Website |
Myles Brown, MD
Emil Frei III Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics Brown Lab Website |
Matthew Freedman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Center for Cancer Epigenetics |
Marios Giannakis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Colorectal Cancer, Translational Research, Immunotherapy, Molecular Epidemiology, Wnt-signaling Giannakis Lab Website |
William Hahn, MD, PhD
Interim Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Chief Scientific Officer William Rosenberg Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Oncogene Cooperation, Functional Genomics, Synthetic Lethality, Epithelial Transformation Hahn Lab Website |
Sarah Hill, MD, PhD
Member of the Faculty, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Research Areas: Organoids, Ovarian Cancer, DNA Damage Repair, Immuno-oncology, Replication Stress Hill Lab Website |
Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology 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, M.D.
Assistant 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 |
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 Pathology and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Center for Cancer Genome Discovery (CCGD) Meyerson Lab Website |
Constantine Mitsiades, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Treatment/Immunotherapy Resistance, Tumor Microenvironment, Multiple Myeloma, Solid Tumor Metastasis, Functional Genomics |
Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Co-Leader, DF/HCC Cancer Cell Biology Program Research Areas: Breast Cancer, Tumor Evolution, Heterogeneity, DCIS, Cancer Prevention Center for Cancer Epigenetics Polyak Lab Website |
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
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Gastrointestinal Cancer Center Research Areas: Gastrointestinal Cancer Sethi Lab Website |
Geoffrey Shapiro, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Senior Vice-President, Drug Development, DFCI Clinical Director, Center for DNA Damage and Repair |
Ramesh Shivdasani, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Cell Differentiation, Transcriptional Regulation, Stem Cell Biology, Intestinal Stem Cells, Epigenetic Control Mechanisms Center for Cancer Epigenetics 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 |
Eliezer Van Allen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Research Areas: Genomics, Computational Oncology, Precision Medicine Van Allen 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
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center Co-Director, Pancreas and Biliary Tumor Center Director, Hale Family Research Center |
Molecular and Cellular Oncology Affiliated Investigators

Rameen Beroukhim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Beroukhim Lab Website

Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD
Rob and Karen Hale Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology
Associate Chair, Research, Department of Surgery Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director, Breast Immuno-Oncology Program Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School
Mittendorf Lab Website
Rob and Karen Hale Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology
Associate Chair, Research, Department of Surgery Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director, Breast Immuno-Oncology Program Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School
Mittendorf Lab Website

Jennifer M. Rosenbluth, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research Areas: Breast Cancer, Organoids, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Mammary Differentiation, Cancer Prevention
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research Areas: Breast Cancer, Organoids, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Mammary Differentiation, Cancer Prevention

Jun Qi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research Areas: Epigenetics, Drug Discovery, Chemical Biology
Qi Lab Website
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research Areas: Epigenetics, Drug Discovery, Chemical Biology
Qi Lab Website