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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Geoffrey Shapiro, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Vice-President, Drug Development, DFCI
Clinical Director, Center for DNA Damage and Repair
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
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
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
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research Areas: Genomics, Computational Oncology, Precision Medicine
Van Allen Lab Website
Srinivas Viswanathan, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research Areas: Genomics, Functional Genomics, Genitourinary Cancer, RNA Binding Proteins
Viswanathan Lab Website
Instructor 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
Hale Family Research Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center
Co-Director, Pancreas and Biliary Tumor Center
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
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