Bio
Professor of Radiation Oncology, Associate Chair for Research & Director of the Division of Radiation & Cancer Biology in the Department of Radiation Oncology. He also is the Director of Basic Science at the Stanford Cancer Institute and heads the Radiation Biology Program in Stanford’s Cancer Center, and is Director of the Cancer Biology Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. He was awarded an American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award and the Michael Fry Award from the Radiation Research Society for his outstanding contributions on understanding the molecular mechanisms of resistance promoted by the tumor microenvironment. Additionally, he was the recipient of the 2013 ASTRO Gold Medal. In 2015, he was awarded an NIH R35 Outstanding Investigator Award and was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine. He co-authored the sixth & seventh editions of the textbook, “Radiation Biology for the Radiologist,” with Professor Eric Hall from Columbia. In addition, he is currently the “Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor in Cancer Biology” in the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Academic Appointments
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Professor Emeritus, Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Graduate Group in Cancer Biology, Stanford University (1992 - Present)
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Graduate Group in Biophysics, Stanford University (1992 - Present)
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Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology (1992 - 1999)
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Associate Professor, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology (1999 - 2003)
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Associate Professor (by courtesy), Stanford University, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2001 - 2003)
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Professor, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology (2003 - Present)
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Professor (by courtesy), Stanford University, Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics (2003 - Present)
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Professor & Division Director, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation & Cancer Biology (2004 - Present)
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Director, Program in Cancer Biology, Stanford Cancer Center (2005 - Present)
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Leader, Molecular Therapeutics Program, Stanford Cancer Center (2011 - Present)
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Associate Chair, Research, Stanford University, Department of Radiation Oncology (2011 - Present)
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Associate Director for Basic Science, Stanford Cancer Institute (2012 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award, Stanford University (1995)
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Howard Hughes Junior Faculty Award, Stanford University (1996)
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Michael Fry Research Awardee of the Radiation Research Society, Radiation Research Society (1997)
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John Yuhas Award (Excellence in Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania), University of Pennsylvania (2000)
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Virginia Logan Lecture, Thomas Jefferson University (2003)
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Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Endowed Professor of Cancer Biology, Stanford University (2006)
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MERIT Award, NIH (2010)
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ASTRO Gold Medal, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (2013)
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National Academy of Medicine, NAM (2015)
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Outstanding Investigator Award, NIH (2015)
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Excellence in Mentoring and Service Award, Stanford Biosciences (2016)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Editorial Board, International Journal of Radiation Biology (1995 - 2000)
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Associate Editor, Radiation Research, Official Journal of the Radiation Research Society (1998 - 2002)
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Associate Editor, International Journal of Radiation Biology (2000 - 2009)
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Editorial Board, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2000 - 2010)
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Associate Editor, Cancer Biology and Therapy (2001 - Present)
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Deputy Editor for Reviews and Senior Editor, Molecular Cancer Research (2002 - 2012)
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Associate Editor, Cancer Research (2003 - 2012)
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Foreign Associate Editor, Journal of Radiation Research, Official Journal of the Japan Radiation Research Society (2004 - 2009)
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Editorial Advisory Board, Current Cancer Therapy Reviews (2005 - Present)
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Editorial Board, Peer J (2013 - Present)
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Editorial Board, Molecular Therapeutics (2015 - Present)
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Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (2015 - Present)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Pathology/Molecular Biology (1989)
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B.A., Lafayette College, Biology (1980)