Radiation Biology

The Radiation Biology Program is focused on increasing the effectiveness of radiotherapy for both local tumor control and the survival outcomes of cancer patients. Program members investigate new ways to enhance the efficacy of radiotherapy by targeting the tumor microenvironment, protecting normal tissue from radiation toxicity, and developing new technology to deliver radiation in a focused manner at high speed. To achieve these goals, basic discovery science, high throughput screening and preclinical models are used to obtain critical supporting data to take these approaches into clinical trials.

Hilary Bagshaw, MD 

Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)

Beth Beadle, MD, PhD

Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)

Michael Binkley, MD, MS 

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)

Mark Buyyounouski, MD, MS 

Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) 

Karlene Cimprich, PhD

Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and, by Courtesy, of Biochemistry 

David Cornfield, MD 

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Professor, by Courtesy, of Surgery 

Maximilian Diehn, MD, PhD

Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor and Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) 

Frederick Dirbas, MD 

Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery) 

Scott Dixon, PhD

Associate Professor of Biology 

Richard Frock, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation and Cancer Biology)

Michael Gensheimer, MD 

Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)

 

Iris Gibbs, MD, FACR, FASTRO

Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and, by Courtesy, of Neurosurgery 

 

Geoffrey Gurtner, MD 

Johnson and Johnson Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Emeritus 

Stefan Heller, PhD 

Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)

Susan Hiniker, MD 

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) 

Kathleen Horst, MD 

Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)

Dimitre Hristov, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics) 

Anusha Kalbasi, MD 

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) 

Elizabeth Kidd, MD 

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) 

Quynh-Thu Le, MD 

Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and Professor, by Courtesy, of Otalaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) 

John Leppert, MD 

Professor of Urology and, by Courtesy, of Nephrology 

Lingyin Li, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry 

Ruijiang Li, PhD

Associate Professor (Research) of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics) 

Wu Liu, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Physics) 

Michael Longaker, MD, MBA 

Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor and Professor, by Courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering 

Billy Loo, MD, PhD, FASTRO, FACR

Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)

Everett Moding, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)

Ashby Morrison, PhD

Associate Professor of Biology

Aaron Newman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science 

Erqi Pollom, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and, by Courtesy, of Neurosurgery

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