Michael B. Kastan

Michael B. Kastan is the executive director of the Duke Cancer Institute and professor of pharmacology and cancer biology.

Career

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Kastan received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MD and PhD from Washington University School of Medicine in 1984.[1] He did a residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital.[2]

In 2004, he became director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,[3] where he worked until moving to Duke to lead the Duke Cancer Institute in 2011. He was the editor-in-chief of Molecular Cancer Research from 2002 to 2012.[4]

Kastan's research is focused on cell signaling and DNA damage and repair mechanisms in cancer.[4]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD".
  2. ^ a b "Duke Cancer Leader Michael Kastan Named to National Academy of Sciences - Duke School of Medicine". medschool.duke.edu.
  3. ^ "Pioneering cancer researcher will lead the new Duke Cancer Institute - DCRI". DCRI. 16 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD".
  5. ^ "Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD".