Cancer Biology Training Opportunities
Both graduate and post-doctoral training opportunities in cancer research are supported by a Training Grant from the National Cancer Institute. Additional training positions are funded through faculty research grants, fellowships and other discretionary funds.
The Ph.D. Training Program
Students apply directly to either the Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine or to the Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program
After selection of an adviser, usually at the end of the first year, outstanding students are nominated for a position on the Cancer Biology Training Grant. Trainees complete course work that includes a foundation in Cancer Biology, and participate in program activities of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Students complete a thesis research project under the guidance of one of the faculty detailed below.
Post-Doctoral Training
Students who have completed a Ph.D. or M.D. participate in the research programs of one of the faculty detailed below. Trainees also participate in program activities of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Faculty
- Bradley Arrick - Molecular and cellular biology of breast cancer
- Charles Brenner - Tumor suppression; structure and function of histidine triad hydrolases
- Constance Brinckerhoff - Matrix metalloproteases and metastasis
- Charles Cole - Nuclear export of mRNA, microRNAs and breast cancer
- Michael Cole - Regulators of c-myc activity and analysis of myc-regulated oncogenesis
- Ruth Craig - Hematopoietic cell viability, differentiation and tumorigenesis
- James DiRenzo - Genetic control of cellular differentiation in the mammary gland
- Ethan Dmitrovsky - Retinoids and their receptors in therapy and prevention
- Alan Eastman - Apoptosis, signal transduction and cell cycle checkpoints as therapeutic targets
- Joshua Hamilton - Modulation of gene expression by drugs and toxins
- Mark Israel - Inhibition of tumor cell differentiation by Id genes
- Murray Korc - Molecular biology of pancreatic cancer
- Christopher Lowrey - Novel gene therapy strategies
- Kathleen A. Martin - Differentiation of smooth muscle cells and angiogenesis
- Raymond Perez - Molecular determinants of response to cancer chemotherapy
- David Robbins - Hedgehog signaling pathways as therapeutic targets in cancer
- Yolanda Sanchez - Cell cycle checkpoint regulation and neurofibromatosis as anticancer targets
- Michael Spinella - Mechanisms of retinoid-induced tumor cell differentiation
- Nancy Speck - Hematopoiesis and leukemia
- Michael Sporn - Novel chemopreventive agents
More Information
Students wishing to enter a PhD program should contact either the Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine or to the Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program.
Post-doctoral candidates who are US citizens or permanent residents should contact either the faculty member directly, or:
Alan Eastman, Ph.D., Program Director
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dartmouth Medical School
7650 Remsen
Hanover, NH 03755
Alan.Eastman@Dartmouth.EDU
