Radiation Biology Faculty

Mark W. Dewhirst, D.V.M., Ph.D. 

• Gustavo Montana Professor of Radiation Oncology at Duke University 

• Director, Tumor Microenvironment Laboratories.

• Program Director, Hyperthermia Treatment Program. 

• Editor-in Chief, Journal of Hyperthermia

• Director for the Radiation Oncology Program in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Cente

The author and co-author of over 400 publications, Dr. Mark Dewhirst is an internationally recognized authority on  tumor microcirculation, hyperthermia treatment, and veterinary radiotherapy,  He has received several prestigious awards in the fields of radiation oncology and radiobiology, including the 2008 Failla Award. presented by the Radiation Research Society.
 
Randy Jirtle, Ph.D. Professor. His principal research interests are in determining the role of TGFb and the M6P/IGF2 receptor in normal tissue fibrogenesis and liver and breast carcinogenesis. He is the editor of Liver Regeneration and Carcinogenesis. (Jirtle Lab)
 
Ines Batinic-Haberle, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor. Her research interests are in Superoxide Dismutase Mimetics (Dewhirst Lab).
 
David G. Kirsch, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor. Major research interests are modeling human cancer in the mouse to study cancer, radiation biology, and for pre-clinical studies. In addition, we utilize mouse genetics to study the mechanims of normal tissue injury with radiation. (Kirsch Lab)
 
Paolo Maccarini, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor. Hyperthermia Division.
 
Greg Palmer, Ph.D.  Research Associate.  Radiation Oncology Cancer Biology.  (Dewhirst Lab)
 
Thies Schroeder, Ph.D.,  Research Associate.  Radiation Oncology Cancer Biology.  (Dewhirst Lab)
 
Paul Stauffer, MSEE, CCE. Professor.  Director of Hyperthermia Division.
 
Siqing Shan, M.D. Assistant Professor. Radiation Oncology Cancer Biology.  Research interests are inTumor Microcirculation.  (Dewhirst Lab) 
 
Zeljko Vujaskovic, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor. Major research interest: Mechanism and modification of radiation-induced normal tissue injury, hyperthermia and tumor physiology, translational research. (Vujaskovic Lab)