John D. Carpten, PhD, FAACR

John D. Carpten, PhD, FAACR

Chief Scientific Officer
Director's Distinguished Chair, Irell and Manella Cancer Center
Morgan and Helen Chu Director’s Chair, Beckman Research Institute
Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Beckman Research Institute
City of Hope
Duarte, California

Board of Directors (2021-2025)

Dr. Carpten serves as chief scientific officer of the Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope. His expertise spans a broad range of research disciplines, including germline genetics, tumor profiling, cancer cell biology, functional genomics, and health disparities. His research aims to discover molecular alterations in cancer and translate these findings into new approaches for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. His program investigates the development and application of cutting-edge technologies and novel bioinformatics approaches for discovery research. His work has impacted our understanding of a variety of cancer types: prostate, breast, colon, brain, pediatric, and multiple myeloma. Dr. Carpten has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles in journals including Science, Nature, Nature Genetics, Cancer Cell, Cancer Research, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, and The New England Journal of Medicine. In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow of the AACR Academy, and serves on the NCI Board of Scientific Counselors and the Scientific Advisory Board for Break Through Cancer. He received his PhD in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology from The Ohio State University.

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