Biography
Andrew J. Dannenberg, MD, the Henry R. Erle, MD - Roberts Family Professor of Medicine is Director of the Weill Cornell Cancer Center. Dr. Dannenberg received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis and served as a medical resident and gastroenterology fellow at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. His laboratory is focused on elucidating the mechanisms underlying the inflammation-cancer connection with an emphasis on prostaglandin biology. Dr. Dannenberg has authored more than 150 scientific articles, as well as edited several books and journals. He is a member of the Association of American Physicians (AAP), the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), and the American Association for Cancer Research. He was Chairman of the Program Committee of the 2007 AACR “Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research” meeting and serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention Research and Journal of Clinical Oncology.
