Ron Depinho

About Ron Depinho

DePinho was born in the Bronx, N.Y, in 1955. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences in 1977 from Fordham University, where he graduated summa cum laude as class salutatorian. He received his medical degree with distinction in microbiology and immunology in 1981 from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, followed by postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of Cell Biology at Einstein and in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Columbia-Presbyterian.Prior to joining MD Anderson, DePinho spent 14 years at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Founding director of the Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science at Dana-Farber,he served as a professor in the Department of Medicine (genetics) at Harvard and was an American Cancer Society Research Professor. Previously, he held numerous faculty positions during 10 years at Einstein.DePinho’s independent scientific career began at Einstein, where he was the Feinberg Senior Scholar in Cancer Research. There, he established the first National Cancer Institute-supported shared transgenic and gene targeting facility, which enabled his laboratory and many other researchers to model and study the genetic basis of cancer and other complex diseases.

Experience

1. Prof, Dept Cancer Biology, Harry Graves Burkhart Iii Distinguished University Chair Cancer Biology

   UT MD Anderson

   Mar 2017 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Ron DePinho is an internationally-known leader and recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries in cancer, aging, and age-associated degenerative disorders. His pioneering work and collaborative initiatives across multiple disciplines has yielded better methods of early cancer detection, improved cancer patient care, and new cancer drugs.With a medical, clinical and scientific research career spanning decades, Dr. DePinho served with distinction as MD Anderson Cancer Center’s fourth president from 20••••17.

Education

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Immunology

  1977 — 1981

• Fordham University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

  1973 — 1977