Gerald V Denis PhD, FTOS

Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Professor, Boston University; Co-Director, BU-BMC Cancer Center, Boston University

Gerald Denis, Ph.D., is a molecular oncologist at Boston Medical Center. He is Co-director of the BU BMC Cancer Center and is a charter member of the Tumor Microenvironment Study Section at NIH. Much of his research is focused on how metabolic conditions like obesity and diabetes can influence whether someone develops cancer.  Dr. Denis is distinguished especially for his pioneering studies of the Bromodomain and ExtraTerminal (BET) protein family that is important for cellular growth in leukemia, and metastasis of breast and prostate cancers.