My name is Cam – I'm a researcher at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, where I work as a postdoc in the labs of Leonard Zon and Franziska Michor. I'm interested in the biology of tumorigenesis, and am currently working on a few projects aimed at improving our understanding of how tumors evolve starting from histologically normal tissues.
My PhD work at MIT focused on understanding how cancer cells resist therapy and building new tools to analyze molecular pathways and dependencies in tumors.
I imagine a future where most cancers are prevented through principled modifications to our lifestyles and environments, and early precancerous lesions can be intercepted through rational chemo- and immuno-prevention, so no one is forced to suffer from cancer again. I spend most of my time working to realize this future.