Our researchers are dedicated to understanding the root causes of cancer.
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Our researchers are dedicated to understanding the root causes of cancer, how cancer proliferates in the body, and how cancer can be treated and controlled. Michigan Medicine is home to the renown Rogel Cancer Center, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center with research across disciplines in cancer biology, immunology, translational medicine, health behavior and more.
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Program Director, Internal Medicine
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Vice Chair of IRBMED
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Internal Medicine
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Gardner C Quarton Collegiate Professor of Neurosciences in the Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences Institute
Professor of Psychiatry and Research Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
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Internal Medicine
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Assistant Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering
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Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Interim Director Academic Programs
Cellular Molecular Biological Graduate Studies
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Professor of Internal Medicine
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Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Department of Biological Chemistry
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Department of Learning Health Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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