Peter M. Glazer MD, PhD
Robert E. Hunter Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and Professor of Genetics; Chair, Department of Therapeutic Radiology

Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and DevelopmentYale Medical Group
Cancer Center, Yale
Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale
Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale
Therapeutic Radiology: Radiobiology | Clinical Faculty
Genetics
Molecular Virology
Radiobiology and Radiotherapy
Research Interests
Gene targeting and gene therapy; Genetic instability in cancer; Mutagenesis; DNA repair; Radiation resistance; Cellular responses to radiation
Clinical Interests
General radiation therapy; breast cancer; prostate cancer; lung cancer
Education
- M.D., Yale University , 1987
- Ph.D., Yale University , 1987
Selected Publication
- Hansen JE, Chan G, Liu Y, Hegan DC, Dalal S, Dray E, Kwon Y, Xu Y, Xu X, Peterson-Roth E, Geiger E, Liu Y, Gera J, Sweasy JB, Sung P, Rockwell S, Nishimura RN, Weisbart RH and Glazer PM: Targeting cancer with a lupus autoantibody. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Oct 24;4 (157) :157ra142. PMID: 23100628
Articles
Fall 2000 | Winter 2001
Yale’s M.D./Ph.D. Program celebrates a birthday and 188 promising careers
When Donald E. Ingber graduated from Yale College in 1977, he had definite ideas about what he wanted to do in life. He...
Spring 2009
Class of 1984: 25th reunion
On Friday night, my husband, Peter Glazer (chair of therapeutic radiology, Yale), and son, Sam, and I were joined at...

Autumn 2002
New leaders announced in four disciplines
Dean David A. Kessler, M.D., has announced the appointments of four new departmental and section leaders.Charles J....
Summer 1998
Peter M. Glazer, M.D.
Peter M. Glazer, M.D., associate professor of therapeutic radiology, received the Michael Fry Young Investigator award...

Winter 2010
Making cancer personal
The new Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven is built around a new philosophy of patient care.
Winter 2009
Fix-it kit for faulty genes
School of Medicine researchers led by Peter M. Glazer, M.D. ’87, Ph.D. ’87, HS ’91, department chair and the Robert E....
Summer 2003
A DNA “mimic” to repair genes
A peptide nucleic acid (PNA) that mimics DNA holds the promise of repairing defective genes, according to Yale...
Summer 2004
A signal that the end is near
A chemotherapeutic agent used against cancer for more than 30 years has a secondary effect of inducing “death signals”...



