Carey Jansen, MD, PhD

Carey Jansen is an M.D. / Ph.D. in Cancer Biology and Immunology. Carey received a B.S. in Biology with High Distinction, as well as a second major in Global Public Health, from the University of Virginia, where she developed her passion for translational biomedical research. In her PhD training at Emory, she studied immune response to cancer, focusing on mechanisms of immune infiltration & organization in solid tumors in the laboratory of Dr. Haydn Kissick. This work established that anti-tumor T cell responses rely on the presence of a TCF1+ stem-like CD8 T cell, and that these cells and maintained and differentiate in intratumoral T cell niches (Nature, 2019). Her subsequent study extended these findings, establishing a role for these intratumoral immune niches in the response to immunotherapy and in multiple tumor types and locations, including in immunologically challenging settings such as in brain metastases, regardless of primary tumor type. Her research interests include continued efforts in understanding the basic mechanisms of the immune response to solid tumors and in translating research findings for optimizing biomarker use and treatment selection in medical oncology.

Throughout the course of her career, she has also invested in serving the scientific community and specifically developing resources and support for the physician-scientist community through her leadership in the American Physician Scientists Association and the successful launch the Behind the Microscope podcast, among others. Carey is passionate about science advocacy and communication, mentoring, and advocating for the inclusion and support of women in careers in science and medicine.

Dr. Jansen is now an Internal Medicine Resident at Yale-New Haven Hospital as part of the Physician-Scientist Training Pathway in Medical Oncology. Dr. Jansen is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, and the American Physician Scientists Association, and is interested in a career as a physician-scientist specializing in medical oncology.