Don Nguyen, PhD, BSc
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Associate Professor of Pathology and Medical Oncology
Co-Leader, Cancer Signaling Networks, Yale Cancer CenterBiography
Don X. Nguyen was born in Montreal, Québec, Canada and obtained his B.Sc. from McGill University in 1998. He then received his Ph.D. degree in 2004 from the University of Rochester, NY, before pursuing his post-doctoral training at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY (2004-2009). Don is currently an Associate Professor (tenured) in the Department of Pathology and Medicine (Medical Oncology). He is also the Co-leader of the Cancer Signaling Networks program at the Yale Cancer Center. Don’s laboratory is focused on studying the biological and molecular determinants of lung tumor progression, drug resistance, and cancer metastasis.
Appointments
Pathology
Associate Professor TenurePrimaryMedical Oncology
Associate Professor on TermSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Signaling Networks
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Nguyen Lab
- Pathology
- Pathology and Molecular Medicine
- Pathology Research
- Program in Translational Biomedicine (PTB)
- SPORE in Lung Cancer
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Stem Cell Center
- YCC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Education & Training
- Post-doctoral Fellowship
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute (2009)
- PhD
- University of Rochester, Microbiology & Immunology (2004)
- BSc
- McGill University, Microbiology and Immunology (1998)
Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Links & Media
Media
Co-option of the brain microenvironment by metastatic lung cancer cells
Soon after lung cancer cells (in green) disseminate into the brain, they can utilize extracellular matrix molecules (in red) derived from resident stromal cells (white) to shield themselves from the hostile surroundings.
News
- April 12, 2024
Yale Cancer Center Faculty and Trainees Present at AACR Annual Meeting
- December 18, 2022
Yale Cancer Center Study Characterizes Link Between Drug Resistance and Central Nervous System Relapse
- August 31, 2022
Study from Yale Cancer Biologists Identifies Chromatin Regulator WDR5 as Possible Drug Target in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
- December 02, 2021
Yale Pathology Students Granted F31 Awards from National Institutes of Health
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Nguyen Lab
Academic Office