Description: (Oncologist)
Bert Vogelstein is a distinguished figure in the field of cancer genomics, holding the positions of Director of the Ludwig Center and Clayton Professor of Oncology and Pathology at The Johns Hopkins Medical School and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. As a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, he has played a key role in advancing the understanding of colorectal cancers by revealing their development from the accumulation of mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Vogelstein's research has had a profound impact on modern cancer studies and has influenced the concept of the somatic evolution of cancer.