Mark J Ratain

Dept of Medicine, University of Chicago, United States of America

Mark J Ratain

Academic positions:
- Leon O. Jacobson Professor of Medicine
- Chairman, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
- Associate Director for Clinical Sciences, Cancer Research Center
- Principal Investigator, NCI Phase I Cooperative Agreement
- Senior Scholar, The Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr. Mark Ratain is an expert in the use of investigational agents to treat advanced solid tumors. He also has a special interest in pharmacogenetics-the study of how genetic variation affects the body's response to medications.

Dr. Ratain is developing new diagnostic tests in order to create individualized anticancer therapies based on each person's genetic makeup. He serves as chair of the Pharmacogenetics of Anticancer Agents Research (PAAR) Group, which brings together teams of experts from across the nation to investigate advancements in pharmacogenetics.

Any other information:
Society Memberships include:
- American Association for Cancer Research
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American College of Physicians
- American Federation for Clinical Research
- American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- American Society of Hematology
- Central Society for Clinical Research
- European Society for Medical Oncology

Dr Ratain is a member of a number of professional committees and holds the following editorial positions:
- Clinical Cancer Research, Associate Editor
- Journal of Clinical Oncology, Associate Editor
- Editorial board member of Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, Investigational New Drugs, The Pharmacogenetics Journal, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Journal of PharmacoGenomics
- Reviewer for Western Journal of Medicine, Annals of Oncology, Cancer Investigation, Journal of the American Medical Association, British Journal of Cancer, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, European Journal of Cancer, Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology,

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Oncology > Oncology Agents (since 16 November 2005)

Mark J Ratain is a Section Head for Oncology Agents, part of the ONCOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

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