Curtis C. Harris
Curtis. C. Harris is the head of the Molecular Genetics and Carcinogenesis Section and chief of the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis at the Center for Cancer Research of the National Cancer Institute, NIH.
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Harris in 2020 | |
| Born | Anthony, Kansas, U.S. |
| Education | B.A., University of Kansas (1965); M.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine (1969); Intern Certificate, Internal Medicine, U.C.L.A. Hospital, Los Angeles (1970), CA; Resident Certificate, Internal Medicine, V.A. Hospital, Washington, DC (1976) |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas |
| Known for | p53, Molecular Epidemiology, Cancer Metabolome, Molecular basis of Cancer, Precision Cancer Medicine |
| Spouse | Tance Harris |
| Children | Brent Harris, Jill Harris, Todd Harris and Megan Harris |
| Awards | Member, board of directors (1984), American Association for Cancer Research; Fellow of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (1995); Walter Hubert Award: British Association for Cancer Research (1995); Lewis M. Schiffer Memorial Award and Lecturer Cell Proliferation Society (1996); Bob Champion Award and Lecturer British Oncological Association (1996); Distinguished Service Medal (1999), highest award of the US Public Health Service; Award of Merit Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Foundation (2002); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003); NCI Outstanding Mentor Award (2007); NIH MERIT Award (2009); AACR-Princess Takamutsu Award (2009); AACR Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention Award (2014); University of Kansas School of Medicine award recipient (2016) Environment Mutagenesis and Genome Society Award (2020); Fellow, Academy of AACR (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cancer Research, molecular epidemiology |
| Institutions | National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis |
| Website | ccr |
Harris graduated from University of Kansas with a BA in zoology in 1965, and an MD in 1969. He was an internal medicine intern at UCLA hospital in 1969. He did research and completed his medical oncology training at NCI and Washington Veterans Hospital. Since 1981, he has been head of the Molecular Genetics and Carcinogenesis Section and chief of the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis. He is also a lecturer of medicine and oncology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He has published more than 700 journal articles and has been awarded 30 patents.
His current research focuses on Precision Medicine of Cancer and Aging. His research career has focused on environmental, genetic and epigenomic causes of human carcinogenesis.
He is also a co-author of the international spy novel High Hand using a pseudonym Curtis J. James.