I News Conference Webcast Biosketch

Bruce E. Johnson, M.D.

Dr. Johnson is Director of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he has multiple responsibilities in research, teaching, and clinical care. He leads the Lung Cancer Program for the seven Harvard Medical School affiliated institutions and serves as Associate Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He has received many awards, including the Commendation Medal of the United States Public Health Service, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, International Journal of Oncology, and other journals. Dr. Johnson has also served on dozens of committees and advisory boards, including medical and scientific advisory boards of the National Naval Medical Center, National Cancer Institute, and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. With more than 200 publications, his research interests include studying appropriate targets for lung cancer and developing novel therapeutics for these specific targets.