Stephanie Dougan, PhD

Stephanie Dougan, PhD is an Associate Professor of Cancer Immunology and Virology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Associate Professor of Immunology at Harvard Medical School. Her lab uses unique mouse models to study the immune response to tumors such as pancreatic cancer that do not induce a CD8 T cell response at baseline. She collaborates with basic and clinical faculty through the DFCI Hale Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research to work on advancing new therapeutics for patients with pancreatic cancer, including targeted delivery of synthetic cytokines. Dr. Dougan is a Pew-Stewart Scholar in Cancer Research, a member of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, a member of the Ludwig Center at Harvard, and a member of Break Through Cancer. She is dedicated to training young scientists and is the Director of the Harvard Immunology Summer Research Program and the course director for AISC Immunology at Harvard Medical School.

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