Please upgrade to a new Web browser for best viewing this site!

Department of
Therapeutic Radiology
Yale University
School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208040
New Haven, CT 06520-8040

Faculty » Douglas E. Brash, PhD

Douglas E. Brash, PhD

Professor, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Genetics and Dermatology
Coordinator, Office of Undergraduate Research, Yale College

Douglas E. Brash, PhD., photo by Jerry Domian, Yale AM&T douglas.brash@yale.edu
Phone: 203.785.2988
Appt Phone:
Fax: 203.785.6309

Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Therapeutic Radiology
Room HRT 213A
P.O. Box 208040
New Haven, CT. 06520-8040

Degrees/Education :
B.S. University of Illinois, 1973
Ph.D. Ohio State University, 1979

Faculty Appointments :
Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Therapeutic Radiology (1989-92)
Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Therapeutic Radiology (1992-97)
Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Genetics (1992-97)
Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Therapeutic Radiology (1997–present)
Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Genetics (1997- present)
Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Dermatology (2003 – present)

Certifications/Honors:
Argall and Anna Hull Award
Swebelius Award
Arnold Rikli Prize for Photobiology
Finsen Lecture
American Skin Association Achievement Award for Research in Skin Cancer/Melanoma

Research Interests:
Ultraviolet Light and Skin Cancer
Cancer begins as an encounter between a carcinogen and a gene. Our lab is pinpointing these early events, which occur decades before tumors appear. Using sunlight-induced human skin cancer as an experimental system, we seek to identify gene targets for sunlight and learn how loss of their functions – such as UV-induced apoptosis – leads to the onset of cancer in normal-appearing skin.

Selected PubMed article listing

Training:
Postdoctoral, Harvard School of Public Health, 1980-81
Postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School, 1981-84