Our Members and Associate Members
Our members and associate members are dedicated to understanding the complex biology behind cancer, from before it begins to its evolution and spread. The HICCC has four formal research programs that organize our membership:
- Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics
- Cancer Population Science
- Precision Oncology and Systems Biology
- Tumor Biology and Microenvironment
Membership in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) is available to Columbia University faculty (Assistant, Associate, or Professor level) with interests in cancer, cancer-related research, clinical trials and cancer training.

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- Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Professor of Urologic Sciences (in Urology)
- Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology and of Systems Biology (in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Institute for Cancer Genetics)
- Robert Sonneborn Professor of Medicine

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- Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center
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- Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
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- Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics)

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- Associate Professor of Dental Medicine (in Health Policy and Management) at CUMC
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- Assistant Professor of Systems Biology

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- Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
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- Professor of Radiation Oncology

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- Charles Batchelor Professor of Electrical Engineering

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- Associate Professor of Urology at CUMC
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- Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law
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- Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

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- University Professor

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- Herbert & Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cancer Data Research in the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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- Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

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- Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics)

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- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

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- Professor of Medicine at CUMC
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- Assistant Professor of Nursing

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- Associate Professor of Epidemiology (in the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center)

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- Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at CUMC
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- Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
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- Carl Truman Nelson Professor of Dermatology
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- Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Cancer Data Research (in the Herbert and Florence Irving Institute of Cancer Dynamics and in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center)
- Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

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- Higgins Professor of Radiation Biophysics (in Radiation Oncology) and of Environmental Health Sciences