M. Eileen Dolan named deputy director of UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center

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M. Eileen Dolan was named deputy director of the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center. 

Dolan, a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, has spent the past eight years working as UCCCC’s associate director for cancer research training and education coordination. Previously, she was co-leader of the center’s Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics Program.

As deputy director, Dolan will work with Kunle Odunsi, the center’s director and dean of oncology. She will be responsible for monitoring strategic research-related initiatives and milestones. Dolan will continue to oversee Cancer Research Training and Education until a successor can be named.

Dolan, who joined UChicago in 1989, focuses on the pharmacogenomics of anticancer agent toxicity. Her research includes genome-wide association studies that have identified genetic variants associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, hearing loss, and tinnitus. Dolan’s work has illuminated some of the genetic factors and modifiable factors contributing to an individual’s susceptibility to the side effects of chemotherapy.

Dolan has spent the past 12 years as chair of UChicago’s Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics. 

As associate director for education in the cancer center, she developed multiple pathway programs for high school students and teachers and undergraduates that are underrepresented in the sciences. 

She co-chairs the Biological Sciences Division’s Diversity Committee and works with community outreach and education programs.

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