Dr. Arta Monjazeb is a Professor of Radiation Oncology and a clinician scientist leading the clinical care of patients, a basic science research enterprise, and human clinical trials. Clinically, he treats patients with gastrointestinal malignancies and sarcomas and also sees patients for immunotherapy clinical trials. His research has two major themes. The first focuses on understanding mechanisms of resistance to cancer immunotherapy and exploring combinatorial strategies, including combined radiotherapy and immunotherapy, to overcome resistance. The second is understanding how aging and obesity affects inflammation and immunity in the context of cancer development, progression, and therapy. His research is truly translational in nature spanning from basic mechanistic studies to murine models to large animal companion canine clinical trials and human clinical trials. He has helped lead several investigator initiated clinical trials as well as national clinical trials through ETCTN and SWOG / NRG.
