Dietmar Siemann MSc, PhD

Dr. Dietmar W. Siemann, MSc, Ph.D. is a Professor and Associate Director For Education and Training at the University of Florida. Dr. Siemann’sresearch spans over 30 years of continuous funding from the National Cancer Institute. His laboratory studies novel experimental approaches and treatment strategies that will ultimately lead to improved cancer patient care. One of his primary interests is the tumor microenvironment as a major factor influencing treatment resistance of cancer to conventional anticancer therapies, and for its critical role in malignant progression and dissemination of tumor cells. His research encompasses topics ranging from molecular targeting of critical signaling pathways to the impact of aerobic exercise on tumor progression and cancer management. Prior to coming to the University of Florida, Dr. Siemann was a professor of radiation oncology at the University of Rochester and served as head of radiation biology and leader of the Experimental Therapeutics Program of the University of Rochester Cancer Center. He received his Ph.D. in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Siemann’s cancer career includes serving as a permanent member and chair of the NIH Radiation Study Section, membership in the committee reorganizing the Oncologic Sciences Study Sections at the NIH, and the distinguished editorial panel in Oncological Sciences Challenge RFAs. He chairs a long-running bi-annual international scientific conference on the tumor microenvironment. He has published over 220 research articles, and 30 book chapters and has edited two oncology textbooks. His research has been recognized with the 18th Research Award of the Radiation Research Society, the John M. Yuhas Award for Excellence in Radiation Oncology from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Florida College of Medicine Basic Science Research Awards and two University of Florida Research Foundation Professorships.

His interest in education led him to develop a Cancer Biology Concentration in the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences at the College of Medicine. He was the recipient of the UF Health Cancer Center Mentoring Award and the College of Medicine Exemplary Teachers Award. His trainees include 33 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.