Steven Patierno PhD

Dr. Steven Patierno is a Deputy Director at Duke Cancer Institute and Professor of Medicine at Duke University. Dr. Patierno's current translational research interests are focused on the genomics molecular biology of cancer disparities, cancer biology, molecular pharmacology, and targeted experimental therapeutics to control the prostate, breast, and lung tumor aggressiveness. He is an internationally recognized expert in cancer control, cancer causation, and molecular carcinogenesis, which includes a broad spectrum of laboratory and population-level research. He is also actively engaged in cancer health disparities and healthcare delivery research focused on patient navigation, survivorship, community-based interventions, mHealth, implementation sciences, cancer care economics, and policy.