Tomotaka Ugai, M.D., Ph.D.
Title Instructor in Pathology Institution Brigham and Women's Hospital Address Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Department Associate
Institution
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Biography
2023
Brigham and Women's Hospital Faculty Career Development Award
2023
MPE Rising Faculty Investigator Award
2023
AACR Scholar-in-Training Award for AACR Annual Meeting 2023
2022
Rose Traveling Fellowship Program in Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Biostatistics
2022
AACR Scholar-in-Training Award for AACR Special Conference: Colorectal Cancer
2022
Harvey V. Fineberg Fellowship in Cancer Prevention
2022
AACR Scholar-in-Training Award for AACR Annual Meeting 2022
2021
Japanese Cancer Association Young Investigator Award
Overview
Dr. Ugai is a junior faculty member at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and an MD/PhD physician scientist with expertise in pathology, clinical oncology, cancer epidemiology, and molecular epidemiology. His current research focuses on early-onset cancers and tumor biomarkers, including immune and microbial characteristics of cancer. Dr. Ugai is a founder of the Cancer Spectrum Epidemiology Working Group, an interdisciplinary working group with faculty, postdocs, and students from various institutions all over the world. Dr. Ugai's group aims to build up a resource that integrates lifestyles and biomarkers including genetics and tissue molecular markers to (a) develop effective prevention and early-detection strategies, and (b) identify novel biomarkers to guide early-stage clinical decisions.
Research
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AICR Investigator Initiated Grant
(UGAI, TOMOTAKA)
Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026
American Institute for Cancer Research
Epidemiologic Research on Early-onset Colorectal Cancer for Precision Oncology
Role: Principal investigator
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CA274122
(UGAI, TOMOTAKA)
Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2028
Integration of Immunology and Microbiology into Molecular Pathological Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer
Role: Principal investigator
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Faculty Career Development Award
(UGAI, TOMOTAKA)
Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2025
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Integrative Analysis of Immune Cells and Microbiota into Large-scale Population Studies to Understand the Etiology of Early-onset Colorectal Cancer
Role: Principal investigator
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Shure Family Charitable Foundation Award
(UGAI TOMOTAKA)
Jan 15, 2022 - Jan 14, 2024
Prevent Cancer Foundation
Immune Characteristics of Early-Onset and Later-Onset Colorectal Cancers
Role: Principal investigator
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