Philipp Oberdoerffer

Dr. Oberdoerffer is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He received his PhD in mouse genetics and immunology from the University of Cologne, Germany, and went on to pursue studies on the molecular biology of aging as a postdoc at Harvard Medical School. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Oberdoerffer directed a research laboratory at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), where he last served as a program director for DNA replication and genome instability in the Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) and co-led the NCI Moonshot Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN).

The Oberdoerffer lab uses a combination of molecular biology, epigenetics, imaging and mouse genetics to investigate how epigenetic context can be manipulated to alter DNA repair pathways in health and disease. His work has been recognized by the NCI Director’s Innovation Award, the Basser Center for BRCA, a Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award, and a JHU Future Forward Award. He is Editor-in-Chief for Chromosome Research.