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Zachary Morris, MD, PhD

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
MADISON, WI, United States

Zachary Morris, MD/PhD is an associate professor and vice-chair of the Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He completed undergraduate studies at Ripon College and two Masters Degrees as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He subsequently obtained his MD and PhD from Harvard Medical School. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Hawaii and residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Morris joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in 2016 as a physician-scientist in the Department of Human Oncology. Clinically he specializes in the treatment of patients with melanoma and sarcomas and he serves as PI for multiple early phase clinical trials. His translational research laboratory examines treatment approaches that combine radiation and immunotherapies to drive anti-tumor immunity. He was a 2017 recipient of the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award and is co-PI on a NIH Cancer Moonshot Initiative U01 grant. More recently, Dr. Morris co-led a team in the successful application for a NIH P01 program project grant. Since 2018,he has served as program director for the UW Bentson Translational Research Fellowship and as Vice-Chair in the Department of Human Oncology. Dr. Morris serves as co-chair for the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium’s Sarcoma Clinical Trials Working Group and for the NIH Radiation-Immunotherapy Working Group. Dr. Morris also currently serves as a Major in the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard.

Disclosures:

  • Employment: University of Wisconsin-Madison:Associate Professor:Employee
  • Compensation: Cali Biomedical: Advisory Board, Advisory Board Type, Advisory Board Proprietary, Compensation Payment-End Date: To Present ;Johnson & Johnson: Consultant, Compensation Payment-End Date: To Present ;Point Biopharma: Research Grants, Research Funding, Research Salary Support,Grant Research Funding-End Date: To Present ;Telix Pharmaceuticals: Research Grants, Research Funding, Research Salary Support,Grant Research Funding-End Date: To Present ;Archeus Technologies: Advisory Board, Advisory Board Type, Advisory Board Proprietary, Compensation Payment-End Date: Present ;Northstar Medical Radioisotopes: Advisory Board, Advisory Board Type, Advisory Board Proprietary, Honoraria, Travel Expenses-End Date: to present ;Seneca Therapeutics: Advisory Board, Advisory Board Type, Advisory Board Proprietary, Compensation Payment-End Date: Present
  • Ownership: none
  • Leadership: none

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