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Gayathri Devi, Ph.D.
Professor
Surgery
Cancer Focus:
Bedside to bench to curbside (population) studies toward improving cancer diagnosis, treatment, prevention.
Research Program:
Research Interest
Integrating molecular insights garnered from clinical and laboratory investigation in a population conscious framework. This includes developing disease models, biobanking that are high throughput, cost saving and include diverse communities.
Positions and Scientific Appointments
2025-Present: Vice Chair, Innovations, Professor, Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina
2025-Present: Director, Scientific Programs, Hollings Cancer Ctr, Medical University of South Carolina
2023-2025: Professor, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
2023-2025: Professor, Department of Pathology, Duke University, Durham, NC
2024-2025: Professor, Medical Physics Program, Duke University, Durham, NC
2021-2023: Director, Duke-North Carolina Central University Bridge Office, CTSI, Duke University
2020-Present: Duke MSTP Admissions Committee
2015-Present: Program Director, Duke Consortium for Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Duke Cancer Institute
2016-2023: Associate Director for Research Education, Department of Surgery, Duke University
2012-Present: Primary Member, IACUC, Duke University
2011-2023: Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Department of Pathology
2010-Present: Adjunct Graduate Faculty, North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
2010-2023: Primary Member, Pathology Graduate Committee, Duke University
2008-Present: Full Member, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University
2008-Present: Member, Fitzpatrick Institute of Photonics, Duke University, Durham, NC
2006-2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
2005-2006: Instructor, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Education
Fellowship
July 2004
Genomics, Drug Development
AVI BioPharma, Inc, Corvallis, OR
Fellowship
February 2002
Endocrinology, Cancer Biology
Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
PhD
May 1998
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Nebraska Medical Ctr, Omaha, NE
BSc.
May 1993
Human Biology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi