Faculty
Oncology Division

Lee Ratner, MD, PhD
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Oncology
Professor
Department of Medicine
Oncology Division
Molecular Oncology
Department of Molecular Microbiology
Department of Pathology & Immunology
Clinical Interests
- AIDS
- Oncology
Research Interests
- Human retrovirology (HIV and HTLV)
Contact
- 314-362-8836 (office)
- 314-747-2120 (fax)
- lratner@wustl.edu
- Division of Oncology
Mail Stop 8069-0012-05
Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110 - 562 McDonnell Medical Sciences Building (office)
- Open Clinical Trials (2021)
- Human Retrovirus Research Rotation Projects (2018)
Biosketch
Education | |
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1973 | BA/MA in Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
1979 | MD/PhD in Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
Post-graduate Training | |
1979-1982 | Intern and Resident in Internal Medicine, Washington University, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO |
1982-1983 | Medical Staff Fellow, Pediatric and Medical Oncology Branches, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
1983-1985 | Research Staff Fellow (Laboratory of Drs Flossie Wong-Staal and Robert Gallo), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
Academic Positions & Employment | |
1985-1990 | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
1986-1990 | Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
1990-1993 | Associate Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
1993-present | Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
1995-present | Professor of Pathology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
2003-present | Director or Co-Director, Section of Molecular Oncology |
2011-2015 | Co-Director, Section of Medical Oncology |
2012-2017 | Associate Member, BRIGHT Institute (Bridging Research with Imaging, Genomics, and High-Throughput) Integrating Communications with the Cancer Environment |
2018-present | Associate Director of Education, Siteman Cancer Center |
University Committees | |
1989-1992 | Washington University Medical School Communicable Disease Council |
1989-1992 | Washington University AIDS Committee |
1991-1996 | Washington University Biosafety Committee |
1992-1993 | Washington University Animal Biosafety Committee |
1993-1998 | Steering Committee for Molecular Genetics Graduate Program |
2002-present | Director, Cancer Biology Educational Program |
2002-present | Director, Oncology Fellowship Protocol Committee |
2007-2010 | Washington University School of Medicine Admissions Committee |
2008-2018 | Co-Director, Siteman Cancer Center Solid Tumor Therapeutics Program (formerly Translational and Clinical Research Program) |
2011-present | Internal Advisor for Siteman Cancer Center Research Programs in Endometrial, Breast, and Pancreatic Cancers |
2017-present | Director, Developmental Research Program, Pancreas Spore, Siteman Cancer Center |
2021-present | Siteman Cancer Data Safety Monitoring Committee |
National & International Committees | |
1983-present | Ad-hoc or Permanent Member NIH study sections: Program Project Site Visits: UCLA (1983), U Pennsylvania (1987) AIDS Related Research Virology Study Section ARRC, DRG, (Member 1991-1994, Chair 1994-1996) Special NIH Study Section for T32 Grants on AIDS Malignancies Centers for AIDS Research Special NIH Study Section for U54 Grants on AIDS Malignancies (2014) Special NIH Study Section for HIV Eradication (2014, 2015) Special NIH Study Section on HIV & Cancer (2015, Chair 2019, 2020) F99/K00 NIH Study Section (2017) Virology A Study Section (Member 2014-2017, Chair 2017-2019) |
1987-1990 | Chairman, AIDS Clinical Trials Group Basic Research Committee |
1990-1995 | Member, AIDS Clinical Trials Group Core Oncology Committee |
1987-present | Scientific Advisory Board, American Foundation for AIDS Research |
1991-1996 | Protocol Chairman, AIDS ITP Study, ACTG 087 |
1995-1996 | Macrophage Culture SWAT Team, AIDS Clinical Trials Group |
2000-2003 | Co-Chair and Chair, Laboratory Working Group, AIDS Malignancy Consortium |
2005-2012 | European Union Virus-Associated Malignancies Grant Reviews |
2007-2012 | Veterans Administration Merit Grant Reviews in Infectious Diseases |
2011-present | Member, AIDS Malignancy Consortium Steering Committee |
2015-present | Leader, Kaposi's Sarcoma Working Group, AIDS Malignancy Consortium |
2015-present | Cancer Research Foundation Scientific Advisory Board |
2017-present | Member, NCCN Panels for Guidelines for Cancer in HIV-Positive Patients and Kaposi’s Sarcoma |
Board Certification | |
1982 | Internal Medicine |
1985 | Medical Oncology |
Honors & Awards | |
1985 | American Federation for Clinical Research Trainee Award |
1985 | Coleman/Fannie Mae Candies Foundation Fellowship Award |
1985 | John A. & George L. Hartford Foundation Fellowship Award |
1986 | American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award |
1990 | American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award |
2001 | Lifetime Achievement Award for Studies of Human T Cell Leukemia Viruses, International Conference on Human Retrovirology, Dublin |
2013 | Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Oncology Chair |
Editorial Boards | |
1987-1992 | AIDS Targeted Information Newsletter |
1987-2008 | AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses |
1988-2008 | Journal of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
1989-2012 | Virology |
1993-2008 | AIDS |
1995-2012 | Journal of Virology |
Professional Societies & Organizations | |
1983 | American Federation for Clinical Research |
1983 | American Society for Microbiology |
1986 | American Association of Cancer Reseerach |
1987 | American Society of Hematology |
1987 | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
1988 | International AIDS Society |
1990 | American Society for Clinical Investigation |
1990 | American Society for Virology |
1992 | International Society for Antiviral Research |
1993 | International Society for Human Retrovirology |
1995 | American College of Physicians, Fellow |
1997 | Association of American Physicians |
1997 | American Foundation for AIDS Research, Scientific Advisory Board |