About Us
Appointments and Memberships
Primary Appointments
- President, The University of Texas

MD Anderson Cancer Center - Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Academic Appointments
- Professor of medicine (genetics), Harvard Medical School, 1998-2011
- Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), 1997-1998
- Associate professor, Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine, AECOM, 1993-1997
- Attending physician, Jacobi Hospital, AECOM, 1988-1997
- Assistant professor, Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine, AECOM, 1988-1993
Academic Administrative Appointments
- Director, Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), 2004-2011
- Scientific director, Transgenic and Gene Targeting Facility, DFCI, 1998-2011
- Scientific director, Transgenic and Gene Targeting Facility, AECOM, 1988-1998
Other Appointments
- Faculty Recruitment, Retention and Interim Support, AECOM, 1997-1998
- Medical Student Research Program Committee, AECOM, 1995-1998
- Dean’s Advisory Council, AECOM, 1996-1998
- Medical Science Training Program Steering Committee, AECOM, 1993-1998
- Committee on Appointments and Promotions, AECOM, 1993-1995
- Organizer and director, NCI Mouse Developmental Genetics Course, 1991-1998
- Graduate Admissions Committee, AECOM, 1988-1993
- Animal Institute Advisory Committee and Finance Subcommittee, AECOM, 1988-1994
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Clinical Investigators, 1999-current
- The Harvey Society, 1995-1998
- American Association for Cancer Research, 1992-current
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1986-current
Videos
Ronald DePinho, M.D., addresses
MD Anderson employees for the first time:
DePinho discusses various aspects of his professional and personal life:
In the News
- Take Five: An Ambitious Plan for Curing Cancer in a Businesslike Way Is in the Works (The Economist)
- Leader in the Cancer Fight, and Son of an Illegal Imigrant (New York Times)
- Cancer Research: Past, Present and Future (Nature Reviews Cancer)
- Ronald DePinho: The TT Interview (Texas Tribune)
- DePinho: Opposing HPV Vaccine 'Unethical' (Texas Tribute)
- DePinho Brings Rock Star Aura to
MD Anderson (Houston Chronicle) - New MD Anderson President on His Evolution as a Physician-Scientist (Oncology Times)
- Incoming MD Anderson Chief Sets Challenge for Institution (Houston Chronicle)
- "We're Going to Kick Cancer Butt" (Culture Map)
- MD Anderson's New President Brings Stephen Colbert Cred (Culture Map)

