Raymond DuBois

Raymond N. DuBois M.D., Ph.D. is an American academic and physician-scientist. He is currently the director of Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina and executive chairman of the board of the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. He is renowned for his work in cancer prevention and interception, studying molecular mechanisms that interrupt the process of premalignant cells becoming malignant.

Early life and education DuBois attended Texas A&M University, where he received a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. Later, he joined a medical school, University of Texas School of Medicine, and completed a medical degree.

Between 2007 and 2012, DuBois was the provost and executive vice president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He also held the Ellen Knisely Distinguished Chair in colon cancer research.

In February 2022, he was appointed as the executive chairman of the board of Mark Foundation for Cancer Research.

Awards and recognition Howard Hughes Research Associate Award (1988) Elected member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (1997) Elected member, Association of American Physicians (2000) E.V. Newman Research Prize (2000) AACR-Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Cancer Foundation Award (2002) NIH MERIT Award, NIDDK (2004–2012) Dorothy P. Landon-AACR Cancer Research Prize (2004) Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2004) AGA Distinguished Achievement Award (2004) Anthony Dipple Carcinogenesis Award from Oxford University Press (2006) Elected, Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars (2007) Catedra Gonzalo Rio Arronte Award, Mexico City, Mexico (2011) The Shanghai Cancer Forum Award (2013) Elected fellow, American Association for Cancer Research (2013) Elected, American Clinical and Climatological Association (2013) AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research (2019) Elected, National Academy of Medicine (2019) Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (2020) AACR Distinguished Service Award (2022)