William G. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

Marion I. Knott Director and Professor
Department of Oncology
Professor,
Departments of Urology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Pathology, and Radiation Oncology
Director,
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Dr. Nelson is the Marion I. Knott Professor of Oncology and Director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Nelson is also a Professor of Urology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Pathology, and Radiation Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, with a Joint Appointment in Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

In addition to his administrative duties, he directs a research laboratory focused on discovering new strategies for prostate cancer treatment and prevention.  He is also the Principal Investigator for the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded Molecular Targets Training Program, dedicated to providing clinical oncology fellows specific training in translational research, and for the NCI-supported Prostate Cancer SPORE Program, a multidisciplinary research effort for translational research targeting new approaches to prostate cancer detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. 

Outside of Johns Hopkins, Dr. Nelson has also become a recognized leader in translational cancer research.  He is one of three Co-Chairs of the National Cancer-Institute Translational Research Working Group, a member of the American Association for Cancer Research and an Associate Editor of Cancer Research and of Clinical Cancer Research.

Dr. Nelson completed his M.D. and Ph.D. training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, earning honors for both research and clinical excellence, and then pursued Internal Medicine residency training and Medical Oncology fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, earning American Board of Internal Medicine certification in both disciplines. 

He will discuss Will We Cure Cancer in Our Lifetime? at A Woman's Journey - Palm Beach 2010 in Session II, 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.