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 David Colcher, Ph.D.

  • Deputy Director, Radioimmunotherapy
  • Director, Small Animal Imaging Core
  • Professor, Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology
  • Member, Cancer Immunotherapeutics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Colcher has 20 years of experience using radiolabeled mAbs both in vitro and in vivo in model systems and in numerous clinical studies. He developed a number of antibodies to tumor associated antigens that are well recognized in the field.

Professional Experience

2002 - present, Deputy Director, Division of Radioimmunotherapy and Professor, Department of Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2001 - 2002, Corixa Fellow, Radioimmunotherapy, Corixa Corp, South San Francisco, CA

2000 - 2001, Director, Radioimmunotherapy Research, Corixa Corp, South San Francisco, CA

1999 - 2000, Director, Radioimmunotherapy Research, Coulter Pharmaceutical. Inc., South San Francisco, CA 

1991 - 1999, Professor, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, and Department of Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center

1990 - 1999, Professor, and Director, Antibody Labeling Facility, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center

1984 - 1990, Supervisory Microbiologist, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, DCBDC, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD

1982 - 1984, Research Microbiologist, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, DCBD, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD

1980 - 1982, Microbiologist, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, DCCP, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD

1978, International Association of Breast Cancer Research

1977 - 1980, Senior Staff Fellow, Tumor Virus Detection Section, DCCP, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD

1977, Member, National Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Task Force

1977, National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship

1976, National Institutes of Health Research Trainee

1973-1977, Scientist, Meloy Laboratories, Inc, Springfield, VA


Education and Training


1974,
Columbia University, Institute of Cancer Research, Dept. of Human Genetics & Development, N.Y., N.Y., Ph.D., Retrovirology & Immunology

1974, Columbia University, Institute of Cancer Research, Dept. of Human Genetics & Development, N.Y, N.Y., M.Ph., Retrovirology & Immunology

1971, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Life Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, S.B.L.S., Biology


This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported. Last updated: 10/08.

David Colcher, Ph.D.

Professional Memberships

European Association for Nuclear Medicine

Society of Molecular Imaging

The Society of Nuclear Medicine

American Association for Cancer Research

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Honors and Awards

1985, United States Department of Commerce Inventor’s Award for: “Contributions through the Creative Invention of Monoclonal Antibodies Reactive with Human Breast Cancer”

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