Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology
City of Hope’s Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology, headed by Russell Rockne, Ph.D., and Andrei Rodin, Ph.D. is dedicated to outsmarting cancer by combining the multidisciplinary expertise of physicians, scientists and mathematicians.
The division, a part of the Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences and the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, uniquely combines clinical care, scientific research and mathematical expertise to enhance the overall understanding of cancer development, growth, evolution and reaction to treatment. This work ultimately helps the care team to predict, control and thwart malignancy on both a global scale by improving evidence-based standards of care and an individual level by personalizing treatment using quantifiable patient and disease factors.
Due to its inherently interdisciplinary nature, the division collaborates with numerous researchers and clinicians across multiple disciplines at City of Hope.
Collaborating areas include:
- Cancer Biology
- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
- Diabetes
- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- Immuno-Oncology
- Medical Oncology
- Pathology
- Radiation Oncology
- Statistics
- Surgery
For more information about the Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology or if you are interested in partnering with the division for a study, check out our labs.
- Sergio Branciamore Lab
- Russell Rockne Lab
- Andrei Rodin Lab
Career Opportunities
The Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology recruits talented, enthusiastic researchers who are dedicated to multidisciplinary research to translate mathematics, physics and evolution-based research into clinical care.
For more information about opportunities with the Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology, please view our careers database or contact talent acquisitions at (626) 218-1116.
Members
Faculty
Dr. Branciamore's research interests include (i) investigating the impact of epigenetics on development, disease and evolution, (ii) the application of methods from statistical mechanics and dynamical systems to personalized medicine for the treatment of complex diseases and cancer, and (iii) the
Dr. Rockne serves as director of the Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology, with the goal of translating mathematics, physics and evolution-based research to clinical care.
Andrei S. Rodin, Ph.D., research interests are (i) computational systems biology - both methodology development and application to diverse high-dimensional multiscale biomedical data, and (ii) molecular evolution.