Devanand Sarkar received an M.B.B.S. degree in medicine from Dhaka Medical College in Bangladesh and a Ph.D. in endocrinology and metabolism from Nagoya University in Japan. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia University. He is the associate director for cancer research training and education coordination (CRTEC) at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. He holds the Harrison Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Research at Massey and is a member of Massey’s Cancer Biology research program. He is also a professor in the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of Medicine and associate scientific director, Cancer Therapeutics, at the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine. Additionally, he co-directs the Clinical and Translational Science Ph.D. program of the VCU Center for Clinical and Translational Research. He has published more than 300 original and review research articles in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals, Sarkar has received funding to support his research from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Department of Defense, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the Dana Foundation, and the Goldhirsh Foundation. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Cancer Research and Cancers.
