Arul Chinnaiyan

Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD, is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, the S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology and Professor of Pathology and Urology at the University of Michigan Medical School, and a member of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Bioinformatics Program. He is a board certified Clinical Pathologist and currently serves as Director of the Division of Pathology Research Informatics and Director of Cancer Bioinformatics. His seminal research in functional genomic, proteomic and bioinformatics approaches to studying cancer has validated several important biomarkers of prostate cancer and been instrumental in redefining the molecular basis of prostate and other common epithelial cancers. Dr. Chinnaiyan is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the Basic Science Research Award awarded by the University of Michigan Medical School Dean’s Office and the AMGEN Outstanding Investigator Award and is also an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.