Andrew Dannenberg

Dr. Dannenberg was the founding director of the Weill Cornell Cancer Center. He has authored 200+ scientific articles and edited several books and journals. Dr. Dannenberg’s team was the first to show that obesity causes an inflammatory state with related molecular changes in the human breast. More recently, he focused on the relationship between metabolic obesity and increased risk of cancer among normal weight postmenopausal women.

Dr. Dannenberg received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis and served as a medical resident and fellow at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center. He is a member of the Association of American Physicians, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and the American Association for Cancer Research. In 2011, he was awarded the American Association for Cancer Research/Prevent Cancer Foundation award for excellence in cancer prevention research.