John E. Davis, Jr., M.S.

Scientific Program Manager

Mr. John Davis joined the Cancer Diagnosis Program in 2021. His work with the program involves biomarker studies in early phase clinical trials.

Mr. Davis received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. After working in private sector I.T. and medical device support, he obtained a Master of Science in Cancer Biology, Prevention & Control from the University of the District of Columbia/Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2013.

He then held the position as Cancer Education Coordinator of the graduate and postdoctoral programs at Georgetown University. He was a research technician at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY, investigating the utility of apoptosis modulators on metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, assaying circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and other clinical parameters as biomarker readouts. Before joining CDP, he was a laboratory supervisor in the Dept. of Oncology at Georgetown University, where he also studied effects of cell cycle inhibitor drugs on breast cancer progression and metastasis.