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Darren Tyson

Darren Tyson

Instructor in the Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology

Overview

Darren Tyson is an experimental biologist by training and a computational biologist in practice. Prior to joining Duke at the end of 2024, he was a Research Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University. His recent work is in the realm of cancer systems biology where he examines how individual cancer cells respond to changes in their environment, especially therapeutic intervention and the development of resistance. Outside of work he is an avid biker and hiker and lover of all things outdoors.

Positions

Instructor in the Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology in the School of Medicine

2024 School of Medicine

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine

2025 School of Medicine

Education

Ph.D., Saint Louis University 1998

1998 Saint Louis University

Publications, Grants & Awards

Offices & Contact

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Durham, NC
27710