Christina Curtis

Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc is the RZ Cao Professor of Medicine, Genetics and Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University where she also serves as the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Cancer Genomics and of Breast Cancer Translational Research. Dr. Curtis’s laboratory leverages computational modeling, high-throughput molecular profiling and experimentation to develop new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. Her research has redefined the molecular map of breast cancer and led to new paradigms in understanding the origins of human cancers, as well as how they evolve and metastasize. Dr. Curtis has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Pioneer Award (2018) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Science (2022). In 2024 she received the AACR-BCRF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Breast Cancer Research and the Susan G. Komen Brinker Award. She is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, a Susan G. Komen Scholar, and a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. Dr. Curtis is a member of Board of Reviewing Editors at Science, the AACR Board of Directors, and is a scientific advisor to biotech/biopharma.