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Brian S. Sorg, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Branch Chief, Diagnostic Biomarkers and Technology Branch
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As Chief of the Diagnostic Biomarkers and Technology Branch (DBTB), Dr. Sorg supervises branch staff in the management of the branch grant portfolio, development of research initiatives, and participation in collaborative efforts across the NCI, NIH, and other Federal agencies. Dr. Sorg’s grant portfolio includes projects related to liquid biopsies, microfluidics, tissue chips, in vitro optical imaging, and biosensors for applications in cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Dr. Sorg joined the NCI and DCTD as a Program Director in DBTB in 2012. Prior to joining NCI, Dr. Sorg was an Assistant Professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, where his research focused on in vivo spectral imaging microscopy of tumor microvasculature to measure oxygen delivery effects of anti-vascular targeting therapies.

Dr. Sorg did his post-doctoral training at Duke University Medical Center in the laboratory of Dr. Mark W. Dewhirst, DVM, PhD, where he performed research on tumor hypoxia and microvascular oxygen transport in mouse models.

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Education

  • MBA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  • PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX
  • MS, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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