Prof. Subhrajit Saha

Dr. Saha received his M.Tech in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology KGP (2001) and his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University (2006), India. Dr. Saha completed his Post Doctoral education in Department of Radiation Oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he became an Assistant Professor and started his research group in 2013. He joined KUMC in 2016 as an Assistant Professor in Department of Radiation Oncology. In 2019, he was promoted with tenure to Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. He is a member of the KU Cancer Center and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Cancer Biology and Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

Dr. Saha's research focuses on cancer therapeutics and improvement in survival of cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. The eventual goal of his research is to develop novel therapeutic strategies to increase the efficacy of radiotherapy by radio-sensitizing the malignant tissue along with ameliorating the radiation toxicity on normal tissue. His laboratory is also involved in development of medical countermeasures against radiological/nuclear accidents or terrorism.