John F. McDonald

Panelists – Treatment & Research

John F. McDonald, PhD, serves as the director of Georgia Tech’s Integrated Cancer Research Center and is a professor in the College of Sciences. Dr. McDonald has authored over 160 research papers for various science journals and four books on the subject of genetics including the popular genetics textbook, “The Science of Genetics.” As chief research officer of the Ovarian Cancer Institute, Dr. McDonald leads the ovarian cancer research team at the lab on the Georgia Tech campus. He also coordinates collaborative research projects with other researchers at Georgia Tech and at cancer research institutions around the world.