Carl Novina's Biography

Carl Novina, Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School; Associate Member, The Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard

Carl D. Novina MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. He received his M.D. from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and his Ph.D. from Tufts University, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Dr. Phillip Sharp.

Dr. Novina’s laboratory has made several important discoveries into the biology of noncoding RNAs, their dysregulation in cancers, and their development as biomedical tools. More recently, his laboratory has developed tools for cellular engineering, including tools that enable targeted DNA methylation and T cell-directed immunotherapy. He has established many collaborations between industry partners and physicians to facilitate his goal of bringing biomedical innovations from bench to bedside.

Dr. Novina is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award, American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award, W.M. Keck Distinguished Young Scholars Award, Department of Defense Idea Award, The NCI Director’s Provocative Questions Award, and the National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Project Award. He is also the recipient of the prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, which funds high-risk research with transformative potential.