University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, Washington, United States
Andrew Barbour is a PGY-4 in Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Prior to residency, he obtained a PhD in marine ecology under a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship. During his PhD, he developed a novel RFID tracking system for marine environments, using this new technology to collect nearly 1 million data points on 5,000 fish over 10 locations. His PhD culminated with 14 peer-reviewed publications. He then spent a year as a Research Associate at the Medical University of South Carolina, developing MRI spectroscopy sequences for the detection of oxidative stress, while managing a clinical trial for the treatment of neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Andrew subsequently attended medical school at Duke University, being named a Eugene Stead Scholar and working in the lab of Dr. John Sampson where he developed armored CAR-T cells for glioblastoma. Following internship at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, he entered residency at UW-FHCC and has since published 6 peer-reviewed papers.
