Robert E Clarke
Biography
Robert Clarke is a cancer researcher and academic administrator. He is the executive director of The Hormel Institute and a professor of biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics at the University of Minnesota, and an adjunct professor of oncology at Georgetown University. With his work focused on breast cancer research, Clarke studies how hormones (endogenous and exogenous) and related factors affect breast cancer. He has authored over 360 publications, and he has 5 patents awarded. His research focuses on understanding the endocrine responsiveness of breast cells and the likelihood that breast tumors will respond to specific systemic therapies. His laboratory also studies drug resistance and the role of cell-cell communication in affecting emergence from dormancy and responsiveness to endocrine therapies in breast tumors that express estrogen receptors. Clarke is an elected fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Society of Medicine, and Royal Society of Biology. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Clinical Cancer Research (2006-date), Endocrine-Related Cancer (2012-date) and as associate editor (2001-2007), senior editor (2007-2023) and editorial board member (2023-date) for Cancer Research.
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