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David Harold Harpole Jr.

George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Cancer
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Box 3627 Med Ctr, Durham, NC
MSRB I, Room 455-B, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2029

Duke Research Training Program in Surgical Oncology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NHLBI

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2018 - 2028

Decoding tumor-defining crosstalk between mesothelioma malignant cells and their associated microenvironment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Association for Thoracic Surgery · 2024 - 2026

Comparative Effectiveness of Surgery vs Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Stage I Lung Cancer

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Washington University in St. Louis · 2022 - 2025

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2029

Duke Research Training Program in Surgical Oncology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NHLBI

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2018 - 2028

Decoding tumor-defining crosstalk between mesothelioma malignant cells and their associated microenvironment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Association for Thoracic Surgery · 2024 - 2026

Comparative Effectiveness of Surgery vs Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Stage I Lung Cancer

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Washington University in St. Louis · 2022 - 2025

Comparative Effectiveness of Surgery vs Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Stage I Lung Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Washington University School of Medicine · 2022 - 2024

A prospective, non interventional, trial evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of FBLN3 for Mesothelioma pleural effusions

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by New York University School of Medicine · 2021 - 2023

Translational Research in Surgical Oncology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2022

Prospective Validation of Prognostic and Predictive Molecular tests in Mesothelioma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2017 - 2022

Elucidating the Genome of Large Cell Lung Neuroendocrine Cancer

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education · 2019 - 2020

IPA for Tracey Taylor

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2018 - 2020

Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Validation of Molecular Signatures of Prognosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Colorado - Denver · 2012 - 2017

Clinical Oncology Research Career Development Program

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2015

GSK2302032A Antigen-Specific cancer Immunotherapeutic as adjuvant therapy in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by GlaxoSmithKline · 2013 - 2015

IPA - Joshi

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2011 - 2013

IPA - Debbie Conlon

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2012 - 2013

Validating Molecular Signature Risk Models of NSCLC

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2012

Refining and Validating Genomic Signatures in Lung Cancer

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2010

Prospective Validation of Genomic Signatures of Chemosensitivity in NSCLC

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2010

Semiparametric ROC Curve Regression for Cancer Screening Studies

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2010

Tissue and serum indicators of lung cancer recurrence.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 2002

Tissue And Serum Indicators Of Lung Cancer Recurrence

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 1999

External Relationships


  • AstraZeneca

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