Skip to main content
Scholars@Duke
Menu
About
Schools / Institutes
Browse
Gerard Conrad Blobe
Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Medical Oncology
Duke Box 91004, Durham, NC 27708-1004
B354 Levine Science Research Center, 450 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Menu
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: true}
AT A GLANCE
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: true}
Credentials
Education
Training & Certifications
Medical Licensure
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: true}
Academic Experience
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
Leadership & Clinical Positions
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: true}
Expertise
Keywords
{hide_children: false, active: true, enabled: true}
Research
Selected Grants
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: true}
Publications
Selected Publications
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: false}
Artistic Works / Events
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: true}
Teaching
Recent Courses
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: false}
Advising & Mentoring
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: true}
Recognition
Awards & Honors
In the News
{hide_children: true, active: false, enabled: false}
Professional Activities
Manage Profile
Embed Profile Data
Selected Grants
Disparate Survival, Disparate Workforce: An Integrated Approach to Improving Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes and Diversity in the Oncology Workforce
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2024 - 2029
The Duke Preparing Research scholars In bioMEdical sciences (PRIME): Cancer Research Program
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Cancer Institute ·
2023 - 2028
Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences ·
2022 - 2027
Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Preceptor ·
Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences ·
2022 - 2027
Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2001 - 2027
More
Disparate Survival, Disparate Workforce: An Integrated Approach to Improving Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes and Diversity in the Oncology Workforce
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2024 - 2029
The Duke Preparing Research scholars In bioMEdical sciences (PRIME): Cancer Research Program
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Cancer Institute ·
2023 - 2028
Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences ·
2022 - 2027
Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Preceptor ·
Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences ·
2022 - 2027
Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2001 - 2027
Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. ·
2024 - 2026
Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2021 - 2026
Role of ALK4 in Regulating Receptor Trafficking and Pancreatic Cancer Biology
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2019 - 2025
Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Preceptor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2025
Role for TbetaRIII Shedding in the Tumor Microenvironment
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2019 - 2024
T32 UNC - Duke Immunotherapy Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Preceptor ·
Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill ·
2021 - 2022
Translational Research in Surgical Oncology
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2002 - 2022
Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1997 - 2022
Role of ALK4 in Pancreatic Cancer Progression
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Cancer Center ·
2020 - 2022
Utilizing Nucleic Acid Binding Polymers to Ameliorate Inflammation-driven Metastatic Progression in Breast Cancer
Fellowship
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2018 - 2021
TGFBI in the breast cancer microenvironment promotes TGF-B signaling to increase tumor progression
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2019 - 2021
Pharmacological Sciences Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Participating Faculty Member ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1975 - 2020
Organization and Function of Cellular Structure
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1975 - 2020
Melanoma-mediated Dendritic Cell Tolerization and Immune Evasion
Research
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2015 - 2020
Pharmacology Industry Internships for Ph.D. Students
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Participating Faculty Member ·
Awarded by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·
2017 - 2019
Fibulin-3 as a Novel Biomarker and Trget in the Breast Tumor Microenvironment
Research
Mentor ·
Awarded by Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation ·
2015 - 2018
A Novel Function for ALK4 in Suppressing Breast Cancer Progression
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation ·
2015 - 2018
Dissecting ALK4 Function in Cancer Progression
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2015 - 2017
The Role of Type III TGF-beta Receptor in ALK1-mediated Tumor Angiogenesis
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2015 - 2017
Role of Type III TGF-beta Receptor Shedding in Lung Cancer Initiation and Progression
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2016 - 2017
Therapeutic Targeting of the TGF-beta Signaling Axis to Modulate the Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Enhance Melanoma Immunotherapy
Research
Mentor ·
Awarded by Melanoma Research Alliance ·
2013 - 2017
Epigenetic Regulation of Neuroblast Differentiation
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2015 - 2016
Endoglin Regulates Biology and Signal Transduction in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Research
Mentor ·
Awarded by HHT Foundation International, Inc. ·
2015 - 2016
2014 Gertrude B. Elion Mentored Medical Student Research Award
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Triangle Community Foundation ·
2013 - 2016
The Role of Type III TGF-beta Receptor in the Fibrotic Tumor Stroma
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2013 - 2016
Cancer Biology Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Cancer Institute ·
1993 - 2016
Alex's Million Mile Unrestricted Grant
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Alex's Lemonade Stand ·
2015 - 2016
Stroma Biology Identifies Heparin as a Differentiating Agent in Neuroblastoma
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Alex's Lemonade Stand ·
2013 - 2015
JUN PROTEINS IN EPIDERMAL HOMEOSTASIS AND NEOPLASIA
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2010 - 2015
Function of TbRIII as a BMP Co-receptor in Human Cancer
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2009 - 2015
Role of TbRIII in Regulating Motility and Invasion
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2009 - 2015
Alternative splicing and epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in prostate tumors
Research
Consultant ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2008 - 2014
Role of TGF beta Receptor III Localization in Breast Cancer Progression
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2011 - 2014
The Role of Stroma-derived Soluble TbetaRIII in Neuroblastoma
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2012 - 2014
Role of Type III TGF-b Receptor in Mediating Immunosuppression During Breast Cancer Progression
Fellowship
Mentor ·
Awarded by Department of Defense ·
2010 - 2013
Anti-VEGF in Tumors & Wounds: Efficacy vs Toxicity
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2006 - 2012
Elucidating the Role of T_RIII in Breast Carcinogenesis
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2009 - 2012
Endoglin Regulates Endothelial Survival and Capillary Tube Stability
Research
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2011 - 2011
Multispectral Imaging Flow Cytometer Core
Equipment
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2010 - 2011
Novel Roles for Endoglin in TGF-b Signaling
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2008 - 2010
Type III TGF-beta Receptor as a Mediator/Reg. of Sign
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2005 - 2010
Role of the type III TGF-Beta Receptor in cancer Biology
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2004 - 2009
ALK-1 and Endoglin Signaling in Endothelial Cells
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2004 - 2009
Biomarker Studies for Novel Anti-Cancer Agents
Research
Consultant ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2003 - 2008
CLN3: Modulation of Apoptosis and Ceramide Levels
Research
Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2003 - 2008
Role of the Type III TGF-b Receptor in TGF-b Signaling
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2002 - 2005
Less
