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Yvonne Marie Mowery

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
DUMC Box 3085, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Head and neck cancer, sarcoma, combined radiation therapy and immunotherapy, PET imaging, primary mouse models of cancer

Selected Grants


Pembroluzimab and Radiation Therapy to Improve Outcome in Localized High-Risk Sarcoma

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by American Association for Cancer Research · 2017 - 2024

Employing Novel Primary Mouse Models of Head and Neck Cancer to Overcome Chemoradiation Resistance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

Evaluating and Targeting Pathways of Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · 2020 - 2023

A console for magnetic resonance histology

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2021 - 2023

The Duke Pre-Clinical Research Resources for Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

Image-Guided Radiation Therapy System for Small Animals

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

Patient Reported Outcomes and Financial Toxicity in Head and Neck Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Radiation Oncology Institute · 2018 - 2022

Preclinical Oxygen Imager to Model Efficient Cancer Treatment

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by O2M Technologies, LLC · 2019 - 2021

Dissecting the Interplay between Tumor Mutational Load and the Immune System in Response of Primary Sarcomas to Radiation Therapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Conquer Cancer Foundation · 2017 - 2018

SARC Spore - Bridge Funding

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration · 2017 - 2018

Mechanisms that Regulate Sarcoma Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibition of PD-1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration · 2015 - 2017

Mechanisms that Regulate Sarcoma Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibition of PD-1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Sarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration · 2015 - 2017

External Relationships


  • Bayer
  • Catalys Pacific, LLC
  • John R Flanagan Charitable Foundation
  • NIH
  • UpToDate, Inc

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