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Many answers about the campus's response to the coronavirus can be found in our special section.
Housed in the Integrated Sciences Complex, the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy (CPCT) is a collaborative venture between the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC). It is also the home of the Genomics Core.
The CPCT research team, which includes faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students, helps investigators and clinicians analyze samples, identify genetic variants contributing to disease risk, and reveal complex mechanisms involved in human disease.

Contact Us
Jill Macoska, Director
Biology Department
University of Massachusetts Boston
Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy
ISC/4601
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA, 02125
Email: Jill.Macoska@umb.edu
Changmeng Cai
Assistant Professor, Biology
Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy
ISC/4720
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125
Email: Changmeng.Cai@umb.edu
Shailja Pathania
Assistant Professor, Biology
Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy
ISC/4710
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125
Email: Shailja.Pathania@umb.edu
or email: CPCT@umb.edu
What You Need to Know
- Congressman Joe Kennedy III meets with CPCT and VDC
Congressman Joe Kennedy III, a leader in STEM education, came to campus in February and learned about the CPCT and VDC programs
- UMass Boston and the DF/HCC Partnership awarded $17.8M
Jill A. Macoska, PhD is Co-PI of U54 Partnership Awarded $17.8M by the National Cancer Institute
- CPCT Attends Vice President Biden's Cancer Moonshot Event
CPCT Receives Special Invite to the Moonshot Initiative held at the Kennedy Institute
- Boston Leads NIH Funding for 20th Year
Boston Leads all Cities in NIH Funding for 20th Year
- Jill Macoska Named 2015 Woman to Watch
The Director of the CPCT was honored at the 12th Annual Women to Watch event hosted by the Boston Business Journal
- $8.3M NIH Grant Awarded to UW-Madison and UMass Boston
A UW-Madison and UMass Boston Collaboration Results in New Urological Center
- U54 Partnership
Read about the connection between UMass Boston and the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
- Jill A. Macoska, PhD
Jill Macoska, CPCT director, is the Alton J. Brann Endowed and Distinguished Professor of Science and Mathematics