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David "Neil" Hayes is an American oncologist and physician–scientist. He is the Van Vleet Endowed Professor in Medical Oncology and the division chief of haematology and oncology at the
University of Tennessee Health Science Center The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is a public medical school in Memphis, Tennessee. It includes the Colleges of Health Professions, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Since 1911, the Uni ...
. As a result of his research, Hayes was elected a Member of the
American Society for Clinical Investigation The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), established in 1908, is one of the oldest and most respected medical honor societies in the United States. Organization and purpose The ASCI is an honorary society to which more than 2,800 p ...
.


Early life and education

Hayes was born in
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, Georgia, but his family moved to
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at the age of five where he subsequently grew up. He was born to mother Nancy W. Hayes and grew up alongside sister Allison O. Hayes. Hayes earned his Bachelor of Science degree in his hometown at
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before enrolling at the
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for his medical degree. From there, Hayes earned his Master's degree in public health in epidemiology from
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and completed a three-year residency at the
Boston University School of Medicine The Boston University School of Medicine (formally the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine) is the medical school of Boston University, a private university, private research university in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in ...
(BU) where he began to focus on cancer research. Hayes remained in the state for his master's in clinical care research degree and then worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.


Career

Upon completing his education, Hayes accepted an assistant professorship position at the
UNC School of Medicine The University of North Carolina School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It offers a Doctor of Medicine degree, along with combined Doctor of Medicine with Doctor of Philosophy degree and Doctor ...
in 2004. In this role, he co-developed a screening tool administered to adolescents seeking emergency care which could also predicted whether they carry a firearm. Hayes later earned a two-year $100,000 grant from Joan's Legacy to study molecular subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer. He also became the co-director of a collaborative effort by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute to systematically characterize the genomic changes that occur in cancer. In 2010, Hayes led a study documenting four molecular subtypes of squamous cell cancer for the first time. They found evidence that tumors arise from different cells within the lung, suggesting a different biological origin among patients currently treated as a single group. In 2013, Hayes was appointed co-leader of UNC Lineberger Clinical Research Program with Elizabeth Claire Dees. As a result of his research, Hayes was elected a Member of the
American Society for Clinical Investigation The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), established in 1908, is one of the oldest and most respected medical honor societies in the United States. Organization and purpose The ASCI is an honorary society to which more than 2,800 p ...
. Hayes was recruited to join the
University of Tennessee Health Science Center The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is a public medical school in Memphis, Tennessee. It includes the Colleges of Health Professions, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Since 1911, the Uni ...
in 2017 as the scientific director of the UTHSC Center for Cancer Research and the Van Vleet Endowed Professor in Medical Oncology in the Department of Medicine. Hayes played a major role in developing
The Cancer Genome Atlas The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a project to catalogue the genomic alterations responsible for cancer using genome sequencing and bioinformatics. The overarching goal was to apply high-throughput genome analysis techniques to improve the abili ...
(TCGA), a collaborative effort with the
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and the
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to understand cancer at its molecular level by using genome sequencing and extensive data analysis. In recognition of his efforts, Hayes was recognized as a 2019 Health Care Hero in the Health Care Innovations category by the
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. During the
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, Hayes was the co-recipient of the 2020 Team Science Awards from the
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for his contributions to developing The Cancer Genome Atlas.


Personal life

Hayes is married to nutritional biochemist
Liza Makowski Hayes Liza Makowski Hayes is an American nutritional biochemist. As a professor at the University of Tennessee, her research focuses on how metabolic stress and inflammation alters the progression of diseases, specifically obesity and cancer. Early lif ...
.


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