Dafna Bar-Sagi

Dafna Bar-Sagi
Born
Alma materState University of New York at Stony Brook, Bar-Ilan University
Scientific career
InstitutionsNew York University School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health.
Academic advisorsJames Feramisco

Dafna Bar-Sagi is a cell biologist and cancer researcher at New York University School of Medicine. She is the Saul J. Farber Professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology and the department of medicine and senior vice president and vice dean for science at NYU Langone Health. Bar-Sagi has been a member of scientific advisory boards, including the National Cancer Institute, Starr Cancer Consortium, and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

Her research focuses on the nature of the Ras oncogene and how Ras signaling leads to tumor development, particularly in pancreatic cancer.