Patrick S. Moore, MD, MPH
- Distinguished Professor
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral and residency training: l’Hôpital Général Juif, McGill University, Montréal; US Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta.
- MPH in epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley & San Francisco
- MPhil in anatomy and cell biology, University of Utah
- MD, University of Utah
- MS in biophysical chemistry, Stanford University
- BS, Westminster College
Research Interests
Viruses cause at least 16% of all human cancer world-wide. There are only seven viruses confirmed to cause human cancers and our laboratory discovered two of them: Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV8) and Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV or MCPyV). Our lab (jointly led by Dr. Yuan Chang, Pathology) investigates whether additional cancer viruses exist and, at a molecular level, how currently known viruses cause a healthy cell to transform into a cancer cell.
Dr. Moore conducts his research at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.