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Timothy R. Donahue is a Professor in the Department of Surgery and the Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He serves as the Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and the Vice Chair of Surgical Cancer Care. Donahue holds the Gary Shandling Chair in Pancreatic Surgery. He is a renowned expert in pancreatic cancer tumor biology and metabolism, with a focus on discovering novel therapeutics and personalized treatment strategies for patients suffering from pancreatic cancer. His laboratory studies the impact of the tumor microenvironment and the cross-talk of metabolism and signaling to identify the co-dependencies of pancreatic cancer tumor cells. He is responsible for generating human-derived pancreatic resources at UCLA, notably a primary human tumor xenograft model, primary cell organoid cultures, and a well-annotated repository of human pancreatic cancer specimens.