
Benjamin Izar
Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Associate Professor of Medicine · Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Credentials: · · · · ·
History
- Present
Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Present
Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Research
Dissecting the multicellular ecosystem of metastatic melanoma by single-cell RNA-seq
Science · 2016 · 3,807 citations
A Cancer Cell Program Promotes T Cell Exclusion and Resistance to Checkpoint Blockade
Cell · 2018 · 1,126 citations
Single-cell RNA-seq supports a developmental hierarchy in human oligodendroglioma
Nature · 2016 · 931 citations

39 papers · 14 as a resident
- LG
10 papers

10 papers · 4 as a resident

8 papers

8 papers

7 papers

7 papers · 1 as a fellow

7 papers
Grants
- 2026–2031
Restoring Anti-Tumor Immunity in Chromosomally Unstable Tumors
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $681.8K · Columbia University Health Sciences
- 2026–2031
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $821.4K · Columbia University Health Sciences
- 2023–2028
Center for Cancer Systems Therapeutics (CaST)
National Cancer Institute · U54
Project lead · $1.4M · Columbia University Health Sciences
- 2023–2028
Multi-Cellular Interactions Defining the Human Brain Metastatic Niche
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.8M · Columbia University Health Sciences
Clinical trials
- 2022
ATX-101 in Advanced Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma and Leiomyosarcoma
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 2
Benjamin Izar
- 2016–2021
Sitravatinib in Advanced Liposarcoma and Other Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2
Columbia University


