Session Chair Profile
Ph.D., M.D., Founder, Executive Chair, and past CEO, M2Gen, A Health Information Solutions Company
Biography
Dr. Dalton is also the past President, CEO & Center Director of the Moffitt Cancer Center, an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Tampa Florida (2002-2012). In 2014, the Moffitt Cancer Center and the James Cancer Center at the Ohio State University, founded the cancer center alliance called ORIEN, Oncology Research Information and Exchange Network, with the goal of accelerating cancer research discovery by sharing information and promoting collaborative learning through partnerships. ORIEN is now comprised of seventeen cancer centers in the nation and has formed strategic partnerships with a number of pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Dalton’s research interests include molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and developing information networks to support data sharing and collaborative learning. He has over 200 publications, and has numerous patents in the fields of drug discovery and computer/information networking.
