Hannah Carter

Dr. Hannah Carter is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), affiliated with the School of Medicine and the Department of Biomedical Informatics. She specializes in computational modeling of tumor genomics, focusing on how DNA mutations influence cellular processes and cancer development. Her research integrates high-dimensional genomic data to identify cancer drivers and improve precision medicine approaches.

Education: MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Louisville, 2004), PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Johns Hopkins University, 2012).

Research interests include cancer genomics, bioinformatics tool development, and the application of network approaches to oncology. Key projects include NIH-funded studies on tumor mutation stratification and immune surveillance disruption in cancer.

Publications span computational methods for variant analysis (e.g., CHASM toolkit) and mechanistic studies linking genomic changes to cellular behavior. Her work has been recognized through awards like the NIH Early Independence Award (2013) and the Azrieli Global Scholar distinction (2017).

Labs and affiliations include the Division of Biomedical Informatics and Division of Medical Genetics at UCSD. She leads collaborative initiatives on genomic variation impacts in pancreatic beta cells and cancer-immune interactions.