Richard White

Dr. Richard White is an M.D., Ph.D. in oncology whose research focuses on the fundamental mechanisms of cancer biology.

Initially trained in clinical care, his interests shifted to basic research, leading to pioneering work using zebrafish as a cancer model. He developed the transparent zebrafish strain casper to study tumor progression in an intact microenvironment. His discoveries include how neural crest programs influence melanoma, how cell position affects oncogene response, and how adipocytes promote metastasis.