PI Finder

Search oncology first-in-human investigators by name, institution, country, or specialty. Ranked by FIH-PRS™ (Publication + Trial + Conference + Specialty Alignment). Toggle to Availability-Adjusted view for capacity-weighted scoring.

RankInvestigatorInstitutionCountryFIH PubsTrialsFIH-PRSTierSpecialty
1Timothy YapMD Anderson Cancer CenterUS22570.7Tier 1
DDRTEADmulti-mechanism
2David HongMD Anderson Cancer CenterUS29469.8Tier 1
SHP2RAStumor-agnostic
3Patricia LoRussoYale Cancer CenterUS53768.2Tier 1
solid tumorsmulti-mechanism
4Elena GarraldaVall d'Hebron (VHIO)ES18868.0Tier 1
bispecific Abimmunotherapy
5Alexander SpiraVirginia Cancer SpecialistsUS52467.0Tier 1
KRASNSCLC
6Manish PatelFlorida Cancer Specialists / SCRIUS23466.4Tier 1
basket trialsmulti-tumor
7Funda Meric-BernstamMD Anderson Cancer CenterUS17466.0Tier 1
ADCprecision oncology
8Jordi RodonMD Anderson / VHIOUS/ES29365.9Tier 1
PI3KmTORtargeted therapy
9Gerald FalchookSCRI at HealthONE DenverUS14763.6Tier 1
SHP2early phase
10Noboru YamamotoNCC Hospital TokyoJP22261.5Tier 1
ADCsolid tumors
11Victor MorenoHospital Fund. Jimenez DiazES21259.9Tier 1
early phaseimmunotherapy
12Toshio ShimizuKansai Medical UniversityJP15359.2Tier 1
ADCTROP2FIH platform
13Minal BarveMary Crowley Cancer ResearchUS9455.0Tier 1
immunotherapygene therapy
14Melissa JohnsonSarah Cannon Research InstituteUS13254.6Tier 1
NSCLClung cancer
15Erika HamiltonSarah Cannon Research InstituteUS7654.0Tier 1
breast cancerPROTACADC
16Xin GaoMassachusetts General HospitalUS13253.6Tier 1
urothelialGU
17Anthony TolcherNEXT OncologyUS27147.5Tier 1
early phasemulti-mechanism
18Geoffrey ShapiroDana-Farber Cancer InstituteUS19047.4Tier 1
CDKDDRcell cycle
19James GulleyNCI Center for Cancer ResearchUS8145.6Tier 1
immunotherapyT cell agonist
20Udai BanerjiRoyal Marsden / ICRUK17044.6Tier 1
DDRsmall molecule
21Kan YonemoriNCC Hospital TokyoJP10041.8Tier 1
breast cancerADC
22Zev WainbergUCLAUS5141.6Tier 1
pancreaticKRAS G12DGI
23Christophe MassardGustave RoussyFR11041.3Tier 1
solid tumorsimmunotherapy
24Glenn HannaDana-Farber Cancer InstituteUS4238.2Tier 2
head & neckrare tumors
25Samuel KlempnerMassachusetts General HospitalUS2130.4Tier 2
colorectalWntGI
26Grace DyRoswell Park Cancer CenterUS4028.4Tier 2
SCLClung cancerADC
27Gopa IyerMemorial Sloan KetteringUS1227.6Tier 2
urothelialFGFR

27investigators scored by FIH-PRS™. Data: PubMed + ClinicalTrials.gov (2020–2026).