Nathan Brand, MD
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Surgery
School of Medicine

He then traveled to Malawi and Uganda where he spent a year volunteering in a rural clinic and working for the University of Minnesota researching pediatric severe malaria.

Dr. Brand attended medical school at Columbia University where he obtained both a M.D and a MSc in global health. During this time he also worked for the Center for Global Health at the US National Cancer Institute and spent a year working as the Cancer Control Consultant to Kenya.

During his research time at UCSF, Dr. Brand has focused his research on both global health and surgical oncology. He is currently in the lab working for Dr. David Jablons on identifying novel therapeutics for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. His work is supported by both the Surgical Oncology T32 and the Thoracic Surgery Society's Resident Research Award.

• Colorectal cancer in Tanzania: the current status and future directions.
  Ecancermedicalscience 2023 Akoko L, Brand N, Kotecha V, Byabato S, Ndumbalo J, Mwashambwa M, Mwakigonja A, Lowry A
• Report from the first Tanzania Liver Cancer Conference: a call for action to unite in the fight against liver cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa, 17-18 March 2023, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  Ecancermedicalscience 2023 Mwanga A, Mbuguje E, Alswang J, Brand N, Swallow A, Mwanakulya DB, Pallangyo C, Wibonela S, Uiso E, Kitua W, Pazi S
• Comparative genomics between matched solid and lepidic portions of semi-solid lung adenocarcinomas.
  Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2023 Woodard GA, Ding V, Cho C, Brand NR, Kratz JR, Jones KD, Jablons DM
• Exploring the complexity and spectrum of racial/ethnic disparities in colon cancer management.
  International journal for equity in health 2023 Greenberg AL, Brand NR, Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Barnes KE, Chiou SH, Rhoads KF, Adam MA, Sarin A
• Association of Distance, Region, and Insurance With Advanced Colon Cancer at Initial Diagnosis.
  JAMA network open 2022 Brand NR, Greenberg AL, Chiou SH, Adam M, Sarin A
• IFN-λ4 is associated with increased risk and earlier occurrence of several common infections in African children.
  Genes and immunity 2021 Prokunina-Olsson L, Morrison RD, Obajemu A, Mahamar A, Kim S, Attaher O, Florez-Vargas O, Sidibe Y, Onabajo OO, Hutchinson AA, Manning M, Kwan J, Brand N, Dicko A, Fried M, Albert PS, Mbulaiteye SM, …
• Moving towards an evidence-informed cancer control strategy: A scoping review of oncology research in Kenya
  Journal of Cancer Policy 2020 Veronica Manduku, Mina Akhavan, Gershim Asiki, Nathan R. Brand, Mishka K. Cira, Zeinab Gura, Damazo T. Kadengye, Alfred Karagu, Alicia A. Livinski, Helen Meme, Catherine Kyobutungi
• Interventions Addressing Barriers to Delayed Cancer Diagnosis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
  The oncologist 2020 Qu LG, Brand NR, Chao A, Ilbawi AM
• Delays and Barriers to Cancer Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
  The oncologist 2019 Brand NR, Qu LG, Chao A, Ilbawi AM
• Knowledge Summaries for Comprehensive Breast Cancer Control: Feedback From Target Audiences in Kenya.
  Journal of global oncology 2019 Cira MK, Zujewski JA, Dvaladze A, Brand NR, Vogel AL
• The Kenya cancer research and control stakeholder program: Evaluating a bilateral partnership to strengthen national cancer efforts
  Journal of Cancer Policy 2018 C. Morgan, M. Cira, A. Karagu, F.C Asirwa, N.R Brand, N.Buchanan Lunsford, S.M Dawsey, A.Galassi, A.Korir, L. Kupfer, P.J Loehrer, D. Makumi, L.Muchiri, S. Sayed, H. Topazian, J. Welch, M.J Williams, …
• Improving pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries: roadmap to solutions.
  Lancet (London, England) 2018 Sayed S, Cherniak W, Lawler M, Tan SY, El Sadr W, Wolf N, Silkensen S, Brand N, Looi LM, Pai SA, Wilson ML, Milner D, Flanigan J, Fleming KA
• Histology and Cytopathology Capacity in the Public Health Sector in Kenya.
  Journal of global oncology 2017 Brand NR, Wolf N, Flanigan J, Njoroge R, Karagu A
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Pathology and 2-Year Postsurgical Recurrence of Breast Cancer in Kenyan Women.
  Journal of global oncology 2017 Brand NR, Wasike R, Makhdomi K, Chauhan R, Moloo Z, Gakinya SM, Neugut AI, Zujewski JA, Sayed S
• High Postdischarge Morbidity in Ugandan Children With Severe Malarial Anemia or Cerebral Malaria.
  Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2017 Opoka RO, Hamre KES, Brand N, Bangirana P, Idro R, John CC
• Differing Causes of Lactic Acidosis and Deep Breathing in Cerebral Malaria and Severe Malarial Anemia May Explain Differences in Acidosis-Related Mortality.
  PloS one 2016 Brand NR, Opoka RO, Hamre KE, John CC
• Expression of Interferon Lambda 4 Is Associated with Reduced Proliferation and Increased Cell Death in Human Hepatic Cells.
  Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research 2015 Onabajo OO, Porter-Gill P, Paquin A, Rao N, Liu L, Tang W, Brand N, Prokunina-Olsson L
• A variant upstream of IFNL3 (IL28B) creating a new interferon gene IFNL4 is associated with impaired clearance of hepatitis C virus.
  Nature genetics 2013 Prokunina-Olsson L, Muchmore B, Tang W, Pfeiffer RM, Park H, Dickensheets H, Hergott D, Porter-Gill P, Mumy A, Kohaar I, Chen S, Brand N, Tarway M, Liu L, Sheikh F, Astemborski J, Bonkovsky HL, Edlin …