on col ogy . ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁He ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁bi ology ▁from ▁R ut gers ▁College ▁in ▁New ▁Brun sw ick , ▁and ▁earned ▁his ▁Medical ▁D eg ree ▁( M . D .) ▁and ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁Im mun ology ▁from ▁Duke ▁University ▁in ▁Dur ham , ▁North ▁Carolina ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁as ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁of ▁the ▁Medical ▁Scient ist ▁Training ▁Program ▁( M ST P ). ▁ ▁Research ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁Dr . ▁Mitchell ▁leads ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁brain ▁tum or ▁program ▁focused ▁on ▁clin ical ▁and ▁transl ational ▁research . ▁His ▁research ▁in ▁early - phase ▁clin ical ▁tri als ▁on ▁R NA - trans fect ed ▁d end rit ic ▁cells ▁in ▁cancer ▁imm un other apy ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁D end rit ic ▁C ells ▁trans fect ed ▁with ▁R NA ▁is ▁an ▁effective ▁th era pe ut ic ▁v acc ination ▁platform ▁for ▁patients ▁with ▁newly - di agn osed ▁gli ob last oma . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁joining ▁U F , ▁he ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁Duke ▁University ▁Medical ▁Center , ▁where ▁he ▁held ▁positions ▁as ▁the ▁Associ ate ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Duke ▁Bra in ▁T um or ▁Im mun other apy ▁Program ▁and ▁Director ▁of ▁Pre cl in ical ▁Research ▁at ▁the ▁Pr eston ▁Robert ▁T isch ▁Bra in ▁T um or ▁Center ▁at ▁Duke . ▁ ▁Dr . ▁Mitchell ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁to