Tanner Johanns, MD, PhD

Tanner Johanns, MD, PhD

Medical Oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Skin cancer, brain tumors

Education

  • 2012: MD/PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Training

  • 2012 - 2013: Intern, internal medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis
  • 2013 - 2014: Resident, internal medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • 2014 - 2015: Fellow, medical oncology, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 2015 - 2018: Research fellow, hematology, Washington University

Board Certification

  • 2015: American Board of Internal Medicine
  • 2018: American Board of Medical Oncology

Selected Research Publications

Glioblastoma-Infiltrating CD8+ T Cells Are Predominantly a Clonally Expanded GZMK+ Effector Population.
  • Wang AZ, Mashimo BL, Schaettler MO, [...] Johanns TM, Dunn GP
  • Cancer Discov 2024
Computational prediction of MHC anchor locations guides neoantigen identification and prioritization.
  • Xia H, McMichael J, Becker-Hapak M, [...] Johanns TM, [...] Griffith M
  • Sci Immunol 2023
TCR-engineered adoptive cell therapy effectively treats intracranial murine glioblastoma.
  • Schaettler MO, Desai R, Wang AZ, [...] Johanns TM, Dunn GP
  • J Immunother Cancer 2023
The Conventional Dendritic Cell 1 Subset Primes CD8+ T Cells and Traffics Tumor Antigen to Drive Antitumor Immunity in the Brain.
  • Bowman-Kirigin JA, Desai R, Saunders BT, [...] Johanns TM, [...] Dunn GP
  • Cancer Immunol Res 2023
Considerations for personalized neoantigen vaccination in Malignant glioma.
  • Dunn GP, Sherpa N, Manyanga J, Johanns TM
  • Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022

Contact Information

  • Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

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