Douglas R. Spitz, PhD is a Professor of Radiation Oncology, Director of the Free Radical and Radiation Biology PhD Program, and Director of the Free Radical Metabolism and Imaging Program in the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa. Dr. Spitz received his B.A. in 1978 from Grinnell College and his Ph.D. in 1984 from The University of Iowa working with Dr. Larry Oberley. He did his post-doctoral work at the University of California San Francisco with Drs. Gloria Li and William Dewey and has held faculty positions at the University of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Iowa. His research is supported by the NIH/NCI to participate in both basic science and translational cancer research projects designed to target oxidative metabolism for improving responses to cancer therapy.