Amber Smith

Amber Smith is a Senior Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her research focuses on thyroid oncology, specifically papillary and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, RAS-driven follicular-derived cancers, and NTRK fusion-positive tumors. She also investigates head and neck oncology, including sinonasal mucosal melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma, with recent work on circulating tumor HPV DNA and prognostic gene signatures. Her latest publications include a thyrocyte-derived gene signature for papillary thyroid carcinoma in Clinical Cancer Research and studies on neoadjuvant immunotherapy for sinonasal melanoma. Her work spans surgical, radiation, and molecular pathology, advancing targeted therapies and patient-derived xenograft models.