Rebecca E. Waters

Rebecca E. Waters is a Senior Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her research integrates pathology, oncology, and immunology, focusing on gastrointestinal and esophageal malignancies, particularly adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. She investigates cancer biology, immunotherapy combinations, and radiation oncology, with recent work on perioperative chemo-immunotherapy trials incorporating atezolizumab and tiragolumab, predictive machine learning models for pathological complete response, and the evolutionary origins of esophageal adenocarcinoma from precursor lesion stem cells. Her publications appear in venues such as the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gastroenterology, and Annals of Surgical Oncology.