William Decker | Professor
Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. William Decker is a Professor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Decker received a B.S. in Biology from Tufts University and a Ph.D. in Molecular in Human Genetics from Baylor College of Medicine in 2001. Following early career work in industry, he spent seven years as Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center where he studied basic dendritic cell biology, transplant immunology, and developed cell-based treatment strategies for cancer. In 2011, Dr. Decker joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, establishing a research group that studies basic dendritic cell immunobiology and maintains basic, translational, and clinical immunotherapy research programs for a variety of different cancers. He holds multiple federal R01 grants to study basic mechanisms of dendritic cell immune governance and previously served as a permanent member of the III NIH R01 study section. He has been a sponsor or investigator on four INDs, an inventor of eleven patents, and serves as a paid advisor of Diakonos Oncology, a clinical stage immuno-oncology company.