Dr. Elizabeth S. Nakasone, MD, PhD, is a translational researcher focused on early drug development in pancreatic cancer and gastrointestinal medical oncologist at the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center. She completed her graduate education at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and medical education at the University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency at the University of California, Los Angeles, and hematology/medical oncology fellowship at the University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.