Donnele Daley
Assistant Professor of Surgery
General Surgery
1500 E. Medical Center Dr. SPC 5343
Ann Arbor, 48109-5343 United States

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Donnele Daley
Assistant Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    Dr. Donnele Daley is a faculty member within the Section of General Surgery at the University of Michigan.

    Dr. Daley graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Engineering and Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Mathematics. She graduated with General Honors and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. She earned her medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine after which she was accepted into the General Surgery Residency program at New York University Medical Center. During her time at NYU, she spent two years in a postdoctoral research fellowship studying tumor immunology and the biology of pancreatic cancer, which fueled her interest in oncology research and cancer care. Upon finishing her General Surgery residency, she completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

    Dr. Daley is a practicing general and oncologic surgeon at the University of Michigan. Her practice encompasses gastrointestinal malignancies, and she specializes in gastric and peritoneal malignancies. Dr. Daley is trained and certified in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery techniques.

    Qualifications
    • Complex Surgical Oncology Fellowship
      Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, 2020
    • General Surgery Residency
      New York University School of Medicine, New York, 2018
    • GI Oncology Research Fellowship
      New York University School of Medicine, New York, 2016
    • General Surgery Residency
      New York University School of Medicine, New York, 2014
    • MD
      Penn State College of Medicine, 700 HMC Crescent Road, 2011
    • BE
      Dartmouth College, Hanover, 2007
    • BA
      Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 2006
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Rogel Cancer Center
    • Center Member
      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
    Research Overview

    Dr. Daley's lab seeks to understand and describe systems that alter immunological homeostasis in pancreatic cancer. She is particularly interested in understanding how the human microbiome contributes to immune cell-regulated tumor escape. Ultimately, she hopes to uncover distinct mechanistic pathways connecting the human microbiome and various components of the tumor microenvironment, that are novel targetable strategies for treating this disease.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Presentation
      Determining the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Pancreatic Cancer Initiation and Progression
      Daley D. 2023 May 1;
    • Presentation
      The Microbiome - Immune Cell Axis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
      Daley D. 2023 May 1;
    • Journal Article
      The Gut Microbiome and Pancreatic Cancer Development and Treatment.
      Attebury H, Daley D. Cancer J, 2023 Mar; 29 (2): 49 - 56. DOI:10.1097/PPO.0000000000000647
      PMID: 36957973
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Abstract C062: Investigating the role of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia in development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
      Kadiyala P, Carpenter E, Elhossiny A, Zhang Y, Nelson S, Lima F, Donahue K, Du W, McGue J, Watkoske H, Attebury H, Daley D, Bednar F, Rao A, Frankel T, Di Magliano MP. Cancer Research, 2022 Sep 13; 82 (22_Supplement): c062 - c062. DOI:10.1158/1538-7445.panca22-c062
    • Journal Article
      The role of the microbiome in pancreatic oncogenesis.
      Daley D. Int Immunol, 2022 Sep 6; 34 (9): 447 - 454. DOI:10.1093/intimm/dxac036
      PMID: 35863313
    • Presentation
      Microbial Dysbiosis and Immune Cell Regulation in Pancreatic Cancer
      Daley D. 2022 May 1;
    • Presentation
      The Role of the Microbiome in Pancreatic Oncogenesis
      Daley D. 2021 Dec 1;
    • Presentation
      Determining the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Pancreatic Cancer Initiation and Progression
      Daley D. 2021 Nov 1;