Haniel Araujo, MD
Department of Thoracic-Head & Neck Med Onc, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, BR, Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
| 2022-2024 | Clinical Fellow, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2019-2022 | Clinical Fellow, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Palo |
| 2016-2018 | Resident, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2024 | Texas Medical License |
| 2018 | ECFMG certification |
Experience & Service
Other Professional Positions
KRAS-mutant NSCLC working group, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
The Oncogene-driven NSCLC working group, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Editorial Activities
Journal Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2025 - Present
Journal Reviewer, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2024 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2023 | Endowed Fellowship Research Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2015 | Award for being the medical student with higher grades graduated in the 2015 class, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil |
| 2013 | “Fundação Faculdade de Medicina” award – Best Medical Student`s Research Project, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Clinico-genomic predictors of Immunotherapy response in KRAS mutant NSCLC. Invited. Revolution Medicines Clinical Immersion in the Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). Houston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2023. Molecular determinants of KRAS p.G12C inhibitor efficacy in advanced NSCLC. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2021. Proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics impact on toxicities and clinical outcomes in cancer patients treated with immunotherapy, US.
International Presentations
- 2025. Dissecting response and tolerance to RAS inhibitors in NSCLC. Invited. The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association International Cancer Meeting in Kanazawa. Kanazawa City, JP.
- 2025. Zoldonrasib, a RAS(ON) G12D-Selective, Inhibitor in patients with KRAS G12D mutated NSCLC. Invited. Kona, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2026 - 2031 |
| Title: | Elucidating roles of the CD24 ligand in early lung cancer development, immune evasion and response to KRAS-targeted therapy |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | Project Number: FP00027263 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
| Title: | Elucidating roles of the CD24 ligand in early lung cancer development, immune evasion and response to KRAS-targeted therapy |
| Funding Source: | NIH |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | Project Number: FP00023340_Res1 |
| Date: | 2025 - 2027 |
| Title: | Molecular determinants of efficacy of KRASG12C Inhibitor Efficacy in Advanced NSCLC. Early-Career Clinical and Translational Research |
| Funding Source: | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2025 - Present |
| Title: | Spatial transcriptomic and immune contexture determinants of response and persistence to KRAS G12C inhibition in KRAS -mutant NSCLC |
| Funding Source: | Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Award, |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2025 - Present |
| Title: | Targeting MUC1 to overcome tolerance to RAS inhibition in NSCLC |
| Funding Source: | Lungevity |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2022 - 2025 |
| Title: | Evaluating the antitumor efficacy of RAS (ON) inhibitors in immune competent models of KRAS-mutant NSCLC |
| Funding Source: | Revolution Medicines |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | Project Number: 00014800 |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Li, H, Salehjahromi, M, Godoy, M, Qin, K, Plummer, CM, Zhang, Z, Hong, L, Heeke, S, Le, X, Vokes, N, Zhang, B, Araujo, HA, Altan, M, Wu, CC, Antonoff, MB, Ostrin, EJ, Gibbons, DL, Heymach, JV, Lee, JJ, Gerber, DE, Wu, J, Zhang, J. Lung Cancer Risk Prediction in Patients with Persistent Pulmonary Nodules Using the Brock Model and Sybil Model. Cancers 17(9), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40361426.
- Araujo HA, Pechuan-Jorge X, Zhou T, Do MT, Hu X, Rojas Alvarez FR, Salvatierra ME, Ibarguen HP, Lee R, Raghulan R, Shah H, Moreno Ayala MA, Chen K, Tovbis Shifrin N, Wu S, Solis Soto LM, Negrao MV, Gibbons DL, Hong DS, Roth JA, Heymach JV, Zhang J, Jiang J, Singh M, Smith JAM, Quintana E, Skoulidis F. Mechanisms of Response and Tolerance to Active RAS Inhibition in KRAS-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Discov 14(11):2183-2208, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38975897.
- Skoulidis F, Araujo HA, Do MT, Qian Y, Sun X, Galan-Cobo A, Le JT, Montesion M, Palmer R, Jahchan N, Juan JM, Min C, Yu Y, Pan X, Arbour KC, Vokes N, Schmidt ST, Molkentine D, Owen DH, Memmott R, Patil PD, Marmarelis ME, Awad MM, Murray JC, Hellyer JA, Gainor JF, Dimou A, Bestvina CM, Shu CA, Riess JW, Blakely CM, Pecot CV, Mezquita L, Tabbo F, Scheffler M, Digumarthy S, Mooradian MJ, Sacher AG, Lau SCM, Saltos AN, Rotow J, Johnson RP, Liu C, Stewart T, Goldberg SB, Killam J, Walther Z, Schalper K, Davies KD, Woodcock MG, Anagnostou V, Marrone KA, Forde PM, Ricciuti B, Venkatraman D, Van Allen EM, Cummings AL, Goldman JW, Shaish H, Kier M, Katz S, Aggarwal C, Ni Y, Azok JT, Segal J, Ritterhouse L, Neal JW, Lacroix L, Elamin YY, Negrao MV, Le X, Lam VK, Lewis WE, Kemp HN, Carter B, Roth JA, Swisher S, Lee R, Zhou T, Poteete A, Kong Y, Takehara T, Paula AG, Parra Cuentas ER, Behrens C, Wistuba II, Zhang J, Blumenschein GR, Gay C, Byers LA, Gibbons DL, Tsao A, Lee JJ, Bivona TG, Camidge DR, Gray JE, Leighl NB, Levy B, Brahmer JR, Garassino MC, Gandara DR, Garon EB, Rizvi NA, Scagliotti GV, Wolf J, Planchard D, Besse B, Herbst RS, Wakelee HA, Pennell NA, Shaw AT, Janne PA, Carbone DP, Hellmann MD, Rudin CM, Albacker L, Mann H, Zhu Z, Lai Z, Stewart R, Peters S, Johnson ML, Wong KK, Huang A, Winslow MM, Rosen MJ, Winters IP, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Cascone T, Jewsbury P, Heymach JV. CTLA4 blockade abrogates KEAP1/STK11-related resistance to PD-(L)1 inhibitors. Nature 635(8038):462-471, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39385035.
- Negrao MV, Araujo HA, Lamberti G, Cooper AJ, Akhave NS, Zhou T, Delasos L, Hicks JK, Aldea M, Minuti G, Hines J, Aredo JV, Dennis MJ, Chakrabarti T, Scott SC, Bironzo P, Scheffler M, Christopoulos P, Stenzinger A, Riess JW, Kim SY, Goldberg SB, Li M, Wang Q, Qing Y, Ni Y, Do MT, Lee R, Ricciuti B, Alessi JV, Wang J, Resuli B, Landi L, Tseng SC, Nishino M, Digumarthy SR, Rinsurongkawong W, Rinsurongkawong V, Vaporciyan AA, Blumenschein GR, Zhang J, Owen DH, Blakely CM, Mountzios G, Shu CA, Bestvina CM, Garassino MC, Marrone KA, Gray JE, Patel SP, Cummings AL, Wakelee HA, Wolf J, Scagliotti GV, Cappuzzo F, Barlesi F, Patil PD, Drusbosky L, Gibbons DL, Meric-Bernstam F, Lee JJ, Heymach JV, Hong DS, Heist RS, Awad MM, Skoulidis F. Comutations and KRASG12C Inhibitor Efficacy in Advanced NSCLC. Cancer Discov 13(7):1556-1571, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37068173.
- Tanaka LY, Araujo HA, Hironaka GK, Araujo TL, Takimura CK, Rodriguez AI, Casagrande AS, Gutierrez PS, Lemos-Neto PA, Laurindo FR. Peri/Epicellular Protein Disulfide Isomerase Sustains Vascular Lumen Caliber Through an Anticonstrictive Remodeling Effect. Hypertension 67(3):613-22, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26781284.
- Quillard T, Araujo HA, Franck G, Shvartz E, Sukhova G, Libby P. TLR2 and neutrophils potentiate endothelial stress, apoptosis and detachment: implications for superficial erosion. Eur Heart J 36(22):1394-404, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25755115.
- Quillard T, Araujo HA, Franck G, Tesmenitsky Y, Libby P. Matrix metalloproteinase-13 predominates over matrix metalloproteinase-8 as the functional interstitial collagenase in mouse atheromata. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 34(6):1179-86, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24723558.
Other Articles
Abstracts
- Araujo HA, Venchiarutti Moniz CM, Melro Braghiroli OF, Mak MP, Uratani LF, Tiecher RD, Moraes PM, Barbosa I, De Camargo VP, Melro Braghiroli MIF, Jr GC, Hoff PM, Pilar Diz MD. Proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics impact on toxicities and clinical outcomes in cancer patients treated with immunotherapy. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
- Negrao MV, Araujo HA, Lamberti G, Cooper AJ, Zhou T, Akhave N, Delasos L, Hicks J, Aldea M, Minuti G, Hines J, Aredo JV, Dennis MJ, Chakrabarti T, Scott S, Bironzo P, Scheffler M, Christopoulos P, Kim SY, Goldberg S, Ni Y, Resuli B, Landi L, Tseng S, Nishino M, Owen D, Blakely C, Mountzios G, Shu CA, Bestvina C, Garassino M, Marrone K, Gray J, Patel SP, Cummings AL, Wakelee HA, Wolf J, Scagliotti GV, Cappuzzo F, Barlesi F, Patil P, Gibbons DL, Meric-Bernstam F, Lee J, Heymach JV, Hong DS, Heist RS, Awad MM, Skoulidis F. Molecular determinants of KRAS p.G12C inhibitor efficacy in advanced NSCLC. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting (AACR).
- Rahal Z, Yang S, Chen M, Reischle IT, Zhou T, Zhou T, Gomez Bolanos LI, Serrano AG, Sinjab A, Feng J, Solis Soto LM, Wistuba II, Araujo HA, Skoulidis F, Kadara H. CD24 promotes development of KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma and response to KRAS-targeted therapy. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
- King N, Hong L, Rinsurongkawong W, Young E, Sui D, McNeill L, Rinsurongkawong V, Lewis J, Lee J, Altan M, Zhang B, Vokes N, Le X, Tran H, Araujo H, Gibbons D, Vaporciyan A, Heymach J, Zhang J, Lin J. Race-associated clinicogenomic correlates of outcomes to immune checkpoint inhibitors alone or with chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Book Chapters
- Araujo H, Skoulidis F. Treatment of advanced KRAS-mutated NSCLC. In: Thoracic Tumors Essentials for Clinicians - Chapter 11.
- Araujo H, Singhi EK, Elamin YY, Negrao MV. Targeted therapies in non-small cell lung cancer. In: MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology. Fifth.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified December 01, 2025