Horatio Thomas, M.D., M.M.Sc. is a resident physician in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He completed his undergraduate and medical school training at Harvard University. His academic interests include medical education and clinical and translational outcomes in oncology. With regards to medical education, his research explores personal and professional factors that affect residents’ professional pursuits, resource-efficiency in residence, and the element of training programs that shape residents’ professional development. In oncology, he investigates social, clinical, pathological, and molecular features of patients with malignancy that correlate with their clinical outcomes. He continues to build on this research with emphasis on how current clinical practices affect the health of underserved populations based on socioeconomic status, race, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity.