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Elizabeth McCormick, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer was given a surprise retirement celebration by MSK staff.
Celebrating MSK’s Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Elizabeth McCormick:  Nursing’s Lasting Legacy

After 21 years of dedicated service, Elizabeth McCormick, MSN, RN, CENP, Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer and Enid A. Haupt Chair, Department of Nursing, will retire from MSK at the end of 2021. During her tenure, Ms. McCormick transformed and ultimately redefined the role of nursing at MSK.
David wearing an orange t-shirt and David posing with his daughter, in a cap and gown
David Jay Smith: Living Life in Full Color

Meet David, a patient representative at MSK, who makes his voice heard is as a member of MSK’s LGBTQ Clinical Advisory Committee. Founded in 2017, the committee advises MSK staff on the clinical care of LGBTQ patients and provides strategic direction for the advancement of care for LGBTQ populations.
Quincey and Vikki
Vikki Mills: Leading with Her Heart

Meet Victoria “Vikki” Mills, Associate Director of Research Administration Operations at Memorial Sloan Kettering, who is deeply satisfied with her work and delighted with her family, which will soon expand — Vikki is expecting her second child in August with her fiancée, Shauna.
person donating blood
COVID-19 Has Caused a National Blood Shortage. People with Cancer Need Your Help.

Find out how you can help Memorial Sloan Kettering through the national blood shortage.
Physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab
In the Lab
Research Suggests How Boosting Neoantigens Can Make Immunotherapy More Effective

In mice, drugs that change the way proteins are assembled appear to make checkpoint inhibitor drugs work better.
Ben, Kyle, Charles, and Gloria on a picnic blanket
Meet Ben Hegel, A Proud and Fierce Family Man

Meet Ben Hegel, a senior program coordinator in the Sloan Kettering Institute. “My introduction to Pride in college was through a celebratory lens,” says Ben. “But my relationship to Pride has changed.” He still celebrates, but he points out that the Pride March is just that — a march, not a parade. “It was started by marginalized people who were marching for their rights.”
MSK computational biologist Sohrab Shah
Scientists Obtain Real-Time Look at How Cancers Evolve

With the help of machine learning, computational biologists are learning to predict how cancers will evolve.
Yasmin Khakoo
Finding an Unexpected Calling: 8 Questions with Child Neurologist Yasmin Khakoo

Yasmin Khakoo is a pediatric neurologist and neuro-oncologist who directs the Child Neurology Program at MSK Kids.
Zsofia Stadler
Finding
Knowledge of Inherited Gene Mutations Increasingly Can Guide Cancer Treatment

An analysis of patients who received molecular testing at MSK has found that about half of those with hereditary gene mutations could benefit from treatment with therapies that target those alterations.
SKI immunologist Michael Glickman
MSK Scientists Solve One of TB’s Deadliest Tricks

Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering have pieced together the biochemical mechanism by which the tuberculosis bacterium sneaks past our immune defenses.