Research Awards & Honors | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers are a distinguished group of investigators who have been recognized by national and international organizations for their work in science and medicine.

Listed below are some of the prestigious awards and honors our scientists have received.

pictured: Mark Ptashne — Mark S. Ptashne

Pictured: Thomas Kelly — Thomas J. Kelly

Benno S. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University

pictured: Mark Ptashne — Mark S. Ptashne

Kathryn Adnerson — Kathryn V. Anderson

Chair, Developmental Biology Program, SKI

Dinshaw Patel

Pictured: Craig Thompson — Craig B. Thompson

President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Pictured: Dr. Stewart Shuman — Stewart Shuman

pictured: Mark Ptashne — Mark S. Ptashne

Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich — Nikola P. Pavletich

Chair, Structural Biology Program, SKI

Pictured: Samuel Danishefsky — Samuel Danishefsky

Emeritus

Pictured: Maria Jasin — Maria Jasin

Pictured: Dr. Scott Keeney — Scott Keeney

Pictured: Christopher Lima — Christopher D. Lima

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Joan Massagué, PhD — Joan Massagué

Executive Director, GMTEC; Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program

Luis Parada — Luis F. Parada

Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor

Alexander Rudensky, PhD — Alexander Rudensky

Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Ken Marians — Kenneth J. Marians

Scott Lowe — Scott W. Lowe

Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center

Pictured: Thomas Kelly — Thomas J. Kelly

Benno S. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University

Pictured: Alexandra Joyner — Alexandra Joyner

Pictured: Jerard Hurwitz — Jerard Hurwitz

Emeritus

Kathryn Adnerson — Kathryn V. Anderson

Chair, Developmental Biology Program, SKI

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Ken Marians — Kenneth J. Marians

Scott Lowe — Scott W. Lowe

Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center

Pictured: Samuel Danishefsky — Samuel Danishefsky

Emeritus

Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD — Hedvig Hricak

Chair, Department of Radiology

Pictured: Jerard Hurwitz — Jerard Hurwitz

Emeritus

Pictured: Thomas Kelly — Thomas J. Kelly

Benno S. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University

Yueming Li, PhD — Yueming Li

Pictured: Bayard Clarkson — Bayard Clarkson

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Joan Massagué, PhD — Joan Massagué

Executive Director, GMTEC; Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Craig Thompson — Craig B. Thompson

President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Pictured: Thomas Kelly — Thomas J. Kelly

Benno S. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University

Pictured: Jedd Wolchok — Jedd D. Wolchok

Lloyd J. Old/Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Chair in Clinical Investigation Chief, Melanoma and Immunotherapeutics Service; Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at MSK

Pictured: Peter Bach — Peter B. Bach

Director, Center for Health Policy and Outcomes

Pictured: Viviane Tabar — Viviane Tabar

Pictured: David Solit — David B. Solit

Director, Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology

David Scheinberg — David A. Scheinberg

Chair, Molecular Pharmacology Program, SKI; Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, MSK

Pictured: Michel Sadelain — Michel Sadelain

Director, Center for Cell Engineering

Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD — Charles M. Rudin

Pictured: Eric Pamer — Eric G. Pamer

Director, Lucille Castori Center for Microbes, Inflammation, and Cancer

Pictured: Kenneth Offit — Kenneth Offit

Pictured: Ingo Mellinghoff — Ingo K. Mellinghoff

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Pictured: Dr. Ross Levine — Ross L. Levine

Memorial Sloan Kettering hematologic oncologist C. Ola Landgren — C. Ola Landgren

Chief, Myeloma Service

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Dr. Abdel-Wahab — Omar Abdel-Wahab

Prasad S. Adusumilli

Pictured: Sarat Chandarlapaty — Sarat Chandarlapaty

Pictured: Yu Chen — Yu Chen

Pictured: Ping Chi — Ping Chi

Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Luis Diaz — Luis Alberto Diaz, Jr.

Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Grayer Family Chair

Jan Grimm, MD, PhD — Jan Grimm

Pictured: Dr. Tobias Hohl — Tobias M. Hohl

Chief, Infectious Diseases Service

Pictured: Alex Kentsis — Alex Kentsis

Pictured: Dr. Lorenz Studer — Lorenz Studer

Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology

Pictured: Craig Thompson — Craig B. Thompson

President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Pictured: Marcel R. M. van den Brink — Marcel R. M. van den Brink

Pictured: Hans-Guido Wendel — Hans-Guido Wendel

Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Pictured: Richard Kolesnick — Richard N. Kolesnick

Pictured: Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue — Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue

Director of Genomics Research, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research

Pictured: Katharine C. Hsu — Katharine C. Hsu

Professor of Medicine

Pictured: Alan Houghton — Alan Houghton

Pictured: Michael Glickman — Michael S. Glickman

Pictured: James Fagin — James A. Fagin

Chief, Endocrinology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital

Pictured: Bayard Clarkson — Bayard Clarkson

Emily H. Cheng, MD, PhD — Emily H. Cheng

Attending Pathologist, Department of Pathology; Member, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Timothy Chan — Timothy A. Chan

Pictured: Renier J. Brentjens — Renier J. Brentjens

Director, Cellular Therapeutics

Pictured: Jedd Wolchok — Jedd D. Wolchok

Lloyd J. Old/Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Chair in Clinical Investigation Chief, Melanoma and Immunotherapeutics Service; Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at MSK

Pictured: Craig Thompson — Craig B. Thompson

President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

David Scheinberg — David A. Scheinberg

Chair, Molecular Pharmacology Program, SKI; Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, MSK

Pictured: Neal Rosen — Neal Rosen

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Eric Pamer — Eric G. Pamer

Director, Lucille Castori Center for Microbes, Inflammation, and Cancer

Pictured: Kenneth Offit — Kenneth Offit

Pictured: Marcel R. M. van den Brink — Marcel R. M. van den Brink

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Pictured: Michael Glickman — Michael S. Glickman

Pictured: James Fagin — James A. Fagin

Chief, Endocrinology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital

Pictured: Bayard Clarkson — Bayard Clarkson

Pictured: Samuel Danishefsky — Samuel Danishefsky

Emeritus

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Alexander Rudensky, PhD — Alexander Rudensky

Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK

David Scheinberg — David A. Scheinberg

Chair, Molecular Pharmacology Program, SKI; Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, MSK

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Ming Li — Ming Li

Songhai Shi, PhD — Songhai Shi

Full Member

Pictured: Christopher Lima — Christopher D. Lima

Scott Lowe — Scott W. Lowe

Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center

Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich — Nikola P. Pavletich

Chair, Structural Biology Program, SKI

Pictured: Dr. Scott Keeney — Scott Keeney

Alexander Rudensky, PhD — Alexander Rudensky

Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Jennifer Zallen — Jennifer A. Zallen

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Thomas Kelly — Thomas J. Kelly

Benno S. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University

Pictured: Dr. Lorenz Studer — Lorenz Studer

Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology

pictured: Mark Ptashne — Mark S. Ptashne

Pictured: Samuel Danishefsky — Samuel Danishefsky

Emeritus

Kathryn Adnerson — Kathryn V. Anderson

Chair, Developmental Biology Program, SKI

Pictured: Peter Bach — Peter B. Bach

Director, Center for Health Policy and Outcomes

Murray F. Brennan, MD, FACS -- Vice President for International Programs; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Clinical Oncology — Sir Murray F. Brennan

Senior Vice President of International Programs; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Clinical Oncology

Lisa M. DeAngelis — Lisa M. DeAngelis

Acting Physician-in-Chief, Memorial Hospital; Lillian Rojtman Berkman Chair in Honor of Jerome B. Posner

Jeffrey Drebin, surgeon and Chief, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering — Jeffrey Drebin

Chair, Department of Surgery; Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery

Pictured: Zvi Fuks — Zvi Fuks

Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD — Hedvig Hricak

Chair, Department of Radiology

Pictured: Maria Jasin — Maria Jasin

Pictured: Alexandra Joyner — Alexandra Joyner

Pictured: Thomas Kelly — Thomas J. Kelly

Benno S. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University

Pictured: Steven Larson — Steven M. Larson

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Joan Massagué, PhD — Joan Massagué

Executive Director, GMTEC; Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program

Kenneth Offit, MD -- Chief, Clinical Genetics Service — Kenneth Offit

Chief, Clinical Genetics Service; Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine

Luis Parada — Luis F. Parada

Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor

Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich — Nikola P. Pavletich

Chair, Structural Biology Program, SKI

Malcolm Pike, Attending Epidemiologist — Malcolm Pike

Attending Epidemiologist

Alexander Rudensky, PhD — Alexander Rudensky

Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Peter T. Scardino, MD, FACS -- Chair, Department of Surgery; David H. Koch Chair; Member, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program — Peter T. Scardino

David H. Koch Chair

Memorial Sloan Kettering neurosurgeon Viviane Tabar — Viviane Tabar

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Theresa Feng Chair in Neurosurgical Oncology

Pictured: Craig Thompson — Craig B. Thompson

President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Kathryn Adnerson — Kathryn V. Anderson

Chair, Developmental Biology Program, SKI

Dinshaw Patel

Pictured: Maria Jasin — Maria Jasin

Pictured: Samuel Danishefsky — Samuel Danishefsky

Emeritus

Pictured: Thomas Kelly — Thomas J. Kelly

Benno S. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University

Scott Lowe — Scott W. Lowe

Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Joan Massagué, PhD — Joan Massagué

Executive Director, GMTEC; Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program

Luis Parada — Luis F. Parada

Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor

Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich — Nikola P. Pavletich

Chair, Structural Biology Program, SKI

pictured: Mark Ptashne — Mark S. Ptashne

Alexander Rudensky, PhD — Alexander Rudensky

Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK

Charles L. Sawyers, MD — Charles L. Sawyers

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Chairman, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

Pictured: Craig Thompson — Craig B. Thompson

President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Pictured: Paul Marks — Paul A. Marks

Emeritus

Scott Lowe — Scott W. Lowe

Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center

Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich — Nikola P. Pavletich

Chair, Structural Biology Program, SKI

Pictured: Malcolm Moore — Malcolm A. S. Moore

Emeritus

Alexander Rudensky, PhD — Alexander Rudensky

Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK

Pictured: Michel Sadelain — Michel Sadelain

Director, Center for Cell Engineering

Pictured: Samuel Danishefsky — Samuel Danishefsky

Emeritus

Pictured: Samuel Danishefsky — Samuel Danishefsky

Emeritus