Charles L. Sawyers, MD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Professor
Research Focus
Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program Chair Charles Sawyers develops molecularly targeted cancer therapy.Education
MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine- Office Phone: 646-888-2138
- Office Phone 646-888-3462
- Office Fax: 646-888-3407
Lab Members
Assistant Attending, Laboratory Member
Associate Attending
Senior Research Scientist
Assistant Lab Member
GSK Graduate Student
Research Fellow
Research Technician
NE WGS Graduate Student
Assistant to Chairman
Senior Research Technician
Research Assistant
Senior Research Technician
Research Technician
Research Technician
Senior Research Assistant
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Assistant Attending
Senior Research Scientist
Fellow
Fellow
Research Scholar
Affiliations
Publications
- Mu P, Zhang Z, Benelli M, Karthaus WR, Hoover E, Chen CC, Wongvipat J, Ku SY, Gao D, Cao Z, Shah N, Adams EJ, Abida W, Watson PA, Prandi D, Huang CH, de Stanchina E, Lowe SW, Ellis L, Beltran H, Rubin MA, Goodrich DW, Demichelis F, Sawyers CL. SOX2 promotes lineage plasticity and antiandrogen resistance in TP53- and RB1-deficient prostate cancer. Science. 2017 Jan 6;355(6320):84-88. PMCID: PMC5247742.
- Abida W, Cyrta J, Heller G, Prandi D, Armenia J, Coleman I, Cieslik M, Benelli M, Robinson D, Van Allen EM, Sboner A, Fedrizzi T, Mosquera JM, Robinson BD, De Sarkar N, Kunju LP, Tomlins S, Wu YM, Nava Rodrigues D, Loda M, Gopalan A, Reuter VE, Pritchard CC, Mateo J, Bianchini D, Miranda S, Carreira S, Rescigno P, Filipenko J, Vinson J, Montgomery RB, Beltran H, Heath EI, Scher HI, Kantoff PW, Taplin ME, Schultz N, deBono JS, Demichelis F, Nelson PS, Rubin MA, Chinnaiyan AM, Sawyers CL. Genomic correlates of clinical outcome in advanced prostate cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 May 6. PMCID: PMC6561293.
Selected Achievements
- AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship and Award (2019)
- The Scheele Award, Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2017)
- American Cancer Society Medal of Honor (2017)
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015)
- Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
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- Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2009)
- Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
- Science of Oncology Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2013)
- Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award, American Society of Clinical Investigation (2011)
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (2010)
- Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, Lasker Foundation (2009)
- Dorothy Landon-AACR Prize for Translational Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (2009)
- Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (2008)
- David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2005)
