Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
The Charles Sawyers Lab
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Dr. Sawyers is an HHMI Investigator searching for molecularly targeted approaches to treat cancer. He has identified cell signaling components critical to the growth of cancer cells in chronic myeloid leukemia, prostate and other cancers, resulting in the development of multiple FDA-approved inhibitors in clinical use today.

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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
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program Chair Charles Sawyers develops molecularly targeted cancer therapy.
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison

- University of California, Los Angeles


- Peking Union Medical College

- Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
- Harvard University

- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

- Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, PhD
- Peking University, Beijing, BS

- The University of British Columbia

- UCLA


- BS, Zhongshan University


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- MD, Weill Cornell Medical College
- PhD, The Rockefeller University
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Senior Manager, Clinical Science, Loxo Oncology at Lilly, San Francisco, CA

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Clinical Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
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Postdoctoral Researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

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Assistant Professor, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX


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Lab Affiliations
- Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
- Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
- Department of Medicine
- Center for Experimental Therapeutics
- Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center
- The Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
- Brain Tumor Center
- Center for Molecular Imaging & Bioengineering
- Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Achievements
- NCI Alfred G. Knudson Award in Cancer Genetics (2020)
- STAT Biomedical Innovation Award (2019)
- AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship and Award (2019)
- The Scheele Award, Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2017)
- American Cancer Society Medal of Honor (2017)
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- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015)
- Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
- 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 (2009)
- 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)
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Disclosures
Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.
MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.
Charles L. Sawyers discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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Agios Pharmaceuticals
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Annual Review of Cancer Biology
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Arsenal IO Canada Parent, Inc.
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BeiGene, Ltd.
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Blueprint Medicines
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Column Group
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Diaprost AB
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Flagship Investments, Ltd.
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Foghorn Therapeutics
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Housey Pharmaceutical
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KSQ Therapeutics
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Nextech Venture, LTD
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Novartis
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Oric Pharmaceuticals
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PMV Pharma
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