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
- sawyersc@mskcc.org
- Email Address
- 646-888-2138
- Office Phone
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Members
Assistant Attending, Laboratory Member
Associate Attending
Assistant Lab Member
Research Fellow
NE WGS Graduate Student
Research Fellow
Research Assistant
Research Technician
Senior Research Technician
Assistant to Chairman
Research Technician
Research Technician
Senior Research Assistant
NE WGS Student
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Assistant Attending
Research Technician
Senior Research Scientist
Fellow
Fellow
Research Scholar
Lab Alumni
Clinical Scientist, Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA
Research Fellow
Graduate Student
Medical Oncology Fellow
Senior Research Scientist
Senior Research Scientist
Research Fellow
Senior Research Scientist
Research Technician
GSK Graduate Student
Research Technician
MD/PhD Student
Research Lab Manager
Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Assistant to the Chairman
Research Fellow
Research Technician
Senior Animal Husbandry Technician
Assistant to Chairman
Fellow
Fellow
Senior Research Technician
Research Technician
Research Technician
Research Fellow
Research Technician
Senior Research Technician
NE WGS Graduate Student
Research Associate
Research Technician
Research Fellow
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Fellow
Research Technician
Lab Head
Research Fellow
Research Technician
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 & Nanotechnology
- 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)
