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Discover where three recent Gerstner Sloan Kettering graduates are now and learn about the research they’re pursuing.

… Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Gerstner Sloan Kettering graduate James Mahaffey works in a lab at the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU School of Medicine exploring the RAS gene, which is mutated in nearly a third of cancers but has resisted targeting with drugs. James Mahaffey studies RAS, a gene that is

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s suburban presence is expanding with its newest and largest state-of-the-art facility set to welcome patients on October 6 in West Harrison, New York.

… Wednesday, October 1, 2014 VIDEO | 04:30 Virtual Tour of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Westchester Take a virtual tour of our suburban outpatient location and hear from our doctors on the benefits of receiving care at MSK Westchester. Video Details Memorial Sloan Kettering’s suburban presence

Experiments with zebrafish and human pluripotent stem cells reveal the necessary ingredients, besides genetic mutations, that fuel the development of melanoma.

… Friday, September 3, 2021 Right now, in your body, lurk thousands of cells with DNA mistakes that could cause cancer. Yet only in rare instances do these DNA mistakes, called genetic mutations, lead to a full-blown cancer. Why? The standard explanation is that it takes a certain number of genetic “hits

… Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced the following awards and appointments: Omar Abdel-Wahab Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Omar Abdel-Wahab Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD , Chair of the Molecular Pharmacology Program at Sloan Kettering Institute

Justin Perry, PhD, cell biologist and immunologist of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s (MSK) Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) has been named a recipient of the 2021 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award.

… Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Justin Perry, PhD , cell biologist and immunologist of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s (MSK) Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) has been named one of 64 recipients of the prestigious 2021 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award . As part of the award, Dr. Perry

Learn how multiple myeloma prognosis has improved significantly with the emergence of new drug treatments.

… Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Note: This story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Saad Usmani, MD , a hematologic oncologist specializing in multiple myeloma , is Chief of the Myeloma Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Dr. Usmani has more than 15 years of experience

Gerstner Sloan Kettering held its inaugural retreat, on April 30 and May 1, to foster scientific and personal exchanges between students and faculty.

… Saturday, May 15, 2010 Gerstner Sloan Kettering held its inaugural retreat, on April 30 and May 1, to foster scientific and personal exchanges between students and faculty. The retreat brought together 32 students and 28 faculty members, as well as school leadership and keynote speakers for two days

A small number of cancer cells with the ability to change their identities and behaviors appear to be a key driver of cancer progression and its ability to evolve resistance to treatment, MSK researchers have found in a laboratory study of lung cancer.

… Wednesday, January 21, 2026 A small number of cancer cells with the ability to change their identities and behaviors appear to be a key driver of cancer progression and its ability to evolve resistance to treatment. Targeting this subpopulation of “highly plastic” cells may make current treatments more

Learn about MSK research showing that bacteria inside head and neck tumors can make a difference in their response to immunotherapy.

… Friday, January 2, 2026 In cancer research, failure can lead to an important discovery. That’s what happened when an international multicenter trial led by  MSK radiation oncologist and early drug development specialist Nancy Lee, MD , tried combining radiation and chemotherapy with an immunotherapy

Tumors with a biomarker called high microsatellite instability have been linked to inherited cancer mutations.

… Saturday, June 2, 2018 Summary MSK researchers have found that tumors with a particular genetic marker are likely to be associated with Lynch syndrome. Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers have found that the genetic condition Lynch syndrome may be associated with more cancers than earlier thought. Lynch