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MSK's 44th annual Academic Convocation and Commencement celebrated the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences class of 2023, honored students graduating from the Sloan Kettering Division of the Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and recognized winners of several awards and fellowships.

… Friday, May 19, 2023 A record number of students graduated this year with doctoral degrees in cancer biology from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK) — the educational division of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). There were 17 graduates receiving their

Various facilities provide the services and technology that support Memorial Sloan Kettering’s cancer genomics studies.

… Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Summary Various facilities provide the services and technology that support Memorial Sloan Kettering’s cancer genomics studies. A range of facilities provide expert services and technology to support cancer genomics studies at Memorial Sloan Kettering. The Integrated Genomics

Read about a new CAR T cell therapy now approved for marginal zone lymphoma (MZL).

… Friday, December 12, 2025 Marginal zone lymphoma is a slow-growing, rare form of  non-Hodgkin lymphoma that usually responds well to initial therapies. But in some patients, the disease keeps returning despite multiple treatments. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new therapy

Meet Jaap-Jan “J. J.” Boelens, who joined MSK Kids in 2018 as Chief of the Stem Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy Service.

… Monday, October 7, 2019 Jaap-Jan “J. J.” Boelens joined MSK Kids in 2018 as Chief of the Stem Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy Service. Some of our MSK Kids patients asked him the questions they were most curious about. You’re a new doctor here at MSK Kids. Where did you come from? —James, 4 I moved

MSK nurses reaffirm their commitment to healing in the "Blessing of Hands" ceremony.

… Thursday, May 10, 2018 Close-up of nurse's hands being held and blessed by chaplain's hands. During the ceremony, members of the nursing staff stand before an MSK chaplain to have their hands cleansed with water and then blessed as vessels for providing care. Male chaplain holding hands of woman in white

The Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have elected Charles L. Sawyers, MD, chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), as their President-Elect for 2020–2021.

… Friday, June 12, 2020 The Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have elected Charles L. Sawyers, MD , chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), as their President-Elect for 2020–2021. He will assume the presidency

MSK launched the Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (WiSE) in 2020 to pledge a commitment to support gender equity in science. The winners will be recognized at the annual Kravis WiSE Symposium which is held every year during Women’s History Month.

… Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Ms. Regina Bou Puerto and Mijin Kim, PhD Ms. Regina Bou Puerto and Mijin Kim, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced that Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) researchers Regina Bou Puerto and Mijin Kim, PhD , have been named 2021 Marie-Josée Kravis Women in Science

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has recruited Sohrab Shah, PhD, to serve as the inaugural Chief of Computational Oncology within the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. In this role, Dr. Shah will lead the effort to build a research program dedicated to harnessing MSK’s numerous “Big Data” resources to translate biologic knowledge to clinical practice.

… Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has recruited Sohrab Shah, PhD , to serve as the inaugural Chief of Computational Oncology within the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics . In this role, Dr. Shah will lead the effort to build a research program dedicated to

MSK Kids is leading a major effort to fully deliver on the promise of precision medicine for our youngest patients.

… Thursday, October 3, 2019 Rihanna sitting in a chair outside Rihanna before her first birthday. Photo: Ana Plaza MSK Kids pediatric oncologist Neerav “Neal” Shukla Neerav “Neal” Shukla is Director of the Pediatric Translational Medicine Program. Photo: Karsten Moran MSK Kids Chair Andrew Kung MSK Kids

Physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab explains epigenetics, a growing field based on the study of genetic changes that are not part of the DNA code, and how it relates to cancer.

… Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Summary Physician-scientist Omar Abdel-Wahab explains epigenetics, a growing field based on the study of genetic changes that are not part of the DNA code, and how it relates to cancer. Genetic inheritance is most commonly thought of as the passing of genes from parent to child