Research Awards & Honors

Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers are a distinguished group of investigators who have been recognized by national and international organizations for their work in science and medicine.

Listed below are some of the prestigious awards and honors our scientists have received.

Pictured: Thomas Kelly
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Maria Jasin
William E. Snee Chair
Pictured: Dr. Scott Keeney
Member, Molecular Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Frederick R. Adler Chair
Pictured: Thomas Kelly
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Christopher Lima
Member and Chair, Structural Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Alfred P. Sloan Chair
Scott Lowe
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Ken Marians
William E. Snee Chair
Joan Massagué, PhD
Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
Larry Norton, MD
Senior Vice President, Office of the President; Medical Director, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center; Norna S. Sarofim Chair in Clinical Oncology
Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK
Luis Parada
Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor; Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Pictured: Dinshaw Patel
Abby Rockefeller Mauze Chair of Experimental Therapeutics
Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich
Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Pictured: Dr. Stewart Shuman
Simon H. Rifkind Chair
Pictured: Craig Thompson
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research   
Ken Marians
William E. Snee Chair
Scott Lowe
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Pictured: Thomas Kelly
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Luis Diaz
Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Grayer Family Chair
Dr. Luis Alberto Diaz, Jr.
Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Grayer Family Chair
Maria Jasin
William E. Snee Chair
Pictured: Thomas Kelly
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Scott Lowe
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Joan Massagué, PhD
Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
Larry Norton, MD
Senior Vice President, Office of the President; Medical Director, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center; Norna S. Sarofim Chair in Clinical Oncology
Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich
Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair
Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Pictured: Craig Thompson
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research   
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Maria Jasin
Member, Developmental Biology
Pictured: Thomas Kelly
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
David Solit
Co-Director, Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology
David Scheinberg
Chair, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, MSK; Deputy Director, Sloan Kettering Institute, for Therapeutic Discovery
Pictured: Kenneth Offit
Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine​
Pictured: Dr. Ross Levine
Chief Scientific Officer; Senior Vice President, Memorial Hospital, Translational Research
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
The Omar Abdel-Wahab
Chair, Molecular Pharmacology Program, SKI; Evnin Family Chair in Molecular Pharmacology; Attending Physician, Leukemia Service
Main Image_Prasad Adusumilli
Professor and Deputy Chief, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Dept. of Surgery; Co-Director, MSK Mesothelioma Program; Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancers
Sarat Chandarlapaty, MD, PhD
Naddisy Foundation Chair in Breast Cancer Research
Ping Chi
Co-Director, Sarcoma Translational Research, MSK Sarcoma Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Luis Diaz
Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Grayer Family Chair
Tobias Hohl
Attending Physician; Member; Chief, Infectious Diseases and Allergy Service
Pictured: Alex Kentsis
Director of the Tow Center for Developmental Oncology
Pictured: Dr. Lorenz Studer
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
Pictured: Craig Thompson
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research   
Pictured: Hans-Guido Wendel
Member/Professor, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue
David M. Rubenstein Center Chair for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Director, Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Katharine C. Hsu, MD, PhD
Attending Physician; Member; Director, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
Pictured: James Fagin
Head, Division of Subspecialty Medicine; Member, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
Emily H. Cheng, MD, PhD
Attending Pathologist, Department of Pathology; Member, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Pictured: Craig Thompson
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research   
David Scheinberg
Chair, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, MSK; Deputy Director, Sloan Kettering Institute, for Therapeutic Discovery
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Katharine C. Hsu, MD, PhD
Attending Physician; Member; Director, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program
Pictured: Kenneth Offit
Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine​
Pictured: James Fagin
Head, Division of Subspecialty Medicine; Member, Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK
David Scheinberg
Chair, Center for Experimental Therapeutics, MSK; Deputy Director, Sloan Kettering Institute, for Therapeutic Discovery
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Christopher Lima
Member and Chair, Structural Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Alfred P. Sloan Chair
Scott Lowe
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Pictured: Dr. Scott Keeney
Member, Molecular Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Frederick R. Adler Chair
Dana Pe'er
Chair, Computational and Systems Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Alan and Sandra Gerry Endowed Chair
Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Tobias Walther
Program Chair, Cell Biology Program; SKI Professor, Weill Cornell; Enid A. Haupt Chair in Cell Biology; MSK Investigator, HHMI
Pictured: Jennifer Zallen
Member, Developmental Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Pictured: Thomas Kelly
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Pictured: Dr. Lorenz Studer
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
The Omar Abdel-Wahab
Chair, Molecular Pharmacology Program, SKI; Evnin Family Chair in Molecular Pharmacology; Attending Physician, Leukemia Service
Murray F. Brennan, MD, FACS -- Vice President for International Programs; Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Clinical Oncology
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Clinical Oncology; Chairman Emeritus, Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Luis Diaz
Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Grayer Family Chair
Chief Physician Executive; Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery Jeffrey Drebin
Chief Physician Executive; Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery
Kojo S.J. Elenitoba-Johnson, MD
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; James Ewing Alumni Chair of Pathology
Zvi Fuks, MD (emeritus)
Emeritus
Maria Jasin
William E. Snee Chair
Pictured: Thomas Kelly
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Scott Lowe
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Joan Massagué, PhD
Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
Kenneth Offit, MD -- Chief, Clinical Genetics Service
Chief, Clinical Genetics Service; Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine; Co-Leader, Population Sciences Research
Luis Parada
Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor; Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich
Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair
Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Peter Scardino (Emeritus)
Emeritus
Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Oncologist Deb Schrag
Chair, Department of Medicine, George J. Bosl Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pictured: Dr. Lorenz Studer
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
Memorial Sloan Kettering neurosurgeon Viviane Tabar
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Theresa Feng Chair in Neurosurgery
Pictured: Craig Thompson
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research   
Pictured: Dinshaw Patel
Abby Rockefeller Mauze Chair of Experimental Therapeutics
Maria Jasin
William E. Snee Chair
Pictured: Dr. Scott Keeney
Member, Molecular Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Frederick R. Adler Chair
Pictured: Thomas Kelly
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research; Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor, Weill Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Christopher Lima
Member and Chair, Structural Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Alfred P. Sloan Chair
Scott Lowe
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Joan Massagué, PhD
Director, Sloan Kettering Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair; Member, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
Luis Parada
Director, Brain Tumor Center; Albert C. Foster Chair; American Cancer Society Research Professor; Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich
Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair
Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK
Dr. Charles Sawyers
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Pictured: Craig Thompson
Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research   
Scott Lowe
Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program, SKI; Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Pictured: Dr. Nikola Pavletich
Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair
Daniel Bachovchin
Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair
Vinod Balachandran
Associate Attending Physician; Associate Member; Director, The Olayan Center for Cancer Vaccines
Adrienne A. Boire
Scientific Director, Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
Lydia Finley, PhD
Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair
Pictured: Alex Kentsis
Director of the Tow Center for Developmental Oncology
Andrea Schietinger
Catherine and Frederick R. Adler Chair for Junior Faculty
Alexander Rudensky, PhD
Chair, Immunology Program, SKI; Director, Ludwig Center at MSK