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The Gerstner Sloan Kettering faculty brings together outstanding scientists and engineers working at the forefront of biomedical research and cancer engineering. Browse our list of Faculty and learn more about each faculty member’s area of investigation.

Faculty members who do not serve as dissertation mentors but who make contributions to the education of our students by teaching or serving as clinical mentors are appointed as Gerstner Sloan Kettering Special Contributing Faculty.

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136 Faculty Members found
Chemical Biology Program
Pictured: Chiosis Lab
Gabriela Chiosis, PhD
Professor
The Chiosis lab uses a unique chemical biology approach to understand, diagnose, and treat cellular processes associated with chronic molecular stress, with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapeutic options for use in the clinic.
  • PhD, Columbia University
Computational & Systems Biology Program
The John Chodera Lab
John Chodera, PhD
Associate Professor
Computational chemist John Chodera uses statistical mechanics, molecular modeling, and automated biophysical experiments to help identify new potential therapeutics and investigate mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer.
  • PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Chemical Biology Program
Arvin Dar, PhD
Professor
Arvin Dar’s lab develops chemical tools and probes to explore disease mechanisms and the structural biology of cancer targets.
  • PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Chemical Biology Program
The Yael David Lab
Yael David, PhD
Associate Professor
Yael David’s lab develops and applies methods in chemical biology toward studying epigenetic regulation and its correlation with disease states.
  • Ph.D – The Weizmann Institute of Science
  • B.Sc SUNY Stony Brook
Computational & Systems Biology Program
Kushal Dey, PhD
Assistant Professor
The Kushal Dey lab focuses on developing machine learning models and computational pipelines that integrate genomic and epigenomic data.
  • PhD, University of Chicago
Immunology Program
The Gretchen Diehl Lab
Gretchen Diehl, PhD
Associate Professor
The Diehl lab studies how the microbiota and other exogenous factors regulate development and function of the intestinal immune system.
  • PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Structural Biology Program
Melinda M. Diver, PhD
Assistant Professor
The Diver lab studies the physiological roles and molecular mechanisms of understudied membrane-embedded proteins with the goal of revealing novel therapeutic targets for diseases such as pain and cancer.
  • BSc, Biochemistry, University of British Columbia (2007)
  • PhD, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (2015)
  • Postdoc, University of California, San Francisco (2021)
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
Kojo S. Elenitoba-Johnson, MD
Professor
My research involves the elucidation of genetic and biologic insights of human malignant lymphomas. We leverage large-scale unbiased profiling including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics to identify candidate oncogenes and proteins that are pathogenetically relevant in lymphoma. We utilize molecular technologies, human tumor tissues and patient-derived xenografts and transgenic animal models to determine the functional significance of novel genes and proteins involved in lymphoma pathogenesis. Using primary tumors as our discovery models, the overall goal of our studies is to understand novel mechanisms of oncogenesis, identify tumor biomarkers and vulnerabilities that will facilitate early detection and precision therapies that improve patient outcomes.
  • PhD, University of Laos and Lagos Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
The James Fagin Lab
James A. Fagin, MD
Professor
Physician-scientist James Fagin focuses on the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer and the role of oncogenic kinases.
  • MD, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine (Argentina)
Cell Biology Program
Robert Farese, MD
Professor
The Farese & Walther lab studies the biology and pathology of cellular lipid metabolism, focusing on lipid/energy storage in lipid droplets and sphingolipid metabolism in lysosomes.
  • MD, Vanderbilt Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee