Molecular Pharmacology Program
The Alex Kentsis Lab
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Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Our studies in cancer biology and pediatric oncology are focused on cellular plasticity, a phenomenon that relates both to the fundamental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis and to the development of improved rational therapies. Detailed information about our research is available at http://alexkentsis.net.
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Alex Kentsis, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Cancer biologist and pediatric oncologist Alex Kentsis leads research in the functional proteomics and molecular pharmacology of refractory childhood cancers.
- MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- PhD, New York University
- kentsisresearchgroup@gmail.com
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- 1-646-888-2593
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- Louise and Allston Boyer Award for Clinical Research
- Terry Ann Krulwich Physician-Scientist Alumni Award (2020)
- Pershing Square Sohn Prize
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar Award (2019)
- St. Baldrick’s Robert J. Arceci Innovation Award
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- Elected Member of American Society for Clinical Investigation
- Society for Pediatric Research Young Investigator Award (2018)
- Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Award
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Award (2016)
- American Society of Hematology Scholar Award (2014)
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists (2013)
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Residency in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- MD, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and New York University
- AB, SM, University of Chicago
