Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
The Charles Sawyers Lab
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Dr. Sawyers is an HHMI Investigator searching for molecularly targeted approaches to treat cancer. He has identified cell signaling components critical to the growth of cancer cells in chronic myeloid leukemia, prostate and other cancers, resulting in the development of multiple FDA-approved inhibitors in clinical use today.
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Charles L. Sawyers, MD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair in Human Oncology and Pathogenesis; Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Professor
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program Chair Charles Sawyers develops molecularly targeted cancer therapy.
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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- Email Address
- 646-888-2138
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Assistant to Chairman
MD-PhD Candidate
Senior Research Assistant
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Assistant Attending
MSKCC Bridge Program Scholar
Fellow
Lab Alumni
Assistant Lab Member
Senior Manager, Clinical Science, Loxo Oncology at Lilly, San Francisco, CA
Research Fellow
Graduate Student
Medical Oncology Fellow
Senior Research Scientist
Senior Research Scientist
Research Fellow
Senior Research Scientist
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Clinical Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Research Technician
MD/PhD Student
Research Lab Manager
Research Fellow
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Assistant to the Chairman
Research Fellow
Research Technician
NE WGS Graduate Student
Senior Animal Husbandry Technician
Assistant to Chairman
Fellow
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Research Assistant
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NE WGS Graduate Student
NE WGS Student
Research Associate
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Associate Member
Senior Research Technician
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Research Fellow
Graduate Research Assistant
Senior Research Scientist
Fellow
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Assistant Professor, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Lab Head
Research Fellow
Research Technician
Lab Affiliations
- Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
- Memorial Hospital Research Laboratories
- Department of Medicine
- Center for Experimental Therapeutics
- Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center
- The Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
- Brain Tumor Center
- Center for Molecular Imaging & Bioengineering
- Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Achievements
- NCI Alfred G. Knudson Award in Cancer Genetics (2020)
- STAT Biomedical Innovation Award (2019)
- AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship and Award (2019)
- The Scheele Award, Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2017)
- American Cancer Society Medal of Honor (2017)
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- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015)
- Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
- Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
- Science of Oncology Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2013)
- Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award, American Society of Clinical Investigation (2011)
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (2010)
- Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2009)
- Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, Lasker Foundation (2009)
- Dorothy Landon-AACR Prize for Translational Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (2009)
- Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (2008)
- David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2005)
