2024 Team-Designated Support
Each project that Cycle for Survival funds advances progress toward new and more effective ways to diagnose, treat, and cure people with rare cancers. These MSK researchers were chosen by teams to receive funding in the areas specified below from the $34 million raised during Cycle for Survival’s 2024 season.
Chief, Ophthalmic Oncology Service, Department of Surgery
Retinoblastoma
Chief, Gynecologic Medical Oncology Service; Avon Chair in Gynecologic Oncology Research
Gynecologic Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Immunotherapy, Peritoneal Ovarian Cancer
Pathology
Director, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Pediatric Sarcoma
Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Osteosarcoma and Ewing Sarcoma, Undifferentiated Pleiomorphic Sarcoma
Health Equity in Pancreatic Cancer
Chief, Clinical Computational Diagnostics Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Co-Director, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology; Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Chair for Junior Faculty
MSK-IMPACT®
Chief, Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Service; Richard J. O’Reilly Chair in Honor of Kevin Zoltan Merszei
Pediatric Cancer
Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer; Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Health Equity; Vice Chair, Health Equity, Department of Surgery
Healthy Equity in Endometrial Cancer
Section Head, Colorectal Cancer; Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Health Equity in Pancreatic Cancer
Enid A. Haupt Chair of Pediatric Oncology
Neuroblastoma
Synovial Cell Sarcoma
Leukemia
Pediatric Cancer
Pediatric Cancer
Section Head, Germ Cell Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Deputy Division Head, Division of Hematologic Malignancies; Melvin Berlin Family Chair in Multiple Myeloma; Chief Medical Officer, MSK Direct
Blood Cancer
Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers
Physician Ambassador to India and Asia
CIC-DUX4 Sarcoma
Section Head, Ovarian Cancer; Director, Gynecologic Medical Oncology, MSK Westchester
Gynecologic Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Leiomyosarcoma
Stephen McDermott Chair in Surgery
Sarcoma
Associate Vice Chair, Academic Affairs; Chair, Promotions Advisory Committee
Sarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma
Chief, Head and Neck Oncology Service
Head and Neck Cancer
Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
Gastrointestinal Cancers, Pancreatic Cancer, Esophageal Cancer
Chief, Hepatobiliary Service; Leslie Blumgart Chair in Surgery
Hepatobiliary Cancer
Director, Tow Center for Developmental Oncology
CIC-DUX4 Sarcoma
Director, Global Cancer Disparities Initiatives
Cholangiocarcinoma
Laboratory Head, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program; Member Investigator, Center for Cell Engineering
Synovial Cell Sarcoma
Gynecologic Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Lila Acheson Wallace Chair for Pediatric Research
Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric Fellow Support
Neuroblastoma
Joseph H. Burchenal Chair in Pediatrics
Pediatric Cancer
Laurence Joseph Dineen Chair in Leukemia Research with Special Emphasis on Leukemia in Children and Young People; Senior Vice President, Memorial Hospital, Translational Research
Blood Cancer
Director, Neuroradiology IR
Neuroradiology
Clinical Director, Cellular Therapy Service; Research Director, Myeloma Service
CAR T Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma
Sarcoma
Section Head, Endometrial Cancer Program; Director, Hematology-Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program
Gynecologic Cancer
Chair, Department of Neurology; Evnin Family Chair in Neuro-Oncology
Brain Cancer, Glioblastoma, Grade II Astrocytoma
Robbins Family Chair in Pediatrics
Pediatric Sarcoma
Chief, Neuroblastoma Service
Neuroblastoma
Director, Esophageal Surgery Program
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery Service; Jack Byrne Chair for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers
Sarcoma
Director, Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program; Head, Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Immunogenomics
Head and Neck Cancer
Sarcoma
Vice President, Quality and Safety
Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma, Mesothelioma
Research Director, Gynecologic Medical Oncology Service; Clinical Director, Solid Tumor, Cellular Therapy Service
Ovarian Cancer
Winthrop Rockefeller Endowed Chair of Medical Oncology; Chair, Human Research Protection Program and Institutional Review Board; Co-Director, Medical Initiatives, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research; Section Head, Hepatopancreaticobiliary and Neuroendocrine Cancers
Gastrointestinal Cancers, Pancreatic Cancer
Wilms’ Tumor
Talcott Chair for Clinical Excellence
Appendiceal Cancer
Chief, Melanoma Service; Co-Director, Melanoma Disease Management Team
Melanoma
Vice Chair, Oncology Operations, Regional Care Network; Past President, MSK Medical Staff; Creator and Host, Cancer Straight Talk podcast
Adrenal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Neuroendocrine Tumors
Ning Zhao and Ge Li Chair in Lung Cancer Research; Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Medicine
Thymoma
Sarcoma
Chief, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology; Enno W. Ercklentz, Jr. Chair
Bladder Cancer
Chief, Lymphoma Service; Steven A. Greenberg Chair
Lymphoma
Radiology
Elliot W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology
Throat Cancer
Chief, Computational Oncology Service; Nicholls-Biondi Chair
Ovarian Cancer
Chief, Pediatric Translational Medicine Service; Bristol-Myers Squibb/James D. Robinson III Junior Faculty Chair
Pediatric Cancer
Chief, Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service; Vincent Astor Chair of Clinical Research
Sarcoma
Director, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology; Geoffrey Beene Chair
Center for Molecular Oncology, MSK-IMPACT®
Chief, Sarcoma Medical Oncology Service
Sarcoma, Liposarcoma
Chief, Myeloma Service
Multiple Myeloma, Myeloma
Director, Gynecology DMT Research Laboratory
Uterine Carcinosarcoma
Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric Sarcoma
Neuroendocrine Tumors