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 

 

Roisin O’Cearbhaill, MD  

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

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