Graduate School of Medical Sciences
A partnership with the Sloan Kettering Institute

Faculty

Weill Cornell Graduate School appoints faculty to each of the degree programs. Our PhD faculty also hold Weill Cornell Medical College appointments or an appointment with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. WCGS has appointed over 300 exceptional professors to the faculty. Our faculty continue to engage in cutting-edge research and work alongside our students, mentoring and directing their education. Many of our faculty are members of our two affiliated Tri-Institutional Programs: Computational Biology & Medicine and Chemical Biology.

Faculty Honors

Graduate School faculty are leaders in their respective fields. Many of our faculty receive prestigious honors and awards for their teaching and research.

Faculty Stories

The WCGS faculty experience is unique and rewarding. Faculty share their thoughts about being part of the vibrant WCGS community.

Hadjantonakis, Anna-Katerina
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Development
  • Stem Cells
  • Cancer Biology
Hajirasouliha, Iman
Assistant Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Bioinformatics
  • Cancer Biology
  • Mathematical and Computational Modeling
Hajjar, Katherine
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Development
  • Cellular Signaling and Regulation
  • Vascular Biology
Hanash, Alan
Assistant Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Autoimmunity
  • Innate Immunity
  • Lymphocyte Biology
  • Microbiome
  • Tumor Immunology
Harrison, Michael
Hegde, Muralidhar
Professor
Heller, Daniel
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cancer Pharmacology
  • Molecular Pharmacology
  • Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
  • Molecular Tools and Therapeutics
Hemmings, Hugh
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Molecular Pharmacology
  • Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
Hempstead, Barbara
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Neurodevelopment
  • Cellular Signaling and Regulation
Hite, Richard
Assistant Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Membranes and Membrane Proteins
  • Molecular and Structural Biophysics
Hochrainer, Karin
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Hohl, Tobias
Associate Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Innate Immunity
  • Microbial Pathogenesis
Hollenberg, James
Associate Professor
Hollis, Edmund
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Holodny, Andrei
Professor
Program of Study:
Horner, Philip
Horwitz, Ralph
Hsu, Hanson
Assistant Professor
Huang, Xin Yun
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cellular Signaling and Regulation
  • Cancer Biology
  • Molecular Tools and Therapeutics
Huangfu, Danwei
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Development
  • Embryogenesis
  • Stem Cells
Hupert, Nathaniel
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Huse, Morgan
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Innate Immunity
  • Lymphocyte Biology
  • Cellular Signaling and Regulation
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