Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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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.

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
Iacobuzio-Donahue, Christine
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cancer Biology
Iadecola, Costantino
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Neurovascular Biology
Ibrahim, Said
Adjunct Professor
Iliev, Iliyan
Associate Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Microbiome
Imielinski, Marcin
Imperato-McGinley, Julianne
Professor
Intlekofer, Andrew
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cancer Biology
  • Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
Inturrisi, Charles
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Neuropharmacology and Neuronal Signaling
  • Molecular Pharmacology
  • Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
  • Addiction
Ishii, Makoto
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Ivashkiv, Lionel
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Innate Immunity
Jaffrey, Samie
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cancer Pharmacology
  • Neuropharmacology and Neuronal Signaling
  • Drug Discovery and Development
  • Neurodevelopment
Jagannath, Chinnaswamy
Jalali, Ali
Assistant Professor
Jallepalli, Prasad
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • DNA Repair/Replication
  • Cell Cycle
James, Daylon
Assistant Professor
Jannat-Khah, Deanna
Jasin, Maria
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • DNA Repair/Replication
  • Cancer Biology
Jiang, Xuejun
Johnson, Warren
Jones, R. Brad
Associate Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Lymphocyte Biology
Josefowicz, Steven
Associate Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Lymphocyte Biology
  • Autoimmunity
  • Innate Immunity
Joyner, Alexandra
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Development
  • Stem Cells
  • Neurodevelopment
  • Cancer Biology
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