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.

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
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
Jung, Arian
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Kafsack, Bjorn
Assistant Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
  • Gene Expression
Kapoor, Tarun
Karim, Salim S.
Adjunct Professor
Kaushal, Rainu
Keeney, Scott
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • DNA Repair/Replication
Kentsis, Alex
Associate Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Drug Discovery and Development
  • Cell Signaling and Signal Transduction
  • Molecular Pharmacology
  • Omics
Kern, Lisa
Associate Professor
Program of Study:
Keshari, Kayvan
Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cancer Biology
  • Molecular Tools and Therapeutics
Kharas, Michael
Professor
Program of Study:
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Cancer Pharmacology
  • Stem Cell Pharmacology
Khelashvili, George
Assistant Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Membranes and Membrane Proteins
  • Mathematical and Computational Modeling
Khurana, Ekta
Associate Professor
Current Areas of Focus:
  • Bioinformatics
  • Cancer Biology
  • Mathematical and Computational Modeling
Kingham, T. Peter
Need more info?
Ask a question
Follow us on
Instagram

Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences 1300 York Ave. Box 65 New York, NY 10065 Phone: (212) 746-6565 Fax: (212) 746-5981