The Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center (PCC) is the NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health, one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers. The center was founded and received its NCI designation in 1975. Its mission is to bring visionary thinking and compassionate care to the science of treating cancer and to educate the community and health care professionals about the latest research and information about cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survival.
PCC serves the metropolitan New York City area, and treats patients in facilities located in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. The center conducts cutting-edge basic, translational, clinical, and population research with the aim of enhancing cancer prevention, devising new cancer treatments, and improving patient outcomes and quality of life.
Read more about the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health.
New York University Langone Health
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1201 Smilow Building
New York, NY 10016
Assoc. Director for Community Outreach and Education
Assoc. Director for Education and Training
Associate Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Research Programs
| Research Program | Program Leaders |
|---|---|
| Cancer Cell Biology | Richard Possemato; Alec Kimmelman |
| Cancer Genome Dynamics | Hannah Klein; William Carroll |
| Epidemiology & Cancer Control | Jiyoung Ahn; Danil Makarov |
| Melanoma | Jeffrey Weber; Iman Osman |
| Tumor Immunlogy | Kwok-Kin Wong; Michelle Krogsgaard |
Shared Resources
| Category | Resource | Directors |
|---|---|---|
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Genome Technology Center | Adriana Heguy |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Metabolomics | Drew Jones |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Microscopy | Fengxia Liang |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Precision Immunology | Sara Borghi; Peter Lopez |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Preclinical Imaging | Youssef Wadghiri |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Proteomics | Beatrix Ueberheide |
| Cat 1: Laboratory Science | Rodent Genetic Engineering | Sang Yong Kim |
| Cat 4: Clinical Research | Biorepository | Andre Moreira; Sandra Mendoza |
| Cat 4: Clinical Research | Experimental Pathology | Cynthia Loomis; Valeria Mezzano |
| Cat 6: Biostatistics | Biostatistics | Judith Goldberg; Yongzhao Shao |
| Cat 7: Informatics | Applied Bioinformatics | Aristotelis Tsirigos |
| Cat 7: Informatics | Population Science Data Core | Jiyoung Ahn |