Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

The Alan Hanash Lab

Alan M. Hanash, MD, PhD

Assistant Attending Physician

Associate Professor

Alan Hanash is an Assistant Member of Memorial Sloan Kettering and an Attending Physician on the Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Hanash’s research focuses on the immunology of hematopoietic transplantation and immune-mediated mechanisms of tissue damage and regeneration.

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In the Lab

This cross section of a mouse intestine shows dividing cells (stained white) in the epithelial layer of the intestine, which lines the organ. These proliferating cells help restore intestinal tissue after damage from graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).

Immune System Molecule Could Become New Treatment for Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Scientists are using a molecule from the immune system to combat this serious complication in a new way.

Publications Highlights

Lindemans CA*, Calafiore M*, Mertelsmann AM*, O’Connor MH*, Dudakov JA, Jenq RR, Velardi E, Young LF, Smith OM, Lawrence G, Ivanov JA, Fu Y, Takashima S, Hua G, Martin ML, O’Rourke KP, Lo Y, Mokry M, Romera-Hernandez M, Cupedo T, Dow L, Nieuwenhuis EE, Shroyer NF, Liu C, Kolesnick R, van den Brink MRM*, and Hanash AM*. Interleukin-22 Promotes Intestinal Stem Cell-Mediated Epithelial Regeneration. Nature. 2015 Dec 24;528(7583): 560-4.

Interleukin-22: immunobiology and pathology. Dudakov JA, Hanash AM, van den Brink MR. Annu Rev Immunol. 2015 Mar 21;33:747-85. doi: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-032414-112123. Epub 2015 Feb 11.

Geiger TL, Abt MC, Gasteiger G, Firth M, O’Connor M, van den Brink MR, Pamer EG, Hanash AM*, Sun JC*. Nfil3 is crucial for development of innate lymphoid cells and host protection against intestinal pathogens. J Exp Med. 2014 Aug 25;211(9):1723-31.

Hanash AM, Kappel LW, Yim NL, Nejat RA, Goldberg GL, Smith OM, Rao UK, Dykstra L, Na IK, Holland AM, Liu C, Murphy GF, Leonard WJ, Heller G, van den Brink MR. Abrogation of donor T cell IL-21 signaling leads to tissue-specific modulation of immunity and separation of GVHD from GVL. Blood. 2011 Jul 14;118(2):446-55.

Hanash AM. MataHari reveals secrets of GVHD. Blood. 2012 Apr 19;119(16):3656-7.

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People

Alan M. Hanash, MD, PhD

Assistant Attending Physician

Associate Professor

Physician-scientist Alan Hanash studies transplant immunology and immune-mediated mechanisms of tissue damage and regeneration.
MD, University of Miami

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Members

Marina Burgos da Silva
Senior Research Scientist

Mennah Soliman Hasheesh

Research Technician

Andrea Lang Goldgewicht

Graduate Student

Rachel Lorenc

NE Medical Student

Lab Alumni

Orit Ben-David

Volunteer

Niccolo Bordignon

Volunteer

Daniel Chandra
Graduate Research Assistant

Robert Emmet

Intern

Elena Garcia-Martinez, MD — Elena Garcia-Martinez
Research Fellow

Maheen Iqbal

Volunteer

Perry Kerner

Volunteer

Pranav Parsi

Intern

Johanna Pinto Lee

NE Intern

Ankita Prakash

Volunteer

Sobhana Sripada

Volunteer

Murshea Tuor

Intern

Lab Affiliations

Achievements

ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award (2014)
Amy Strelzer Manasevit Research Program Scholar (2014)
ASH Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award for Anna Mertelsmann (2013)
ASH Scholar Award for Junior Faculty (2012)
ASBMT New Investigator Award (2011)

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

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Alan M. Hanash discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT)
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)
Evive Biotech
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)

Generon (Shanghai) Corporation Ltd.
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated)

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