Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
The David Solit Lab
Research
![Pictured: David Solit](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/3536/image/solit.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Professor
Our research is based on the underlying hypothesis that the ability to inhibit an oncogenic pathway and block cancer growth will vary based on cell lineage and the complement of mutations within the tumor. To design rational therapeutic studies, we must define not only the spectrum of genetic changes within particular tumor types but also the mechanisms by which these alterations support tumor growth, survival, metastasis, and other hallmarks of cancer.
Research Projects
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Featured News
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Publications Highlights
People
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David B. Solit, MD
Director, Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology
Professor
- Physician-scientist David Solit studies human oncology and pathogenesis, genomics, oncogenes and tumor suppressors, cancer therapeutics, and clinical trials.
- MD, University of Pennsylvania
- [email protected]
- Email Address
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- Physician profile
Members
![Alexis M. Jones, MS](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12542/image/alexis-jones.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Gopa Iyer, MD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6076/image/iyer-gopa.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Hui Jiang](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/183781/main_image/jiang-hui_191106_005_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
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![Mark Donoghue, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105516/3x2/donoghue_170511_11_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Allison Richards, Computational Biologist II](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152590/3x2/richards_180209_07_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Anne Marie Noronha](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/212134/main_image/noronha-anne-marie_201006_10_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Hyung Jun Woo](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/212140/main_image/woo-hyung-jun-220614-010_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Martina Bradic](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/212131/main_image/bradic-martina_201006_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Samuel Tischfield](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/170377/3x2/tischfield_171018_04_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Vasilisa Rudneva](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/178747/3x2/taylorlab_rudneva-vasilisa_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Yixiao Gong](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/170374/3x2/gong-yixiao_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Alexis M. Jones, MS](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12542/image/alexis-jones.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Lab Manager
![](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/244378/main_image/06-13-2023-amanda-sabel.png?h=6e0eaed1)
Research Technician
![Aphrothiti Hanrahan, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/4139/image/aphrothiti-hanrahan.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Lab Member
![Gopa Iyer, MD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6076/image/iyer-gopa.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending, Genitourinary Oncology Service
Program Assistant
![Kwanghee Kim](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18797/main_image/kim-kwanghee-230208-5_rt_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending Biologist
![Sizhi Paul Gao](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/37061/main_image/06-13-2023-sizhi-gao.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Scientific Research Lead
GSK Graduate Student
![](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/285971/main_image/06-13-2023-jiaqian-josie-luo.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Weill Cornell BCMB Graduate Student
![](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/234286/main_image/06-13-2023-xiran-tang-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Weill Cornell Graduate Student
Urologic Oncology Fellow
Fellow
![](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/299396/main_image/04-10-2024-jordan-eichholz.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Computational Biologist I
![Hikmat A. Al-Ahmadie, MD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12488/image/hikmat-al-ahmadie.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Associate Attending Pathologist, Memorial Hospital
Senior Research Scientist
![](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/239005/main_image/basar-yerebakan-merve_230613-007_rt_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Research Scientist
![Abraham Ari Hakimi](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6854/3x2/hakimi-140807-02.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending, Department of Surgery
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Research Technician
![Hui Jiang](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/183781/main_image/jiang-hui_191106_005_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Scholar
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Senior Research Scientist
![Mark Donoghue, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105516/3x2/donoghue_170511_11_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Associate Director, CMO
Bioinformatics Software Engineer
![Allison Richards, Computational Biologist II](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152590/3x2/richards_180209_07_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Lead, CCS Analyst
![Anne Marie Noronha](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/212134/main_image/noronha-anne-marie_201006_10_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Bioinformatics Software Engineer
![Hyung Jun Woo](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/212140/main_image/woo-hyung-jun-220614-010_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Computational Biologist
![Martina Bradic](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/212131/main_image/bradic-martina_201006_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Computational Biologist
![Samuel Tischfield](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/170377/3x2/tischfield_171018_04_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Computational Biologist
![Vasilisa Rudneva](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/178747/3x2/taylorlab_rudneva-vasilisa_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Computational Biologist
Senior Computational Biologist
![Yixiao Gong](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/170374/3x2/gong-yixiao_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Lead, TEMPO Pipeline
![Shweta Chavan](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/137524/3x2/chavan_170511_12_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Wenhuo Hu, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145552/3x2/hu-wenhuo_170913_03_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Tripti Shrestha Bhattarai, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105512/3x2/bhattari.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Florestan Koll](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/278116/main_image/florestan-koll_230613-011_rt_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Kate Weiss](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/183811/main_image/weiss-kate_190719_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![François Audenet](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/133948/3x2/francois_3x2.jpg)
![Aditya Bagrodia](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33984/image/aditya-bagrodia.jpg)
![David Barron, MD, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105999/3x2/barron_3x2.jpg)
![Eugene K. Cha, MD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/24903/image/cha-eugene.jpg)
- 646-422-4635 (for patient-related questions only)
- Office Phone
![Shawn Dason, Urologic Oncology Fellow](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145546/3x2/shawn-dason_170630_07_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Noah Friedman, Computational Biologist II](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152596/3x2/friedman_180209_01_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
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![Sumit Isharwal](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/133945/3x2/isharwal_170310_12_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
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![Qiang Li](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105995/3x2/li-qiang.jpg)
![Moriah Heller Nissan, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6078/image/nissan-moriah.jpg?h=10d202d3)
- University of Rochester
![Tara Soumerai](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33983/image/soumerai.jpg?h=10d202d3)
![Hannah Wise](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/20052/image/hannah-johnsen.jpg?h=10d202d3)
- BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab Alumni
![Shweta Chavan](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/137524/3x2/chavan_170511_12_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Computational Biologist
![Helen Won, MS](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/168022/3x2/helen-won-_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Senior Computational Biologist
![Wenhuo Hu, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145552/3x2/hu-wenhuo_170913_03_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Associate
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Senior Research Technician
![Naresh Vasani](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/133951/main_image/vasani_170310_07_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Assistant
Fellow
![Tripti Shrestha Bhattarai, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105512/3x2/bhattari.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Associate
Senior Research Scientist
Visiting Investigator
Urology Fellow
Visiting Investigator
![Florestan Koll](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/278116/main_image/florestan-koll_230613-011_rt_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Visiting Investigator
Fellow
Research Fellow
Research Technician
![Kate Weiss](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/183811/main_image/weiss-kate_190719_02_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Research Technician
Research Technician
Medical Student
Research Technician
Urology Fellow
![Julian Agin-Liebes](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6074/image/agin-liebes-julian.jpg)
Research Technician
Research Technician
![François Audenet](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/133948/3x2/francois_3x2.jpg)
Urologic Oncology Fellow
![Aditya Bagrodia](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33984/image/aditya-bagrodia.jpg)
Urology Fellow
![David Barron, MD, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105999/3x2/barron_3x2.jpg)
Radiation Oncology Resident
![Federica Catalanotti, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6075/image/catalanotti-federica.jpg)
Research Fellow
![Eugene K. Cha, MD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/24903/image/cha-eugene.jpg)
Assistant Attending, Urologic Oncology
Fellow
![Shawn Dason, Urologic Oncology Fellow](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/145546/3x2/shawn-dason_170630_07_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Urologic Oncology Fellow
![Neil Desai, MD, MHS](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/24600/image/desai.jpg)
Resident in Radiation Oncology
![Noah Friedman, Computational Biologist II](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/152596/3x2/friedman_180209_01_1200x800.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Computational Biologist
Senior Technician
![Joseph Hreiki, MD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/30071/image/hreki.jpg)
Research Fellow
![Sumit Isharwal](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/133945/3x2/isharwal_170310_12_3x2.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Urologic Oncology Fellow
![Manickam Janakiraman, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/4140/image/janakiraman-manickam.jpg)
Research Associate
![Emmet Jordan](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/38109/image/jordan.jpg)
Fellow
![Philip Kim, MD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12080/image/kim-philip.jpg)
Clinical Research Fellow
Urology Fellow
![Qiang Li](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/105995/3x2/li-qiang.jpg)
Urology Fellow
Urology Fellow
![Moriah Heller Nissan, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6078/image/nissan-moriah.jpg?h=10d202d3)
OncoKB Scientist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Computational Biologist
![Ricardo Ramirez](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18251/image/ricardo-ramirez.jpg)
Cornell University Graduate Student
![John Sfakianos](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/18249/image/john-sfakianos.jpg)
Urology Fellow
![Tara Soumerai](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33983/image/soumerai.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending, Gynecologic Medical Oncology Service
![Brooke Sylvester, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/12077/image/brooke-sylvester.jpg)
Research Fellow
![Efsevia Vakiani, MD, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6079/image/vakiani-efsevia.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Assistant Attending Pathologist
![Hannah Wise](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/20052/image/hannah-johnsen.jpg?h=10d202d3)
Lead Clinical Data Analyst at Flatiron Health, New York, NY
![Feng Xing, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/4141/image/xing-feng.jpg)
Research Fellow
![Alyssa Yee](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/25087/image/yee-131001-05.jpg)
Medical Student
Graduate Research Assistant
![Li Kong, PhD](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/6077/image/kong-li.jpg)
Research Fellow
![Yogindra Persaud](https://www.sloankettering.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/4142/image/persaud-yogindra.jpg)
Research Technician
Lab Affiliations
Achievements
- Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (2011)
- Louise and Allston Boyer Young Investigator Award for Basic Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2007)
- Kimmel Scholar, Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research (2007)
- Career Development Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2002)
- Young Investigator Award, American Society of Clinical (2001)
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- Doris Duke Translational Award, Doris Duke Foundation (2001)
- Clinical Scholars Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health (2000)
Open Positions
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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.
MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.
David B. Solit discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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American Association for Cancer Research
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BridgeBio Inc.
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Elsie Biotechnologies, Inc.
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Fog Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Fore Biotherapeutics
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Function Oncology, Inc.
Equity; Professional Services and Activities
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Paige.AI, Inc.
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Pfizer, Inc.
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Pyramid Biosciences, Inc.
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Rain Therapeutics Inc.
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Scorpion Therapeutics, Inc.
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