Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program

The Emily Cheng Lab

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Emily H. Cheng, MD, PhD
Emily H. Cheng, MD, PhD
Attending Pathologist, Department of Pathology; Member, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program

The focus of the Cheng laboratory is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of cell death with an overarching goal of directly translating cell death mechanisms into novel anti-cancer therapeutic strategies that can effectively trigger cancer cell death and enhance anti-cancer immunity.

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The Cheng Lab

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Emily H. Cheng, MD, PhD

Emily H. Cheng, MD, PhD

Attending Pathologist, Department of Pathology; Member, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program

  • Physician-scientist Emily Cheng studies the molecular mechanisms of cell death and their implications in tumorigenesis, tumor-microenvironment interactions, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy.
  • MD, Taipei Medical University
  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Email Address
646-888-3258
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Members

Sohag Chakraborty

Research Fellow

Chih-Yu Chen

Research Technician

Hsuan-Ming Chi

Senior Research Technician

Prachi Gupta

Research Associate

Amrita Mangalvedhekar

Senior Research Scientist

Nobuhiro Tanno

Research Fellow

Shaoyuan Yang

Research Fellow

Lab Alumni
Gregory Bean
Gregory Bean

Graduate Research Assistant

Po Chan
Po Chan

Research Technician

Hui-Chen Chen

Research Fellow

Beatrice D'Orsi

Research Fellow

Song Han

Research Assistant

Yafen Huang, PhD
Yafen Huang

Research Fellow

Paul Jeng

Graduate Student

Chung Ping Liao, PhD
Chung Ping Liao

Research Fellow

Yogesh Tengarai Ganesan

Research Technician

Gary Wang
Gary Wang

Graduate Research Assistant

Akane Yamauchi

Research Fellow

Kota Ishizawa

Research Fellow

Kai Xi Lin

Research Technician

Allison Moyer
Shriram Ramani

Research Technician

Danielle Richards

Program Assistant

Sonali Sinha
Swathi Suresh

Graduate Research Assistant

Kosuke Tanaka
Lunshi Tang

Research Technician

Kelly Wu

Research Technician

Yuchen Xie
Yuchen Xie

Data Scientist at Audible, Inc., Newark, NJ

Wudan Yan

Graduate Student

Ju Zhou
Lab Affiliations

Achievements

  • Distinguished Investigator Award, Washington University School of Medicine (2010)
  • Searle Scholar Award (2005)
  • Howard Temin Award, National Cancer Institute (2003)

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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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Emily H. Cheng discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

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