Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program
The Ross Levine Lab
Research
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The goal of our research is to improve our understanding of the genetic basis of blood disorders known as myeloid malignancies, and to use this knowledge to improve therapies for patients with these disorders. Our efforts are focused on the identification and characterization of somatic mutations in hematologic malignancies using candidate gene, genome-wide, and functional approaches, with a specific interest in the role of aberrant signal transduction in malignant transformation and in the effects of mutations in epigenetic modifiers in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). As a physician-scientist, we have a specific interest in translating this knowledge back to the clinic, in the preclinical and clinical evaluation of targeted therapies for leukemia patients, and in the development of clinically tractable genomic assays for patients with hematologic malignancies.
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The Levine Lab
Featured News
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Publications Highlights
People
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Ross L. Levine, MD
Senior Vice President, Memorial Hospital, Translational Research
- Mechanisms of genetic and epigenetic cooperativity which drive myeloid transformation; Elucidating and modeling evolution from hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells to clonal hematopoiesis and then to myeloid malignancies; Identification and credentialing novel therapeutic dependencies in myeloid malignancies
- MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- [email protected]
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Members
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- Vanderbilt University
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- BS, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- MS, Fachhochschule Technikum Wien
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- BA, University of Pennsylvania
- MS, University of Pennsylvania
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Lab Technician
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Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Research Technician
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Instructor, Department of Medicine
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Project Coordinator
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Instructor, Department of Leukemia
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GSK Graduate Student
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GSK Graduate Student
Lab Technician
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Research Technician
Visiting Investigator
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Research Technician
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Senior Research Technician
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Research Technician
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Assistant Attending
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GSK Graduate Student
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Fellow
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Research Scholar
GSK Graduate Student
Senior Research Technician
Fellow
Assistant Attending
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- Drexel University
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- University of Michigan
- 646-888-2796
- Lab Phone
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic University
- 646-888-2796
- Lab Phone
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- BS, Boston College
Lab Alumni
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Research Technician
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Research Technician
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Research Technician
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Associate Director, Translational Medicine at Prelude Therapeutics Inc., Wilmington, Delaware
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Senior Research Technician
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Research Technician
Research Technician
Research Technician
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Research Technician
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Research Technician
Research Technician
Research Technician
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Research Fellow
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Research Fellow
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Research Assistant
Senior Research Technician
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Research Technician
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
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Research Fellow
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Senior Research Technician
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Research Fellow
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Research Fellow
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Interventional Radiology Resident at New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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NE Agency Contingent
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Research Fellow
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Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati
Senior Research Technician
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Administrative Assistant
Research Technician
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Research Technician
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Research Technician
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Research Fellow
Research Trainee
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Research Fellow
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Senior Research Scientist
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Senior Research Technician
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Research Technician
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Assistant Attending
Research Technician
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Assistant Attending
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Lab Manager
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Equity Research Associate at William Blair Cowen, Inc., New York, NY
Research Technician
Lab Affiliations
Achievements
- Scholar, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar (2012)
- Louis and Allston Boyer Young Investigator Award for Basic Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2011)
- Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation (2011)
- Sir William Osler Young Investigator Award, Interurban Clinical Club (2011)
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.
Ross L. Levine discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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Ajax Therapeutics, Inc.
Equity; Fiduciary Role / Position; Intellectual Property Rights; Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated) -
Anovia Biosciences, Inc
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AstraZeneca
Professional Services and Activities -
Auron Therapeutics, Inc.
Equity; Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated) -
Bakx Therapeutics
Equity -
C4 Therapeutics
Equity; Professional Services and Activities -
Cure Breast Cancer Foundation
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ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated) -
Epiphanes, Inc.
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Epizyme
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Genome Quebec
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Goldman Sachs
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Imago Biosciences
Equity
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Incyte
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Isoplexis Corporation
Equity; Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated) -
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Professional Services and Activities -
Jubilant Therapeutics Inc.
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Kurome Therapeutics, Inc.
Equity; Professional Services and Activities -
Mana Therapeutics, Inc.
Equity; Professional Services and Activities -
Mission Bio
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Prelude Therapeutics
Equity; Professional Services and Activities -
Qiagen
Equity; Fiduciary Role / Position; Professional Services and Activities (Uncompensated) -
Scorpion Therapeutics, Inc.
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Syndax
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The Mark Foundation
Fiduciary Role / Position; Professional Services and Activities -
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
Equity; Professional Services and Activities
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