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The Britta Weigelt Lab
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Gynecology DMT Research Laboratory
Our laboratory focuses on the use of high-throughput genomics and functional genomics to identify drivers of rare gynecologic cancer types, and to define the clinical and biological significance of intra-tumor phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity in these tumors. Dr. Weigelt’s laboratory is devising strategies to overcome the challenges posed by intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity, based on state-of-the-art sequencing analyses of circulating cell free (cf)DNA and of single cells. By bringing together traditional pathological techniques with genetic analyses and functional studies, the Weigelt lab seeks to refine the classification of gynecologic cancers and identify novel drivers and potential therapeutic targets of specific tumor types. In addition, Dr. Weigelt is investigating if cfDNA analysis (so-called “liquid biopsies”) can accurately monitor the disease course of women with endometrial or cervical cancer, and if resistance mechanisms to platinum salts or PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer patients can be identified in cfDNA.

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Britta Weigelt, PhD
Director, Gynecology DMT Research Laboratory
- Molecular geneticist Britta Weigelt studies the genomics of gynecologic cancers and the use of circulating cell-free DNA for disease monitoring and the identification of therapy resistance mechanisms.
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- B.S. Genetics, Rutgers University
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- State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency, Buffalo, NY
- Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Biophysics
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- MSc Bioinformatics and Modeling, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- PhD Biomedical Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

- BA (Hon) Neuroscience and Behavior, Vassar College
- MD and Masters in Clinical Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

- BS Biology, Providence College
- MD, Creighton University School of Medicine
- Residency, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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- B.Sc. Biomedical Science, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- M.Sc. Oncology, Antonio Prudente Foundation/A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Ph.D. Oncology, Antonio Prudente Foundation/A.C.Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- BS, Biology, The University of Scranton
- MD, Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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- MSc Pharmacy, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
- MSc Preclinical and Clinical Drug Development, UCSC, Rome, Italy
- PhD Candidate Experimental and Translational Medicine, UCSC, Rome, Italy
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- B.S. Biology and Science, Technology, & Society, Tufts University

- BS Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology
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- M.D. Aarhus University, Denmark
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- BA, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
- MHS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
- MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- Residency in OBGYN, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine
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- BS, Developmental, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Washington
- MD, Drexel University College of Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, NYU School of Medicine
- GYN Oncology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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- B.S. Biology, St. John’s University
- M.D. New York University School of Medicine

- International Law with Pre-Medical studies, Georgetown University
- M.D. American University of Beirut, Lebanon

- Education: B.S. Neuroscience, Brown University
- M.D. Saint Louis University
- Residency, New York Presbyterian: Weill Cornell Medical Center
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- Bachelors of Music, Northwestern University
- MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Residency Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, NewYork-Presbyterian – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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- BA, Neuroscience, University of Southern California
- MD, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons
- Residency, NewYork-Presbyterian – Columbia
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- BS, Biochemistry and Music, Roanoke College
- MD, University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Residency, Harvard Medical School (Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital)
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- B.S Biology, Howard University


- M.D. Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
- Pathology Residency Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
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- BA, Chemistry, Bowdoin College
- MD, The University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
- OB/GYN Residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
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- MD, CM Medicine, McGill University
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program, University of British Columbia
- Gynecologic Oncology and Clinical Investigator Programs, Université de Montréal
- MSc Biomedical Sciences, Université de Montréal
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- University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal (MSc)
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal (PhD)
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- BS, Biology St. John’s University Honors College
- MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Los Angeles
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- B.A. Computer Science, Brandeis University
- M.D. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
- Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale New Haven Hospital
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- B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University
- M.D. Drexel University College of Medicine
- M.Sc. Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
- Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albany Medical Center
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- BA, Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
- MD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Internship, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington
- Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Presbyterian- Weill Cornell Medical Center
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- BS Biochemistry, Syracuse University
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- B.S. Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
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- BA, Biology and American Foreign Policy, Williams College
- MD, Emory University School of Medicine
- Residency, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
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- BS Pre-Veterinary Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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- B.S. Biology, Florida State University
- M.D. University of Central Florida
- Residency Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Haverford College (BA)
- Jefferson Medical College (MD)
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (OBGYN residency)
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- BS Biology, Louisiana State University
- MD, Louisiana Health Sciences Center Shreveport
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- B.S Biology, Syracuse University
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- M.D. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- MSc Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- B.S. Biology, University of California Riverside
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- BS, Life Science, The Pennsylvania State University
- MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- • Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics Residency, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center – National Capital Consortium
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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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Britta Weigelt discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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Repare Therapeutics
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SAGA Diagnostics
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