Howard I. Scher is the Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine at the

Weill Cornell Medical College The Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University is Cornell University's biomedical research unit and medical school located in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York. Weill Cornell Medicine is affiliated with NewY ...

. He has a depth of experience in

clinical trials Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietar ...

for novel types of cancer treatment.

Early life and education

Scher earned his BS from Bates College and his MD from New York University School of Medicine before doing his residency at Bellevue Hospital. He married Deborah Ann Lafer in 1989.

Career

Scher has been an investigator at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 1992 and Professor of Medicine at the

. His areas of research include PI3K, the

androgen receptor The androgen receptor (AR), also known as NR3C4 (nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 4), is a type of nuclear receptor that is activated by binding any of the androgenic hormones, including testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in th ...

, HSP90, and immunotherapy. Scher is on the board of directors at Asterias, a biotechnology company. Scher was awarded

American Association for Cancer Research The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world's oldest and largest professional association related to cancer research. Based in Philadelphia, the AACR focuses on all aspects of cancer research, including basic, clinical, and t ...

's 2015 Team Science Award along with

Michael E. Jung Michael E. Jung is a Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles. Michael Jung was born May 14, 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Early life and education Jung received a B. ...

and Charles Sawyers for their work in the development of enzalutamide. He has also collaborated with Brett Carver and Neal Rosen, both also at MSKCC, on experimental cancer therapeutics for androgen-resistance prostate cancer. Scher has published over 500 scholarly works.

References

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