Princeton University Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Public Health
Known for
BRCA2 Research
Spouse
Emily Sonnenblick
(m. 1984)
Awards
American Society of Clinical Oncology-American Cancer Society Award (2013)
Scientific career
Fields
Cancer Genetics, Oncology, Medical Research
Institutions
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kenneth Offit (born February 19, 1955) is an American cancer geneticist and oncologist known for his discoveries with respect to the genetic bases of breast, colorectal, and lymphoid cancers.[1] He is currently Chief of the Clinical Genetics Service and the Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.[2] Offit is also a member of the Program in Cancer Biology and Genetics at the Sloan-Kettering Institute and Professor of Medicine and Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medical College.[3] He was previously a member of both the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Cancer Institute[4] and the Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention working group of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.[5]
Offit has garnered numerous honors for his contributions to the prevention and management of cancer. In 2013, he was selected for the American Society of Clinical Oncology-American Cancer Society Award and Lecture.[6][7] In 2016, he was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine[1] and appointed to the Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health.[8] In 2018, he was named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.[9] In 2021, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[10] In 2023, he was awarded University of Pennsylvania's Basser Global Prize for BRCA1 and BRCA2-related research[11] and an Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his national professional and civic contributions.[12]
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^"ASCO - American Cancer Society Award and Lecture". Asco.org. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015.
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^"2018 Fellows of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO) Recognized During Annual Meeting in Chicago". The ASCO Post. June 3, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
^"Three Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Faculty Members Elected as 2021 AAAS Fellows | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center". www.mskcc.org. January 27, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
^"2023 Basser Global Prize Awarded to Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH". www.pennmedicine.org. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
^"EIHS Medalists". medalists.eihonors.org. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
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(25–26): 3954–60. doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00271-8. PMID 12922131. Gerber JS, Offit PA (2009). "Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses". Clin Infect...
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University of Akron School of Law. Retrieved May 2, 2012.[permanent dead link] Offit, Paul A. (2005). The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine...
2014. Ikilezi, Gloria; Augusto, Orvalho J.; Dieleman, Joseph L.; Sherr, Kenneth; Lim, Stephen S. (2020). "Effect of donor funding for immunization from...
179. ISBN 978-1-84529-155-6. Gross & Sepkowitz 1998, p. 56 Silverman, Kenneth. The Life and Times of Cotton Mather, Harper & Row, New York, 1984. ISBN 0-06-015231-1...
Plotkin's vaccines. Plotkin, Stanley A., 1932-, Orenstein, Walter A.,, Offit, Paul A. (Seventh ed.). Philadelphia, PA. 2018. ISBN 978-0-323-39302-7....
Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016. Offit, Paul (April 11, 2016). "Anti-Vaccine Doc 'Vaxxed': A Doctor's Film Review"...
3954–3960. doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00271-8. PMID 12922131. Gerber JS, Offit PA (2009). "Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses". Clin Infect...
Justin Kennedy, son of Anthony Kennedy, and others such as Jon Vaccaro, Mike Offit, Steve Stuart, Eric Schwartz, and Tobin "Toby" Cobb are central to Donald...
False Beliefs Spread. Yale University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0300241006 Offit, Paul (2019). Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists...
his own claims. Wakefield's patent application was also noted in Paul Offit's 2008 book, Autism's False Prophets. In January 2005, Wakefield sued Channel...
Lectures on some points in the treatment and management of neuroses. Appleton. Offit P (March–April 2017). "God's Own Medicine". Skeptical Inquirer. 41 (2):...
medicine that works and medicine that doesn't", a notion later echoed by Paul Offit: "The truth is there's no such thing as conventional or alternative or complementary...
Scott Stephenson was named president and CEO in November 2018. Morris W. Offit serves as the museum's current chairman. The building was designed by Robert...
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