Kornelia Polyak, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School; Co-Leader, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center Cancer Cell Biology Program
Dr. Polyak is Professor of Medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, and a co-leader of the Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center Cancer Cell Biology Program. Dr. Polyak is an…
Dr. Polyak is Professor of Medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, and a co-leader of the Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center Cancer Cell Biology Program. Dr. Polyak is an internationally-recognized leader of breast cancer research. Her laboratory is dedicated to improving the clinical management of breast cancer patients by understanding of breast tumor evolution. Dr. Polyak has devoted much effort to develop new ways to study tumors as a whole and to apply interdisciplinary approaches. Dr. Polyak have received numerous awards including the Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research, the AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, and the 14th Rosalind E. Franklin Award for Women in Science. She is a recipient of the NCI Outstanding Investigator award and received a Distinguished Alumna Award from Weil-Cornell. Dr. Polyak is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Association for Cancer Research Academy, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.