An Interview with
Thomas J. Kelly "I'm one of those lucky people who knew he wanted to be a scientist from day one" 
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Under the leadership of Dr. Thomas J. Kelly, Sloan-Kettering Institute's research staff includes more than 90 laboratory investigators, 404 research fellows, and 150 graduate students (both PhDs and MD/PhDs).
The Institute boasts ten National Academy of Sciences members, and six Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. Located in the research corridor of Manhattan's Upper Eastside, Sloan-Kettering Institute enjoys a close collaboration with neighbors Cornell University, its Weill Medical College, and The Rockefeller University. This Tri-Institutional community is home to five Nobel prize winners.
Education and Training
Sloan-Kettering Institute offers a host of training programs, including the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, PhD Program, the Training Program in Chemical Biology, and the Summer Research Internship Program. (See our Graduate Education section.) Of special note, in November 2004 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center announced the establishment of a graduate school in biomedical sciences.
Commitment to the Future
In fall 2006, Memorial Sloan-Kettering nearly doubled the size of its research enterprise with the official opening of a new research complex, named in recognition of a $100 million gift from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Boards member Mortimer B. Zuckerman.
The first new research facility for Memorial Sloan-Kettering since 1989, The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center's 23-story building is uniquely designed to provide basic scientists and clinical investigators with an inspiring, interactive, and efficient environment in which they can work together. A second phase of construction is now underway to build a connecting seven-story structure.
