> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ismms-gs.gitbook.io/graduate-student-handbook/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ismms-gs.gitbook.io/graduate-student-handbook/chapter-on-multidisciplinary-training-areas/multidisciplinary-training-areas/cancer-biology-cab.md).

# Cancer Biology (CAB)

**Webpage:** <https://icahn.mssm.edu/education/phd/biomedical-sciences/cancer-biology>

**Faculty:** <https://icahn.mssm.edu/education/phd/biomedical-sciences/cancer-biology/faculty>

#### Description

This training program combines research in the biology of cancer with a curriculum that challenges trainees to consider how their research may be translated into improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

#### Program Directors

James J. Manfredi, PhD

[james.manfredi@mssm.edu](<mailto:james.manfredi@mssm.edu >)

212-659-5495

Martin J. Walsh, PhD

<martin.walsh@mssm.edu>

212-241-9714