Francesca Gany, MD
Founding Chief
Memorial Sloan Kettering Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Center
Dr. Gany was the founder and Director of the NYU School of Medicine Center for Immigrant Health, Cancer Institute CORE Center (Cancer Outreach, Outcomes and Research for Equity), and Global Masters of Public Health Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Human Migration concentration. She is now the founding Chief of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Center and the Nicholls-Biondi Chair in Community Health Equity. Dr. Gany has served as the PI on a number of pioneering immigrant health and health equity studies and programs on shared cancer and cardiovascular disease risk reduction, health care access, social determinants of health, cancer treatment adherence and quality of life, language access and cultural responsiveness, mHealth, and telehealth. Her work has led to long-term policy and programmatic changes.
