Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD, FANA
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD, FANA, is the Geoffrey Beene Junior Faculty Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. As a neuro-oncologist, she cares for patients with metastasis to the central nervous system (CNS), with particular focus on leptomeningeal metastasis. As a scientist, she runs a laboratory-based research program focused on the leptomeningeal space and the metastases that inhabit this interface between the central nervous system and the systemic circulation. Her team employs multi-omic analysis of human samples to capture communication between the brain and the body, and to identify cancer cell adaptations to the challenging microenvironment of the leptomeninges. Leveraging mouse models, in vitro modeling and classical biochemical techniques, the team uncovers the mechanistic implications of these discoveries to establish novel therapies for the prevention and treatment of leptomengingeal metastasis.
2026 Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award – Physician-Scientist Basic