Deirdre J. Cohen named director of GI Oncology at Mount Sinai, medical director of Cancer Clinical Trials Office at Tisch

In this country, we have museums devoted to natural history, culture, space exploration, sports, civil rights, and all manner of creative expression. But surprisingly, one of our nation’s most important human endeavors—the quest to translate scientific discoveries into medical advances—lacks a national venue that captures the drama of its story.