Jessica Scott

Jessica Scott, PhD, is an Associate Member in the Exercise Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center in New York. She received her PhD in Exercise Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and completed her Post-doctoral Fellowship at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. After 5 years as a Senior Scientist in the Exercise Physiology and Countermeasures Laboratory at JSC, she joined MSK where her research is focused on characterizing multisystem toxicity and studying the efficacy of exercise therapy to prevent and reverse multisystem toxicity. She is the recipient of NASA’s Human Research Program Peer Award, NASA’s Innovation Achievement Award, and NASA’s Group Achievement Award, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space.