Ushma S. Neill

Ushma S. Neill is Chief of Staff to Acting President Claire Shipman, and also serves as Vice President, Campus Alignment. She joined the President’s Office in March 2025.

Dr. Neill served as a medical research journal editor, starting at Nature Medicine in 2001 then as Executive Editor (2003-2012) and Editor-at-Large (2012-2025) of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. In May 2012, Dr. Neill transitioned to academic administration, joining Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as the Chief of Staff to the President & CEO. In 2016, she became Vice President, Scientific Education and Training.

Dr. Neill obtained her BS, MS, and PhD degrees in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University then used a Marshall Scholarship to pursue postdoctoral study at Imperial College, London. Dr. Neill lives in Manhattan with her husband and three children.