The

American Association for Cancer Research The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world's oldest and largest professional association related to cancer research. Based in Philadelphia, the AACR focuses on all aspects of cancer research, including basic, clinical, and t ...

gives several annual awards for significant contributions to the field of cancer research.

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research

This award recognizes prodigious scientists that have made profound contributions to the field of cancer research. * 2018: Joseph R. Bertino * 2017:

Mina Bissell Mina J. Bissell is an Iranian-American biologist known for her research on breast cancer. In particular, she has studied the effects of a cell's microenvironment, including its extracellular matrix, on tissue function. Early life and education ...

* 2016:

Robert A. Weinberg Robert Allan Weinberg (born November 11, 1942) is a biologist, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), director of the Ludwig Center of the MIT, and American Cancer Society Research Profes ...

* 2015:

Mario R. Capecchi Mario Ramberg Capecchi (born 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born molecular geneticist and a co-awardee of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method to create mice in which a specific gene is turned off, known as knock ...

* 2014: Douglas Hanahan * 2013: Harold L. Moses * 2012:

Beatrice Mintz Beatrice Mintz (January 24, 1921 – January 3, 2022) was an American embryologist who contributed to the understanding of genetic modification, cellular differentiation, and cancer, particularly melanoma.Martha J. Bailey, ''American women in ...

* 2011: Susan Band Horwitz * 2010:

Janet D. Rowley Janet Davison Rowley (April 5, 1925 – December 17, 2013) was an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers, thus proving that cancer is a genetic disease. ...

* 2009:

Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. (born April 1, 1933) is an American physician and cancer researcher. Born in Boston, he received an A.B. from Harvard College, an M.D. from Duke University, and an M.Sc. in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public He ...

* 2008:

Harald zur Hausen Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (; born 11 March 1936) is a German virologist and professor emeritus. He has done research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobe ...

* 2007:

Donald Metcalf Donald Metcalf AC FRS FAA (26 February 1929 – 15 December 2014) was an Australian medical researcher who spent most of his career at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. In 1954 he received the Carden ...

* 2006: Bernard Fisher * 2005: Alfred G. Knudson, Jr. * 2004:

Emil Frei Emil "Tom" Frei III (February 21, 1924 – April 30, 2013) was an American physician and oncologist. He was the former director and former physician-in-chief of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also the Richard a ...

III

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research

This award recognizes the outstanding research of investigators under the age of 40. * This award has not been given since 2016. * 2016:

Franziska Michor Franziska Michor (born 1982) is an Austrian-American computational biologist who is a Professor in the Department of Data Science at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. She serves as Director of the Physical Sciences-Oncology Center and the Cente ...

* 2015:

Christopher R. Vakoc Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), " Christ" or " Anointed", and φέρ ...

* 2014: Nima Sharifi * 2013: Roger S. Lo * 2012:

Yibin Kang Yibin (; Sichuanese Pinyin: nyi2bin1; Sichuanese pronunciation: ) is a prefecture-level city in the southeastern part of Sichuan province, China, located at the junction of the Min and Yangtze Rivers. Its population was 4,588,804 inhabitants, ac ...

* 2011: Nathanael S. Gray * 2010:

Joshua T. Mendell Joshua T. Mendell is an American molecular biologist who is a professor of molecular biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Before moving to UT Southwestern, Mendel ...

* 2009: Victor Velculescu * 2008: Arul Chinnaiyan * 2007:

Kornelia Polyak Kornelia Polyak is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized breast cancer expert. Polyak earned her MD from Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University in Szeged, Hungary, and her PhD from Weill Cornell Gra ...

* 2006:

Ivan Dikic Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

* 2005:

Gregory J. Hannon Gregory James Hannon One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 1964) is a professor of molecular cancer biology and director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute at the Univ ...

* 2004: Xiaodong Wang * 2003: none * 2002:

Todd R. Golub Todd R. Golub is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School, the Charles A. Dana Investigator in Human Cancer Genetics at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, and thDirectorand a founding member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvar ...

* 2001:

Scott W. Lowe Scott William Lowe (born October 4, 1963) is Chair of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program in the Sloan Kettering Institute at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is recognized for his research on the tumor suppressor gene, p53, which i ...

* 2000:

Nikola P. Pavletich Nikola Panayot Pavletich is the former chair of structural biology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Education Pavletich received his BS in chemistry from Caltech in 1988 and his PhD in molecular biology and genetics from Johns Hopkins Uni ...

* 1999:

John Kuriyan John Kuriyan is the Dean of Basic Sciences and a Professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He was formerly the Chancellor's Professor at the University of California, Berkeley in the departments of Molecular and Cell Bi ...

* 1998:

Michael C. Dean Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...

* 1997: Tyler Jacks * 1996:

Carol W. Greider Carolyn Widney Greider (born April 15, 1961) is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate. She joined the University of California, Santa Cruz as a Distinguished Professor in the department of molecular, cell, and developmental biology ...

* 1995:

Eric S. Lander Eric Steven Lander (born February 3, 1957) is an American mathematician and geneticist who served as the 11th director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President, serving on the presidential Cabinet. La ...

* 1994:

Igor B. Roninson Igor may refer to: People * Igor (given name), an East Slavic given name and a list of people with the name * Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler * Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling ...

* 1993: Tom Curran * 1992:

Elizabeth Robertson Elizabeth Jane Robertson is a British developmental biologist based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. She is Professor of Developmental Biology at Oxford and a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow. She is ...

* 1991:

Richard C. Mulligan Richard C. Mulligan, Ph.D., (born 1954) is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative. He is a Director of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Biogen Idec, Inc. Awards * 198 ...

* 1990: Ronald M. Evans * 1989: Bert Vogelstein * 1988:

Webster K. Cavenee Webster K. "Web" Cavenee (born 1951) is the Director of Strategic Alliances in Central Nervous System Cancers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He was the Director of ...

* 1987:

Peter M. Blumberg Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

* 1986: Mariano Barbacid * 1985:

Lance A. Liotta Lance A. Liotta (born July 12, 1947) is the co-director and co-founder of the Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) at George Mason University. His research team was the first to propose the existence of the autocrine motil ...

* 1984:

Charles D. Stiles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

* 1983:

Susan Astrin Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

* 1982:

Stuart A. Aaronson Stuart A. Aaronson (born February 28, 1942) is an American author and cancer biologist. He has authored more than 500 publications and holds over 50 patents, and was the Jane B. and Jack R. Aron Professor of Neoplastic Diseases and Chairman of On ...

* 1981: Yung-Chi Cheng * 1980: Malcolm A. S. Moore

AACR Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research

This award is given for achievements in clinical research. * 2019:

Susan L. Cohn Susan Lerner Cohn is a professor of pediatrics and section chief of oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at the Pritzker School of Medicine of the University of Chicago. She is recognized for her contributions to pediatric oncology ...

* 2018:

Johann S. de Bono Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning " Yahweh is Gracio ...

* 2017:

Judy E. Garber Judy Ellen Garber is the director of the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Garber previously served as president of the American Association for C ...

* 2016:

John C. Byrd John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Seco ...

* 2015:

Elizabeth M. Jaffee Elizabeth M. Jaffee is an American oncologist specializing in pancreatic cancer and immunotherapy. Education Jaffee completed her undergraduate degree at Brandeis University in 1981 and earned her MD from New York Medical College in 1985. Follo ...

* 2014:

John F. DiPersio John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

* 2013: Hagop M. Kantarjian * 2012:

Lawrence H. Einhorn Lawrence Einhorn is an American oncologist at Indiana University School of Medicine. A pioneer in cancer treatment research, Einhorn developed cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens that increased cure rates while minimizing toxic side effects. ...

* 2011: Ching-Hon Pui * 2010:

Henry T. Lynch Henry Thompson Lynch (January 4, 1928 – June 2, 2019) was an American physician noted for his discovery of familial susceptibility to certain kinds of cancer and his research into genetic links to cancer. He is sometimes described as "the fat ...

* 2009:

W. Marston Linehan W. may refer to: * SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel * W. (film), ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush * "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 199 ...

* 2008: Joseph R. Bertino * 2007: Kenneth C. Anderson * 2006:

Merrill J. Egorin Merrill may refer to: Places in the United States *Merrill Field, Anchorage, Alaska *Merrill, Iowa * Merrill, Maine *Merrill, Michigan *Merrill, Mississippi, an unincorporated community near Lucedale in George County *Merrill, Oregon *Merrill, Wis ...

* 2005:

Jimmie C. Holland Jimmie Coker Holland (April 9, 1928 – December 24, 2017) was a founder of the field of psycho-oncology.National Library of Medicine, Changing the Face of MedicineDr. Jimmie C. HollandPage accessed March 28, 2016 In 1977, she worked with two ...

* 2004: Clara D. Bloomfield * 2003:

David S. Alberts David Stephen Alberts (born 1942) is a former American Director of Research for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (NII). Biography David S. Alberts did his undergraduate work was at Ci ...

* 2002: Lee M. Nadler * 2001: Rainer F. Storb * 2000:

Waun Ki Hong Waun Ki Hong (August 13, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was Professor of Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he served as chairman of the Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology from 1993 to 2005 and as head ...

* 1999: John Mendelsohn * 1998: Bernard Fisher * 1997: Ronald Levy * 1996:

Samuel A. Wells Jr. Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transit ...

AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology

This award is given for major contributions to the field of cancer immunology. * 2018:

Antoni Ribas Antoni Ribas i Piera (27 October 1935 – 3 October 2007) was a Catalan Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1966 and 2007. His 1973 film ''La otra imagen'' was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Fi ...

* 2017:

Olivera Finn Olivera J. Finn is a Yugoslav-American immunologist who is a distinguished professor and former chair of the department of immunology at the University of Pittsburgh (2001–2013) and former director of the Cancer Immunology Program at the Unive ...

* 2016: Ronald Levy * 2015:

Carl H. June Carl H. June (born 1953) is an American immunologist and oncologist. He is currently the Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pen ...

* 2014:

Robert D. Schreiber Robert D. Schreiber (born 1946) is an immunologist and currently is the Alumni Endowed Professor of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine. Schreiber has led a major revision in our understanding of how the immune ...

* 2013: James P. Allison

AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research

This award is given to scientists for have made significant discoveries in cancer prevention. * 2014:

Graham A. Colditz Graham and Graeme may refer to: People * Graham (given name), an English-language given name * Graham (surname), an English-language surname * Graeme (surname), an English-language surname * Graham (musician) (born 1979), Burmese singer * Clan Gr ...

* 2013:

John P. Pierce John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Seco ...

* 2012:

Jack Cuzick Jack Martin Cuzick (born 11 August 1948) is an American-born British academic, director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London and head of the Centre for Cancer Prevention. He is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at the W ...

* 2011: Andrew J. Dannenberg * 2010:

John D. Groopman John D. Groopman is an American cancer researcher. Groopman completed his bachelor's degree at Elmira College in 1974, then obtained a doctorate in toxicology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979. He remained at MIT for postdoc ...

* 2009:

Mark W. Schiffman Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

* 2008: Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. * 2007: Leslie Bernstein * 2006: Stephen S. Hecht * 2005: Scott M. Lippman * 2004:

* 2003:

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship

This award recognizes successful scientists dedicated to international collaborations. * 2018: Lisa M. Coussens * 2017:

Louis M. Staudt Louis Michael Staudt is a scientist at the National Cancer Institute, where he is co-chief of the Lymphoid Malignancies Branch and the director of the Center for Cancer Genomics. Early life and education Staudt was born in 1955 in Michigan. Stau ...

* 2016:

William G. Kaelin Jr. William G. Kaelin Jr. (born November 23, 1957) is an American Nobel Laureate physician-scientist. He is a professor of medicine at Harvard University and the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. His laboratory studies tumor suppressor proteins. In 201 ...

* 2015:

Lewis C. Cantley Lewis C. Cantley (born February 20, 1949) is an American cell biologist and biochemist who has made significant advances to the understanding of cancer metabolism. Among his most notable contributions are the discovery and study of the enzyme PI-3 ...

* 2014:

Rakesh K. Jain Rakesh K. Jain (born 1950) is the Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Tumor Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital in the Harvard Medical School and Director of the E.L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. ...

* 2013:

Carlo M. Croce Carlo Maria Croce (born December 17, 1944) is an Italian-American professor of medicine at Ohio State University, specializing in oncology and the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer. Croce and his research have attracted public attention beca ...

* 2012: Mary J.C. Hendrix * 2011:

Philip Hanawalt Philip C. Hanawalt (born 1931) is an American biologist who discovered the process of repair replication of damaged DNA in 1963. He is also considered the co-discoverer of the ubiquitous process of DNA excision repair along with his mentor, Ri ...

* 2010: Mary-Claire King * 2009:

Curtis C. Harris Curtis. C. Harris is the head of the Molecular Genetics and Carcinogenesis Section and chief of the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis at the Center for Cancer Research of the National Cancer Institute, NIH. Harris graduated from University of ...

* 2008:

Lawrence A. Loeb Lawrence A. "Larry" Loeb is an American cancer researcher and genome scientist. He is a professor of pathology and biochemistry at the University of Washington. Loeb is best known for his work on the fidelity of DNA polymerase, and his proposal of ...

* 2007:

* 2002:

Michael B. Sporn Michael B. Sporn (born February 13, 1933) is a professor emeritus of pharmacology, toxicology and medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. His research focuses on the prevention of cancer. He graduated from Harvard University in 1952 received his MD ...

AACR Team Science Award

This award is given to promote collaboration to further breakthroughs in cancer research. * 2018: Genomic Approaches to Preventing and Treating Asian-Prevalent Cancers Team" :: Patrick Tan, Steven G. Rozen, Sen-Yung Hsieh, Chiea Chuen Khor, Narong Khuntikeo,

Soon Thye Lim Soon may refer to: Music * ''Soon'' (musical), a 1971 rock opera by Joseph M. Kookolis and Scott Fagan Albums * ''Soon'' (album), a 1993 album by Tanya Tucker, and the title song (see below) * ''Soon'' (EP), a 1997 EP by Far Songs * ...

, Choon Kiat Ong, Chawalit Pairojkul, See-Tong Pang,

Tatsuhiro Shibata is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The ...

, Bin Tean Teh * 2017: International Liquid Biopsy Initiative Team" ::

Luis A. Diaz Luis Alberto Diaz, Jr. is the Head of the Division of Solid Tumor Oncology in Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Department of Medicine. Education and career Diaz earned his undergraduate and medical degree at the University of Michigan and Michiga ...

, Nishant Agrawal, Chetan Bettegowda,

Frank Diehl Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Cur ...

, Peter Gibbs,

Stanley R. Hamilton Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...

Ralph H. Hruban Ralph H. Hruban is professor of pathology and oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is currently Director of the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins, and Baxley Professor and Director of the Department of Pa ...

Hartmut Juhl Hartmut is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Hartmut of Saint Gall (died 905), Benedictine abbot *Hartmut Bagger (born 1938), retired German general of the Bundeswehr *Hartmut Becker (born 1938), German actor *Hartmut Boockmann ...

Isaac Kinde Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was th ...

Kenneth Kinzler Kenneth Wayne Kinzler (born January 30, 1962) is a professor of oncology, and director of the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins University at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Kinzler received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 198 ...

Martin Nowak Martin Andreas Nowak (born April 7, 1965) is an Austrian-born professor of Mathematical and theoretical biology, mathematical biology, at Harvard University since 2003. He is one of the leading researchers in the field that studies the role of co ...

Nickolas Papadopoulos Nickolas is a variation of the given name Nicholas. Nickolas may refer to: People *Nickolas Ashford (1941–2011), American singer with Ashford & Simpson *Nickolas Butler (born 1979), American writer *Nick Carter (musician) (born 1980), American e ...

David Sidransky David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, Jeanne Tie, Victor E. Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein * 2016: Women's Health Initiative Team: ::

Ross L. Prentice Ross L. Prentice (born October 16, 1946) is a Canadian statistician known particularly for his contributions to survival analysis and statistical methods for epidemiology. He has worked at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in 1974 and is ...

Garnet L. Anderson Garnet Larae Anderson is an American biostatistician, known for her research on the health risks caused by side effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy, and more generally as one of the leading researchers in the Women's Health Initiative. She ...

Bette Caan Bette may refer to: People and fictional characters * Bette (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Jean-Christophe Bette, French competitive rower * The noble House of Bette: the Marquess of Lede: ** Guillaum de Bette, 1st Marq ...

, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Rebecca D. Jackson,

Charles Kooperberg Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

JoAnn E. Manson JoAnn Elisabeth Manson (born 1953) is an American physician and professor known for her pioneering research, public leadership, and advocacy in the fields of epidemiology and women's health. Manson's research has contributed to the understanding ...

, Electra D. Paskett,

Jacques E. Rossouw Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

, Sally A. Shumaker, Marcia L. Stefanick, Cynthia Ann Thomson,

Jean Wactawski-Wende Jean Wactawski-Wende is an American epidemiologist specializing in women's health. She is a Full professor of epidemiology and environmental health, and dean of the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions. During t ...

* 2015: Designing AR Inhibitors Team: ::

Charles L. Sawyers Charles L. Sawyers (born 1959) is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator who holds the Marie-Josée Drouin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair (academic), Chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP) at Memorial S ...

Michael E. Jung Michael E. Jung is a Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles. Michael Jung was born May 14, 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Early life and education Jung received a B. ...

Howard Scher Howard I. Scher is the Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College. He has a depth of experience in clinical trials for novel types of cancer treatment ...

* 2014:

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland where he remained for most ...

, and NCI Malignant Brain Tumor Team: ::

Darell D. Bigner Darell is a given name derived from an English surname, which was derived from Norman language, Norman-French , originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France. There are no longer any towns in France called Airelle, but is the French word ...

, Bert Vogelstein,

Ira Pastan Ira Pastan (born in Winthrop, Massachusetts June 1, 1931) is an American scientist at the National Cancer Institute. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Associa ...

, Daniel Barboriak,

Oren J. Becher Oren ( he, אורן) is a masculine given name, meaning 'pine' or 'ash' in Hebrew. In the Book of Chronicles, Oren is one of the sons of Jerahmeel, the first-born of Hezron, along with Ram, Bunah, Ozem and Ahijah. Oren, as a given name or surnam ...

, Thomas J. Cummings, Annick Desjardins,

Allan Friedman Allan Howard Friedman is the Guy L. Odom Professor of Neurological Surgery (neurosurgery) at Duke University Medical Center, specializing in tumor and vascular neurosurgery. He has been on the Duke faculty since 1981. Friedman was born in Chicago, ...

Henry S. Friedman Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal ...

Matthias Gromeier Dr. Matthias Gromeier is a Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Duke University Medical Center, who has developed a way to re-engineer a poliovirus to inspire the human immune system to kill cancer cells in a specific set of cancers. The r ...

, Sridharan Gururangan, Yiping He,

Kenneth W. Kinzler Kenneth Wayne Kinzler (born January 30, 1962) is a professor of oncology, and director of the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins University at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Kinzler received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 198 ...

, Chien-Tsun Kuan, Roger E. McLendon,

Katherine B. Peters Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Chris ...

, Tulika Ranjan, B. K. Ahmed Rasheed,

John H. Sampson John Howard Sampson is an American neurosurgeon and University of Colorado School of Medicine Dean and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs for CU Anschutz who was formerly chief of the department of neurosurgery at Duke University where he serv ...

, Victor E. Velculescu,

Gordana Vlahovic Gordana () is a Slavic female first name, mostly used in Slavic countries such as Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Name is derived from Proto-Slavic ''*gъrdъ'' (''gȏrd'') meaning proud. N ...

Jason A. Watts Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. H ...

, Hai Yan,

Michael R. Zalutsky Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

* 2013: Johns Hopkins Pancreatic Cancer Sequencing Team in the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins University: ::

N. Volkan Adsay N is the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. N or n may also refer to: Mathematics * \mathbb, the set of natural numbers * N, the field norm * N for ''nullae'', a rare Roman numeral for zero * n, the size of a statistical sample Sc ...

Peter J. Allen Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

, Michael A. Choti,

, James R. Eshleman, Michael G. Goggins,

Joseph M. Herman Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name * ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...

Scott E. Kern Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saskat ...

, Alison P. Klein, David S. Klimstra, Anirban Maitra,

Alan K. Meeker Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * A ...

, Victor E. Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein,

Christopher L. Wolfgang Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), " Christ" or " Anointed", and φέρ ...

Laura DeLong Wood Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay o ...

* 2012: The

Institute of Cancer Research The Institute of Cancer Research (the ICR) is a public research institute and a member institution of the University of London in London, United Kingdom, specialising in oncology. It was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Mar ...

(ICR) and Royal Marsden Hospital: Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit and Drug Development Units: :: Bissan Al-Lazikani, Udai Banerji,

Julian Blagg Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (giv ...

, Ian Collins, Johann De Bono,

Sue Eccles Sue or SUE may refer to: Music * Sue Records, an American record label * ''Sue'' (album), an album by Frazier Chorus * "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", a song by David Bowie Places * Sue Islet (Queensland), one of the Torres Straits islan ...

Michelle Garrett Michelle may refer to: People *Michelle (name), a given name and surname, the feminine form of Michael * Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, performing as "Michelle" * Michelle (German singer) * Michelle (Scottish singer) (born 1980), Scottish wi ...

Swen Hoelder Swen is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include Given name *Swen Gillberg, visual effects supervisor * Swen König (born 1985), Swiss footballer *Swen Nater (born 1950), Dutch basketball player * Swen Schuller (born 1971), ...

, Keith Jones,

Stan Kaye Stan or STAN may refer to: People * Stan (given name), a list of people with the given name ** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy * Stan (surname), a Romanian surname * Stan! (born 1964), American author, ...

Spiros Linardopoulos Spiro(s) may refer to: * Spiro, Oklahoma, a town in the U.S. ** Spiro Mounds, an archaeological site * Spiro (band), a British music group * Spiro (name), including a list of people with the name * Špiro, South Slavic masculine given name * ARA ...

Richard Marais Richard Malcolm Marais is Director of the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Manchester Institute and Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Manchester. Education Marais was educated at University College London where he was awarded a Bac ...

Flo Raynaud ''Flo'' is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Alice (American TV series), Alice'' that aired on CBS from March 24, 1980, to June 30, 1981. The series starred Polly Holliday reprising her role as sassy and s ...

, Caroline Springer,

Rob van Montfort Rob or ROB may refer to: Places * Rob, Velike Lašče, a settlement in Slovenia * Roberts International Airport (IATA code ROB), in Monrovia, Liberia People * Rob (given name), a given name or nickname, e.g., for Robert(o), Robin/Robyn * Rob (s ...

, Paul Workman * 2011: Seattle HPV Research Team: :: Janet R. Daling, Denise A. Galloway, James Hughes,

Nancy B. Kiviat Nancy may refer to: Places France * Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine ** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ...

Laura Koutsky Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay ...

, Margaret M. Madeleine,

Constance Mao Constance may refer to: Places *Konstanz, Germany, sometimes written as Constance in English *Constance Bay, Ottawa, Canada *Constance, Kentucky *Constance, Minnesota *Constance (Portugal) *Mount Constance, Washington State People *Constance ( ...

Barbara McKnight Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously ...

Peggy L. Porter Peggy may refer to: People * Peggy (given name), people with the given name or nickname Arts and entertainment * ''Peggy'' (musical), a 1911 musical comedy by Stuart and Bovill * ''Peggy'' (album), a 1977 Peggy Lee album * ''Peggy'' (191 ...

, Stephen M. Schwartz,

Hisham K. Tamimi Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, هشام بن عبد الملك, Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 691 – 6 February 743) was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 until his death in 743. Early life Hisham was born in Damascus, the administrat ...

, Long-fu Xi * 2010: Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Research Team: :: Michael J. Eck,

Jeffery Engelman Jeffery may refer to: * Jeffery (name), including a list of people with the name * Jeffery (automobile), an early American automobile manufacturer * Thomas B. Jeffery Company * Jeffery Boulevard, a major north–south street on the South Side of ...

Nathanael Gray Nathanael S. Gray is a Krishnan-Shah Family Professor of chemical and systems biology at Stanford University and director of cancer therapeutics programme at Stanford University School of Medicine. Previously he was a Nancy Lurie Marks Professor ...

Daniel Haber Daniel A. Haber is the director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, a professor of oncology at Harvard Medical School, and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Career Haber earned his B.S. in life sci ...

Pasi A. Janne Pasi may refer to: * Pasi (caste), a Hindu caste of northern India * ''Pasi'' (film), a 1979 Tamil film * Pasi (given name) * Pasi (surname), a surname of the Pasi community * Pasi, Papua New Guinea, a settlement near the coast of Sandaun Provinc ...

, Bruce E. Johnson, Susumu Kobayashi,

Eunice Kwak Eunice is a feminine given name, from the Greek Εὐνίκη, ''Euníkē'', from "eu", good, and "níkē", victory. Eunice is also a relatively rare last name, found in Nigeria and the Southeastern United States, chiefly Louisiana and Georgia. Pe ...

Neal Lindeman Neal (Neil) is a given masculine name and surname of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "hon ...

, Thomas J. Lynch, Shyamala Maheswaran, Matthew L. Meyerson,

Lecia V. Sequist Leica Camera AG () is a German company that manufactures cameras, optical lenses, photographic lenses, binoculars, rifle scopes and microscopes. The company was founded by Ernst Leitz in 1869 (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar), in Wetzlar, Germany. In ...

Jeffery Settleman Jeffery may refer to: * Jeffery (name), including a list of people with the name * Jeffery (automobile), an early American automobile manufacturer * Thomas B. Jeffery Company * Jeffery Boulevard, a major north–south street on the South Side of ...

Daniel G. Tenen Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

Mehmet Toner Mehmet Toner (born 1958) is a Turkish biomedical engineer. He is currently the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, with a joint appointment as professor at the Harvard-M ...

, Kwok-Kin Wong * 2009:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility located in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on children's catastrophic diseases, pa ...

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Team: ::

Dario Campana Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius. Given name *Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician *Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director *Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper *Dario Bellezza (194 ...

, Cheng Cheng,

James R. Downing James R. Downing is an American clinical executive. He is the president and chief executive officer of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Early life and education James R. Downing was born to Lillian and Robert W. Downing and grew up in De ...

, William E. Evans, Melissa M. Hudson,

Sima Jeha Sima or SIMA may refer to: People * Sima (Chinese surname) * Sima (given name), a Persian feminine name in use in Iran and Turkey * Sima (surname) Places * Sima, Comoros, on the island of Anjouan, near Madagascar * Sima de los Huesos, a caver ...

Charles Mullighan Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

, Ching-Hon Pui, Susana C. Raimondi,

Mary V. Relling Mary Violet Relling is an American pharmacogeneticist. Relling's research focuses on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in children and how genome variability influences a child's response to cancer chemotherapy. Early life and education Rell ...

Raul C. Ribeiro Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may r ...

* 2008: University of California San Francisco, the

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), commonly referred to as the Berkeley Lab, is a United States Department of Energy National Labs, United States national laboratory that is owned by, and conducts scientific research on behalf of, t ...

and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center: :: Donna G. Albertson,

Jane Fridyland Jane may refer to: * Jane (given name), a feminine given name * Jane (surname), related to the given name Film and television * ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd * ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama fil ...

Joe W. Gray Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...

Ajay Jain Ajay or Ajai may refer to: People * Ajay (given name) * Abe Ajay (1919–1998), American artist * Ajay (actor), Indian actor prominent in Telugu cinema Places * Ajai Wildlife Reserve, northeastern Uganda * Ajay River, a major river in Jhar ...

, Anne H. Kallioniemi, Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi,

Robert Nordmeyer The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, Norma J. Nowak,

Daniel Pinkel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

Antoine Sniders Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin '' Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Gui ...

Damir Sudar Damir is a common male given name in South Slavic languages. It also occasionally appears in Central Asia and Turkic regions of Russia. It is of Slavic origin, with ''da'' meaning "give"/"take", and ''mir'', meaning "peace". It can also be a va ...

Frederick M. Waldmann Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederi ...

* 2007: University of Michigan-

Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts Gener ...

Team: :: Xuhong Cao, Arul Chinnaiyan,

Saravana Dhanasekaran ''Saravana'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action romance film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It is a love story set in the backdrop of a village starring Silambarasan and Jyothika, with Five Star Krishna, Vivek, and Prakash Raj in supporti ...

, Rohit Mehra,

James Montie James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

, Kenneth Pienta,

Robin Rasor Robin L. Rasor a.k.a. Ruth Rasor (b. 1956) is a technology transfer professional with an MS in genetics who serves as the Executive director of the Duke University Licensing & Ventures office. Background and career Rasor received her BS in bact ...

, Daniel Rhodes, Rajal Shah,

Scott A. Tomlins Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Sask ...

, Sooryanarayana Varambally,

John Wei John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

Francesca Demichelis Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name ''Franciscus'' meaning 'the Frenchman' It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian language, Italian, French language, French and Catalan language, Cata ...

, Charles Lee,

Sven Perner Sven (in Danish and Norwegian, also Svend and also in Norwegian most commonly Svein) is a Scandinavian first name which is also used in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries. The name itself is Old Norse for "young man" or "young ...

Mark A. Rubin Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finn ...

References

{{Reflist American Association for Cancer Research Cancer research awards