The Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction was established by

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Susan G. Komen (formerly known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure; originally as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; often simply as Komen) is a breast cancer organization in the United States. Komen focuses on patient navigation and advo ...

in 1992 to recognize leading scientists for their significant work in advancing research concepts or clinical application in the fields of

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or ...

research, screening or treatment. The intent of the award is to recognize scholars for a specific contribution, a consistent pattern of contributions, or leadership in the field that has had a substantial impact on the fight against breast cancer. The awardees are nominated and selected by a panel of their peers. Recipients are also invited to present their work in a lecture at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Brinker Award recipients each receive a $20,000 honorarium and a special citation of this distinction.

Recipients

Past recipients of the Komen Brinker Award
for Scientific Distinction include * V. Craig Jordan (1992), a pioneer in the use of tamoxifen * Bernard Fisher (1992) * Arnold J. Levine (1993) * Richard J. Santen (1993) * Marc Lippman (1994) * Malcolm C. Pike (1994) * C. Kent Osborne (1995) * Helene S. Smith (1995) * Edison Liu (1996) * Umberto Veronesi (1996) *

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(1997) *

David M. Livingston David M. Livingston (29 March 1941 – 17 October 2021) was the Deputy Director of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Emil Frei Professor of Genetics and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the Executive Committee for Research at D ...

(1997) * Leland Hartwell (1998), winner of the 2001

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for medicine or physiology who was recognized for his achievements in the understanding the cell cycle in the development of cancer * Henry T. Lynch (1998) * Mary-Claire King (1999), whose research isolated the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations associated with genetic forms of breast cancer * Nancy E. Davidson (1999) * Angela Brodie (2000) *

Dimitrios Trichopoulos Dimitrios Trichopoulos ( el, Δημήτριος Τριχόπουλος; December 9, 1938 – December 1, 2014), was a Mediterranean Diet expert and tobacco harms researcher. He was Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention and Professor of ...

(2000) * Jay R. Harris (2001) *

Bert W. O'Malley Bert W. O’Malley is the Tom Thompson Distinguished Service Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Chancellor at Baylor College of Medicine. A native of Pittsburgh, he has a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh (A&S 1959) a ...

(2001) *

Elwood V. Jensen Elwood Vernon Jensen (January 13, 1920 – December 16, 2012) was the Distinguished University Professor, George and Elizabeth Wile Chair in Cancer Research at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Vontz Center for Molecular Studies. I ...

(2002) * Charles L. Loprinzi (2002) *

Mina J. 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 ...

(2003) * Walter C. Willett (2003) *

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(2004) * Larry Norton, M.D. (2004), whose dose-density approach to the administration of chemotherapy has revolutionized breast cancer treatment * Trevor J. Powles (2005) * Anita Roberts (2005), who co-discovered the TGF-beta molecule *

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(2006) * George W. Sledge Jr. (2006) *

Leslie Bernstein Leslie Bernstein (9 October 1939 – 28 July 2022) was an American cancer epidemiologist and biostatistician. Known particularly for her research on breast cancer, in 1994 Bernstein led a ground-breaking study that found a correlation between mod ...

(2007) *

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(2007) * Richard D. Gelber (2008) * Aron Goldhirsch (2008) * Patricia S. Steeg (2008) * Benita S. Katzenellenbogan (2009) of the

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, for her work on the role of estrogen receptors in breast cancer * Geoffrey Greene (2009) *

Ian Smith Ian Douglas Smith (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to ...

(2009) *

Jeffrey M. Rosen Jeffrey M. Rosen is an American cancer researcher. Rosen earned a bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1966, and a doctorate at the University at Buffalo in 1970. After completing his postdoctoral fellowship at the Vanderbilt University Sc ...

(2010) * Soonmyung Paik (2010) * Carlos L. Arteaga (2011), whose research has helped in explaining the role of key growth factor receptors and proteins in breast cancer pathogenesis * Armando E. Giuliano (2011) *

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(2012) * Hyman B. Muss (2012) * Edith A. Perez (2013) *

Gordon B. Mills Gordon B. Mills is the Wayne and Julie Drinkward Endowed Chair in Precision Oncology, Director of Precision Oncology, Director of SMMART Trials and Professor in Cell, Development and Cancer Biology in the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & ...

(2013) * Mitchell Dowsett (2014),

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* Joan Brugge (2014),

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* Myles Brown (2015) * Martine J. Piccart (2015) * Charles Perou (2016) *

Monica Morrow Monica Morrow is a breast cancer surgeon and Chief of Breast Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, NY. Her first day seeing patients in clinic as Chief at MSKCC was Tuesday, February 19, 2008. She formerly served as th ...

(2016) *

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(2017) * Dennis Slamon (2017) * Lisa M. Coussens (2018) *

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(2018) * Matthew J. Ellis (2019) * Jane Visvader (2019) * Geoffrey Lindeman (2019)

References

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External links

List of award winners
at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure website. Awards established in 1992 Biomedical awards Breast cancer American science and technology awards

Recipients

See also

References

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