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Issue: December 25, 2012
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ASCO foundation presents awards

Issue: December 25, 2012

ASCO’s Conquer Cancer Foundation recently presented its inaugural Quality Care Symposium Merit Awards.

The awards are designed to promote clinical cancer research by young investigators. Honorees also had the opportunity to present their research at ASCO’s Quality Care Symposium, held this fall in San Diego.

“The Conquer Cancer Foundation is thrilled to honor these researchers for their work in identifying solutions and strategies to improve the quality of cancer care,” Martin J. Murphy, DMedSc, PhD, chair of the foundation’s board of directors, said in a press release. “The rapidly changing environment in oncology practice has created a unique opportunity for the Conquer Cancer Foundation to support research examining quality of care, which has a tremendous impact on improving outcomes and patient care.”

The recipients were:

  • Jeffrey Cao, MD, MBA, FRCPC, London Health Sciences Center;
  • Laura Chin-Lenn, MBBS, University of Calgary;
  • Nathan Connell, MD, Brown University Oncology Group;
  • Sinead Cuffe, MD, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto;
  • Brendan Curley, DO, MPH, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center at West Virginia University;
  • Isabella Glitza, MD, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center;
  • Alex Haynes, MD, MPH, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center;
  • Maria Ho, MD, BC Cancer Agency — Vancouver Centre;
  • Joseph Klink, MD, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic;
  • Naomi Ko, MD, MPH, Boston University Medical Center;
  • Aaron Mansfield, MD, Mayo Clinic;
  • Petra Martin, MD, St. Vincent’s University Hospital;
  • Mark Mishra, MD, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University;
  • Andrew Moore, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center;
  • Sarah Mougalian, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center;
  • Manali Patel, MD, Stanford University Medical Center;
  • Anjana Ranganathan, MD, University of Pennsylvania;
  • Sonia Reichert, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine;
  • Rakesh Roy, MD, ECMO, Dip Pall Med, United Kingdom; and
  • Yvonne Sada, MD, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center.