This article is more than 5 years old. Information may no longer be current.
Foundation honors young investigators
Click Here to Manage Email Alerts
ASCO’s Conquer Cancer Foundation recently announced the 55 recipients of the 2015 Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Merit Awards in Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Cancers.
The awards recognize young investigators for their work to improve the lives of patients living with these cancers.
“The Conquer Cancer Foundation applauds the work of these young investigators,” W. Charles Penley, MD, FASCO, chair of the Conquer Cancer Foundation board of directors, said in a press release. “Their research furthers the efforts of the oncology community to treat patients with increasing precision and effectiveness, bringing us closer to conquering cancer worldwide.”
The 22 recipients of merit awards in gastrointestinal cancers are: Andrea M. Abbott, MD, MS, Moffitt Cancer Center; Kamran Ahmed, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center; Benjamin T. Cooper, MD, New York University School of Medicine; Chiara Cremolini, MD, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana Istituto Toscano Tumori; Gary B. Deutsch, MD, MPH, John Wayne Cancer Institute; Thomas J. Ettrich, MD, Ulm University Hospital; Daniel A. Goldstein, MD, Winship Cancer Institute; Jin He, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Kavya Krishna, MD, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center; Oxana V. Makarova-Rusher, MD, National Cancer Institute; Sheraz Markar, MBBChir, MA, MRCS, MSc, Imperial College; Eric A. Mellon, MD, PhD, Moffitt Cancer Center; Raphael B. Moreira, MD, Centro Oncologico Antônio Ermírio de Moraes; Adnan M. Nagrial, MBBS, Royal Prince Alfred; Lauren M. Postlewait, MD, Winship Cancer Institute; Omar M. Rashid, MD, JD, Moffitt Cancer Center; Jamie C. Riches, DO, Mount Sinai St Luke’s; Aaron J. Scott, MD, University of Colorado Denver; Smit Singla, MD, MSc, Roswell Park Cancer Institute; Jesse Joshua Smith, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Elizabeth Smyth, MB BAO BCh, MSc, Royal Marsden Hospital; and I-Chen Wu, MD, PhD, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital.
The 23 recipients of merit awards in genitourinary cancers are: Wassim Abida, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Laurence Albiges, MD, PhD, The Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Arun A. Azad, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, BC Cancer Agency; Paramjot Bains, MBBS, Dalhousie University; Helen Chow, MD, University of California, Davis; Aaron Falchook, MD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Bishoy M. Faltas, MD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Andre P. Fay, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Jarett L. Feldman, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Patrizia Giannatempo, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori; Samuel D. Kaffenberger, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Anusha Kalbasi, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Jordan Kardos, BS, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Xiande Liu, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Christos Mikropoulos, MSc, Institute of Cancer Research; Rowan Miller, MBBS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Andrea Necchi, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori; Shalu Pahuja, MD, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute; Daniele Raggi, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori; Jorge D. Ramos, DO, University of Washington School of Medicine; Carolina Saldana, MD, Hôpital Henri Mondor; B. Harpreet Singh, MD, National Cancer Institute; and Stephen B. Williams, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.