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Awards & Honors

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Stanley Adoro

Stanley Adoro, Ph.D.,

received a 2022 NIH Distinguished Scholars Award.

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Christina M. Annunziata, M.D., Ph.D.,

received the distinction of Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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Andrea Apolo

Andrea B. Apolo, M.D.,

was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

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Mary Carrington

Mary N. Carrington, Ph.D.,

was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Class of 2022.

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Deborah Citrin

Deborah E. Citrin, M.D.,

received the designation of Fellow of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

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Mark Gilbert

Mark R. Gilbert, M.D.,

received the 2022 Joel A. Gringas Jr. Award.

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James Gulley

James L. Gulley, M.D., Ph.D.,

received the National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Prostate Cancer.

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Mitchell Ho

Mitchell Ho, Ph.D.,

received the 2022 Dr. Francisco S. Sy Award for Excellence in Mentorship at HHS from the Federal Asian Pacific American Council-NIH Chapter.

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Elaine Jaffe

Elaine S. Jaffe, M.D.,

received the inaugural 2022 American Association for Cancer Research James S. Ewing-Thelma B. Dunn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pathology and a 2022 Career Achievement Award from the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Rosandra Kaplan

Rosandra N. Kaplan, M.D.,

was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

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Susan Lea

Susan M. Lea, D.Phil., F.Med.Sci.,

was elected to the 2022 American Academy of Microbiology Fellows and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Michael Lichten, Ph.D.,

was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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Ravi A. Madan, M.D.,

received the Veterans Health Administration Office of Research and Development Exemplary Service and Leadership Award.

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Deborah Morrison

Deborah K. Morrison, Ph.D.,

was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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Joost Oppenheim

Joost J. Oppenheim, M.D.,

was elected as a 2022 Distinguished Fellow of the American Association of Immunologists.

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George Pavlakis

George N. Pavlakis, M.D., Ph.D.,

received the Insignia of the Officer of the Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix by the President of the Hellenic Republic.

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Steven Pavletic

Steven Z. Pavletic, M.D., M.S.,

was named a 2022 finalist for the Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards from the Clinical Research Forum.

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Nitin Roper

Nitin Roper, M.D., M.Sc.,

was recognized in the 2021 40 Under 40 in Cancer class.  

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Steven Rosenberg

Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D.,

received the 2022 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research and was selected as an Icon in Surgery from the American College of Surgeons.

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Eytan Ruppin

Eytan Ruppin, M.D., Ph.D.,

received the 2023 Delano Award for Computational Biosciences from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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Larry Samelson

Lawrence E. Samelson, M.D.,

was elected as a 2022 Distinguished Fellow of the American Association of Immunologists.  

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Susan Sharrow

Susan Sharrow,

received the Department of Health and Human Services 50 Years of Service Award. 

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Louis Staudt

Louis M. Staudt, M.D., Ph.D.,

received a 2022 Giants of Cancer Care award.

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William G. Stetler-Stevenson, M.D., Ph.D.,

received the 2023 Rous-Whipple Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology. 

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Kandice Tanner

Kandice Tanner, Ph.D.,

received the 2021 Arthur S. Flemming Award from George Washington University and was elected to the 2022 class of fellows of the American Society for Cell Biology.

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Anish Thomas

Anish Thomas, MBBS, M.D.,

was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

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Giorgio Trinchieri

Giorgio Trinchieri, M.D.,

was elected to the 2022 class of fellows of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer.   

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Urbain Weyemi

Urbain Weyemi, Ph.D.,

received a 2022 NIH Distinguished Scholars award.

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Ying E. Zhang, Ph.D.,

was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.   

CCR Research Recognition Awards

These awards provide resources and recognition to our staff and fellows for their crucial contributions and dedication to cancer research.

CCR Excellence in Postdoctoral Research Transition Award

Recognizes exceptional CCR postdoctoral fellows and facilitates their transition to an independent research position
at an academic institution
:
Yihan Wan, Ph.D., Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression
Scott Wilkinson, Ph.D., Laboratory of Genitourinary Cancer Pathogenesis

CCR Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award

Recognizes outstanding Ph.D. students who conducted part or all of their thesis research at CCR:
Laura Chopp, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Partnership Program, Laboratory of Immune Cell Biology
Farid Rashidi Mehrabadi, Indiana University Graduate Partnership Program, Cancer Data Science Laboratory

Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician Scientific Achievement Award

For outstanding and novel research which has led to important contributions to the fields of basic, clinical or
translational cancer research, technology development, computational biology or patient treatment
:
Amiran K. Dzutsev, M.D., Ph.D., Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology

Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician Leadership Merit Award

In recognition of outstanding creativity and leadership in conducting any aspect of cancer research and patient care:
Pamela L. Wolters, Ph.D., Pediatric Oncology Branch
Marta Penas-Prado, M.D., M.Sc., Neuro-Oncology Branch

Staff Scientist/Staff Clinician Outstanding Mentor Award

For exceptional dedication and commitment to the mentoring of junior physicians:
Orieta Celiku, Ph.D., Neuro-Oncology Branch