SCHOLAR-IN-TRAINING AWARDS
Award applications are no longer being accepted for this conference. The award application deadline was Monday, February 27. Five (5) presenters of meritorious abstracts have been selected by the Conference Co-Chairpersons to receive awards to attend this conference. All graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows and physicians-in-training were eligible for consideration. The AACR sincerely thanks Aflac, Incorporated for their support of these awards. The AACR also thanks the NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities for its support of the four (4) Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards and the four (4) Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awards presented at this conference.
AWARD SUPPORTERS
AACR-Aflac Incorporated Scholar-in-Training Awards
- Daniel Abravanel, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Gregory Ducker, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- Caroline Nebhan, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Vanessa Rodrik-Outmezguine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Janghee Woo, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
- Linette Castillo-Pichardo, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamon, PR
- Sylvia S. Gayle, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Jessie Villanueva, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA
- Tricia M. Wright, Duke University, Durham, NC
AACR Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
- Neelam Azad, Hampton University, Hampton, VA
- Anand Iyer, Hampton University, Hampton, VA
- Amosy E. M’Koma, Meharry Medical College of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Tokunbo Yerokun, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA