2007 University of Michigan-Brigham and Women's Hospital Team
Xuhong Cao, M.S., Arul M. Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., Saravana Dhanasekaran, Ph.D., Rohit Mehra, M.D., James Montie, M.D., Kenneth Pienta, M.D., Robin Rasor, Daniel Rhodes, Ph.D., Rajal Shah, M.D., Scott A. Tomlins, M.D., Ph.D., Sooryanarayana Varambally, Ph.D., and John Wei, M.D. of the University of Michigan, and Francesca Demichelis, Ph.D., Charles Lee, Ph.D., Sven Perner, M.D., and Mark A. Rubin, M.D. of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School:
In recognition of their landmark discovery of recurrent gene fusions in a majority of prostate cancers, which has profound clinical and biological implications for understanding prostate cancers, and their embodiment of team science through interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration.