Anil K. Rustgi, MD
AACR Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research

Anil K. Rustgi, MD

Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine;
Herbert and Florence Irving Director
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center;
Associate Dean of Oncology
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons;
Chief of Cancer Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital
and Columbia University Irving Medical Center;
Special Advisor to the President, Cancer Programs and Strategies
Columbia University
New York, NY

For remarkable leadership and heralded efforts to support the education and training of countless undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who have subsequently translated Dr. Rustgi’s tutelage into establishing their own successful careers throughout the cancer research community.

The AACR Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research is intended to honor an individual in any subfield or sector of cancer research and cancer-related sciences who has contributed significantly to the education and training of cancer researchers and other professionals at all career levels, especially of early-career and early-stage investigators.

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