Conquer Cancer Foundation Recognizes 70 Young Oncology Researchers’ Findings with Merit Awards

Feb 21, 2018

ASCO’s Conquer Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its Merit Awards in gastrointestinal cancers, clinical immuno-oncology, genitourinary cancers, and cancer survivorship. The following 70 researchers, who are recognized oncology fellows and trainees honored for the quality and scientific merit of their research in their respective areas of concentration, accepted their awards and presented their research findings at recent thematic symposia.

2018 Conquer Cancer Merit Awards in Gastrointestinal Cancers

Twenty-six Merit Award recipients were recognized at the 2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, which took place January 18-20 in San Francisco, California. The recipients and their abstracts are:

2018 Conquer Cancer Merit Awards in Immuno-Oncology

Ten Merit Award recipients were recognized at the 2018 ASCO-SITC Clinical Immuno-Oncology Symposium, which took place January 25-27 in San Francisco, California. The recipients and their abstracts are:

2018 Conquer Cancer Merit Awards in Genitourinary Cancers

Twenty-four Merit Award recipients were recognized at the 2018 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, which took place February 8-10 in San Francisco, California. The recipients and their abstracts are:

2018 Conquer Cancer Merit Awards in Cancer Survivorship

Ten Merit Award recipients were recognized at the 2018 Cancer Survivorship Symposium, which took place February 16-17 in Orlando, Florida. The recipients and their abstract include:

The 2018 Conquer Cancer Merit Awards program is supported by AstraZeneca; Friends and Family of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Beller; Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.; Janssen Biotech, Inc. and Pharmacyclics LLC (an AbbVie Company); Dr. Kathleen Pritchard Medicine Professional Corporation; Michael Kelley, MD, and Elise Hoffman, PharmD; Lilly; Merck & Co., Inc.; Friends and Family of Dr. James B. Nachman; Novartis Oncology; Frances A. Shepherd, MD, FASCO; Stephen A. Sherwin, MD; and Takeda Oncology.

Click here for more information on the Merit Awards program or instructions on how to apply.


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