ASCO, Conquer Cancer Congratulate 2020 Grant and Award Recipients

Jun 03, 2020

Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, presented more than $8 million in grants and awards to exceptional oncology researchers as part of the ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program. ASCO and Conquer Cancer congratulate the recipients and offer their sincere thanks to the generous supporters of these awards. Visit CONQUER.ORG to learn more about each award and make a donation to support cancer research.

“Conquer Cancer is proud to recognize this group of talented clinical cancer researchers,” said Thomas G. Roberts, Jr., MD, FASCO, chair of the Conquer Cancer Board of Directors. “From supporting research projects that rarely see funding to providing that first, vital research grant to a young scientist, Conquer Cancer is cultivating the next generation of breakthroughs for every cancer, every patient, everywhere.”

All recipients, institutions, and supporters are up to date as of April 13, 2020.

Research Professorship in Breast Cancer Health Disparities

Provides funding to full professors who have made significant contributions to cancer research and are dedicated to mentoring the next generation of researchers.

  • Jeffrey Weitzel, MD, City of Hope

Advanced Clinical Research Award (ACRA) in Breast Cancer

Supports physician-scientists committed to conducting original breast cancer research in an area that is currently not funded.

  • David W. Cescon, MD, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Gateway for Cancer Research Discovery Grant in Immunotherapy Research

Supports innovative early-phase clinical trials with great potential to advance breakthrough cancer research. Gateway for Cancer Research is the grantor and funding provider for this grant; Conquer Cancer is the scientific partner.

  •  David C. Linehan, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center/Wilmot Cancer Institute

Career Development Award (CDA)

Funds clinical investigators who have received their initial faculty appointment and are working to establish an independent, patient-focused, clinical cancer research program.

  • Sahaja Acharya, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Sanjay Aneja, MD, Yale University
  • Stephen J. Bagley, MD, MSCE, University of Pennsylvania
  • Kalyan Banda, MD, University of Washington
  • Michael L. Cheng, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Albert Grinshpun, MD, MSc, Hadassah Medical Center
  • Amanda R. Kirane, MD, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Xiuning Le, MD, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Michael V. Ortiz, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Laura A. Petrillo, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Patrick G. Pilié, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • David S. Shulman, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Min Yuen Teo, MD, MRCP, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Neelima Vidula, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Adrienne G. Waks, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Medical Student Rotation for Underrepresented Populations (MSR)

Provides 4-week clinical or clinical research rotations for U.S. medical students from underrepresented populations in medicine who are interested in a career in oncology and pairs them with an oncology mentor.

  • Nia Adeniji, Stanford School of Medicine 
  • Jacqueline Aredo, Stanford University 
  • Marie Baguidy, Medical College of Wisconsin 
  • Amanda Brisco, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine 
  • Ian Cruickshank, Howard University 
  • Ulysses Gardner, Jr., Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine 
  • Amaris Geisler, CUNY School of Medicine 
  • Jesus Juarez, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 
  • Jazmyne Tabb, University of South Alabama College of Medicine 
  • Rehema Thomas, George Washington University 
  • Romaric Waguia Kouam, Campbell School of Osteopathic Medicine

Resident Travel Awards for Underrepresented Populations (RTA)

Provides funding for medical residents from underrepresented populations in medicine to attend an ASCO Annual Meeting. 

  • Leyla Bojanini-Molina, MD, Mayo Clinic
  • Adrian Diaz, MD, University of Michigan
  • Fernando Diaz, MD, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Ogochukwu Ezeoke, MD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Mario Martinez, MD, New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell
  • Joseph Reza, MD, AdventHealth Orlando
  • Trevor Silva, MD, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine 

Long-term International Fellowship (LIFe)

Provides early-career oncologists in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) with support and resources needed to advance their training by deepening their relationship with a mentor in the United States, Canada, or European Union. 

  • Fidel Rubagumya, MD, MMed, Rwanda Military Hospital (LIFe institution: Queen’s University)

International Development and Education Award (IDEA)

Connects early-career oncologists in LMICs with oncology leaders based in Canada and the United States to establish mentoring relationships. The IDEA in Palliative Care (IDEA-PC) provides the same opportunity for early-career oncologists with a specific interest in palliative medicine.

IDEA

  • Flor Maria Armillas, MD, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (Mexico) 
  • Barnabas Atwiine, MBBS, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (Uganda) 
  • Ranjana Karmacharya Badgami, MBBS, MD, Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center (Nepal) 
  • Samvel Bardakhchyan, MD, Hematology Center after Prof. R.H. Yeolyan (Armenia) 
  • Biniyam Tefera Deressa, MD, Adama Hospital Medical College (Ethiopia) 
  • Fedja Radmilo Djordjevic, MD, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia (Serbia)  
  • Carolina Gabay, MD, Angel H. Roffo Cancer Institute (Argentina) 
  • Ann Meredith Garcia Trinidad, MD, Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital (Philippines) 
  • Gustavo Cartaxo de Lima Gössling, MD, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (Brazil) 
  • Hang Thu Hoang, MD, MSc, National Cancer Hospital Viet Nam (Vietnam)  
  • Muhammad Rafiqul Islam, MBBS, MD, National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital (Bangladesh) 
  • Sonia Mathai, MBBS, MD, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata (India) 
  • Nicaise Nsabimana, MD, Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence (Burundi)  
  • Adeyemi Adebola Okunowo, MBBS, MPH, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (Nigeria) 
  • Sami Saleem Omar, MBBS, Rizgary Oncology Center (Iraq) 
  • Yury Savenka, MD, Gomel Regional Oncology Clinic (Belarus) 
  • Assem Suleimenova, MD, PhD, Kazkh Institute Oncology and Radiology (Kazakhstan)
  • Musliu Adetola Tolani, MBBS, PGCertPH, FWACS, FMCS, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria (Nigeria) 
  • Nino Vardiashvili, MD, Medical Center Innova (Georgia)
  • Hatice Inci Yaman Bajin, MD, Hacettepe University (Turkey)

IDEA-PC

  • Gauri Chinchalker, MD, Indian Institute of Head and Neck Oncology (India) 
  • Coumba Gueye, MD, Joilot Curie Institute (Senegal) 
  • Rucha Patil, MBBS, Tata Memorial Hospital (India)
  • Rubayat Rahman, MBBS, Bandabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (Bangladesh) 

Global Oncology Young Investigator Award (GO YIA)

Supports early-career researchers with projects focused on addressing global health needs when it comes to cancer.

  • Raymond Mailhot Vega, MD, MPH, University of Florida Board of Trustees
  • Haydee Verduzco-Aguirre, MD, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
  • Horia Vulpe, MD, CM, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Rebecca J. DeBoer, MD, MA, University of California, San Francisco
  • Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, Queen's University

Young Investigator Award (YIA)

Provides funding to promising investigators who are undergoing a career transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment to encourage and promote quality research in oncology.

  • Zaid H. Abdel Rahman, MD, Mayo Clinic, Florida
  • Jithma Prasad Abeykoon, MD, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
  • Daniel L. Abravanel, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Ana R. Acuna-Villaorduna, MD, Montefiore Medical Center
  • Laura Agresta, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Ash B. Alpert, MD, MFA, University of Rochester, Wilmot Cancer Center
  • Alexander Y. Andreev-Drakhlin, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Daniel V. Araujo, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • Viswatej Avutu, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Brian J. Ball, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Rahul Banerjee, MD, University of California San Francisco
  • Neel S. Bhatt, MBBS, MPH, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Joshua Brandstadter, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Bharat Burman, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Edmond M. Chan, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Katharine A. Collier, MD, MS, The Ohio State University
  • Susan E. De Wolf, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Benjamin T. Diamond, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Joshua Z. Drago, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Shekinah N. C. Elmore, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Lawson Eng, MD, FRCPC, University Health Network
  • Harry E. Fuentes, MD, MS, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
  • Dylan Graetz, MD, MPH, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Arjun Gupta, MD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Walter G. Hanel MD, PhD, The Ohio State University
  • Jason T. Henry, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • J. Bryan Iorgulescu, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Christopher Dennis Jakubowski, MD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Lionel Aurelien Kankeu Fonkoua, MD, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
  • Bridget Keenan, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco
  • Shaheer A. Khan, DO, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Jeremy D. Kratz, MD, University of Wisconsin
  • Xingzhe Dillon Li, MD, MPH, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Jia Luo, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Abhishek Maiti, MBBS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Poorni M. Manohar, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Christopher R. Manz, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Deborah C. Marshall, MD, MAS, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Cristina M. Merkhofer, MD, MHS, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Dimitrios Mathios, MD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Oriana Miltiadous, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Christina A. Minami, MD, MS, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Everett J. Moding, MD, PhD, Stanford University
  • Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPJH, University of California, San Francisco
  • Yonina R. Murciano-Goroff, MSc, DPhil, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Joseph C. Murray, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Erica Nakajima, MD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Abdul Rafeh Naqash, MD, National Cancer Institute
  • Jones T. Nauseef, MD, PhD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  • Mariam T. Nawas, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Alana Nguyen, MD, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Juan C. Osorio, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Erin Parry, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Karlo Perica, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Lisa Prior, MB BCh BAO, MRCPI, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Hind Rafei, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Sunil Rangarajan, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Biagio Ricciuti, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Daniel R. Richardson, MD, MA, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • April Rose, MD, PhD, University Health Network
  • Ezra Rosen, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Mariya Rozenblit, MD, Yale University
  • Michael Schieber, MD, PhD, Northwestern University
  • Ramy Sedhom, MD, Johns Hopkins University
  • William Shomali, MD, Stanford University
  • Michael A. Spinner, MD, Stanford University
  • Maximilian Stahl, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Lisa J. Sudmeier, MD, PhD, Emory University
  • Mallory R. Taylor, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital dba Seattle Children's Research Institute
  • Alok K. Tewari, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • James Torchia, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Rahul S. Vedula, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Abi Vijenthira, MD, FRCPC, University Health Network
  • Natalie I. Vokes, MD, MPhil, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Timothy J. Voorhees, MD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Adam J. Widman, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Jeffrey L. Wong, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Wenxin (Vincent) Xu, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Jimmy L. Zhao, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Zhen Ni Zhou, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Mojun Zhu, MD, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota

ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program Merit Award

Honors fellows whose high-quality research was selected for presentation at the ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program. Special Merit Awards are given to authors of the highest-ranking abstracts overall and in select categories.

Bradley Stuart Beller Endowed Merit Award

  • Ines Pires Da Silva, MD, PhD, Melanoma Institute Australia

Allen S. Lichter, MD, Endowed Merit Award

  • Anna Lee, MD, MPH, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Pain and Symptom Management Special Merit Award

  • Vikram Jairam, MD, Yale School of Medicine

Brigid Leventhal Special Merit Award

  • Amir Bari Siddiqui, BS, MD, University of Chicago Medical Center

James B. Nachman Endowed ASCO Junior Faculty Award in Pediatric Oncology

  • Cornelis van Tilburg, MD, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Heidelberg University Hospital, and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Merit Award

  • Zaid Abdel Rahman, MD, Mayo Clinic
  • Nour Abuhadra, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Hiroyuki Arai, MD, PhD, Chiba Cancer Center
  • Daniel Vilarim Araujo, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • Xue Bai, MD, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute
  • Adithya Balasubramanian, MBBS, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre, Austin Health
  • Alexa Basilio, PharmD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
  • Atul Batra, MD, Tom Baker Cancer Centre
  • Francesca Battaglin, MD, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine
  • Prachi Bhave, MBBS, Alfred Health
  • Beatrice Borelli, MD, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana
  • Landon Carter Brown, MD, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Lauren Julia Brown, MBBS, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Care Centre
  • Nibash Budhathoki, MBBS, NYU Winthrop Hospital
  • Aida Bujosa Rodríguez, MD, Hospital de Sant Pau
  • Kathryn Cappell, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health
  • Kiran Clair, MD, University of California Irvine Medical Center
  • Hallie Coltin, MD, FRCPC, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Peter Joseph DeMaria, MD, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
  • Poorvi Kirit Desai, MD, University of South Florida
  • Alexandra Desnoyers, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre & University of Toronto
  • Stephanie Dixon, MD, MPH, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Shaan Dudani, MBChB, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary
  • Aline Fusco Fares, MD, Princess Margaret Hospital
  • Lindsey Fitzgerald, MD, Huntsman Cancer Institute-University of Utah Health Care
  • Adriana Fonseca, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children
  • Zachary AK Frosch, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
  • Benjamin Garmezy, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Nikesha Gilmore, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Daniel da Motta Girardi, MD, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
  • Rachel Glicksman, BSc, MD, MSc, University of Toronto
  • Laura Graham, MD, University of Washington
  • Adriana Hepner, MD, Melanoma Institute Australia
  • Anna Lynn Hoppmann, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • William L. Hwang, MD, PhD, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program
  • Bryan Iorgulescu, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Ramon Jin, MD, PhD, BS, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Shaheer Khan, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Rachel Soyoun Kim, MD, University of Toronto
  • Albert Kim, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Amber Kleckner, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Mridula Krishnan, MBBS, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Minsuk Kwon, MD, PhD, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
  • Curtis Lachowiez, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • David W. Lim, MD, Women’s College Hospital
  • Rebeca Lozano, MD, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
  • Margaret M. Lubas, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Jia Luo, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Abhishek Maiti, MBBS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Sindhu Janarthanam Malapati, MD, Van Elslander Cancer Center-Ascension St John Hospital
  • Shearwood McClelland, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Julia McGuinness, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Arnav Mehta, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
  • Maximilian Merz, MD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  • Marcus Messmer, MD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Leslie Modlin, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Meera Mohan, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Patrizia Mondello, MD, PhD, MSc, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Joseph Murray, MD, PhD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Roni Nitecki, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Sonal Noticewala, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Daniel Olson, MD, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Ohad Oren, MD, Mayo Clinic
  • Mira Patel, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Ranjan Pathak, MBBS, Yale School of Medicine
  • Pradeep Poonnen, MD, MPH, Duke University Health System/Durham VA Medical Center
  • Vineet Raghu, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
  • Mattia Rediti, MD, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Natalie Reizine, MD, University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Irbaz Bin Riaz, MBBS, MS, Mayo Clinic
  • Rozalyn L. Rodwin, MD, Yale School of Medicine
  • Nuria Romero-Laorden, MD, PhD, Hospital Universitario La Princesa
  • Evan Rosenbaum, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Mohana Roy, MD, Stanford University and Stanford Cancer Institute
  • Elisa A. Rozeman, MD, Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • Adam Schoenfeld, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Julia Katharina Schwarze, MD, MSc, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
  • Ramy Sedhom, MD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
  • Nishi Shah, MBBS, MPH, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care
  • Aparna Sharma, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
  • Mahran Shoukier, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Michael Shusterman, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Travis T. Sims, MD, MPH, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Abhay Singh, MD, MPH, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Arndt Stahler, MD, University Hospital, LMU Munich
  • Lova Sun, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  • Anna van der Voort, MD, Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • Vishal Vashistha, MD, Duke University Health System/Durham VA Health Care System
  • Nikiforos Vasiniotis Kamarinos, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Ana I. Velazquez Manana, MD, MS, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
  • Jingyuan Wang, PhD, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine
  • Geoffrey Alan Watson, MRCP, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • AnnaLynn Williams, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Jing Xu, MD, MSc, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School
  • Melissa Yan, MD, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center

Supporters

2020 Research Professorship in Breast Cancer Disparities and 2020 ACRA: Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. • 2020 Gateway Discovery Grant in Immunotherapy Research: Gateway for Cancer Research with Conquer Cancer as the scientific partner. • 2020 CDA: Anonymous, AbbVie, Inc., AstraZeneca, Breast Cancer Research Foundation®, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Fleur E. Fairman, Genentech BioOncology™, The Hayden Family Foundation, Israel Cancer Research Fund, Matania and Daniella Kochavi, Lilly, Aaron and Barbro Sasson, Walther Cancer Foundation, Generous Supporters of the  Women Who Conquer Cancer, and The WWWW Foundation Inc. (QuadW)  and The QuadW Fund of Communities  Foundation of Texas. • 2020 MSR: BB&T Charitable Fund and Bristol-Myers Squibb. • 2020 RTA: BB&T Charitable Fund. • 2020 LIFe: Mission Endowment of Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation. • 2020 IDEA: AbbVie, Inc. • 2020 GO YIA: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Bristol-Myers Squibb. • 2020 YIA: Anonymous, AbbVie, Inc., American Association for Cancer Research, American Society of Clinical Oncology, ASCO State Affiliate Council and ASCO Clinical Practice Committee, Association of Northern California Oncologists, AstraZeneca, Charles M. Baum, MD, PhD, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Nina Lesavoy Brady, Breast Cancer Research Foundation®, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Howard A. Burris, III, MD and Karen Y. Burris, Celgene Corporation, Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Trisha Elcan, Florida Society of Clinical Oncology, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Frist, Jr., Gateway for Cancer Research, Genentech BioOncology™, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer, Hearst Foundations, HELSINN, Friends and Family of Dr. Arti Hurria, Janssen Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Judith Salmon Kaur, MD, Helen L. Kay Charitable Trust, Leap Therapeutics, Inc., The John and Elizabeth Leonard Family Foundation, Lilly, ME STRONG, Merck & Co., Inc., Georgia and Michael Michelson, Victoria H. Montgomery, Nebraska Oncology Society, Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society, Novartis Oncology, Greg Parekh/New Rhein Healthcare, LLC, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company and Janssen Biotech, Inc, Puma Biotechnology, Inc., The Norman & Ruth Rales Foundation, Thomas G. Roberts, Jr., MD, FASCO and Susan M. DaSilva, PhD, Sapiente Family Foundation, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Sarcoma Foundation of America, Aaron and Barbro Sasson, Shanken Family Foundation, Stephen A. Sherwin, MD, The Sontag Foundation, Strike 3 Foundation, Swim Across America, Tennessee Oncology, Texas Society of Clinical Oncology, Tomasello Family, Wawa Foundation, Generous Supporters of the Women Who Conquer Cancer, Women Leaders in Oncology LLC, and The WWWW Foundation Inc. (QuadW) and The QuadW Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas. • 2020 Merit Award: Anonymous, AbbVie, Inc., ASCO Employees, Association of Northern California Oncologists, AstraZeneca, Friends and Family of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Beller, The Berry Family, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Blayney, Breast Cancer Research Foundation®, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Jonathan K. and Cora Y. Cho Charitable Fund, Eisai Inc., Estate of Darla C. Ellis, Epiphany Partners Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Oncology, Harborside, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc., Kimberly Irvine, Michael Kelley, MD & Elise Hoffman, PharmD, William T. Leslie, MD, Lilly, Loxo Oncology Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, FASCO and Nicole M. Kuderer, MD, Michigan Society of Hematology & Oncology, Therese Marie Mulvey, MD, FASCO, Friends and Family of Dr. James B. Nachman, New Rhein Healthcare, LLC, Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society, Dr. Kathleen Pritchard Medicine Professional Corporation, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Frances A. Shepherd, MD, FASCO, Stephen A. Sherwin, MD, Drs. Rachna and Puneet Shroff, Mr. Jackson G. Simpson, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Nizar M. Tannir, MD, Anthony and Marilyn Tolcher, and Dr. Michael and Deborah Troner. •

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