Current and Former Awardees
Innovators
2024 Recipients
Daniel J. Puleston, PhD
"A new platform to study cancer biology and therapy in humans"
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2023 Recipients
Lucas Farnung, PhD
"Understanding the mechanistic basis of gene expression regulation by MLL complexes in cancers"
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Harvard Medical School
Ryan A. Flynn, MD, PhD
"Tools to target novel cell surface ligands in cancer"
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Boston Children's Hospital
Max Jan, MD, PhD
"Programming next-generation NK cell therapies using targeted protein degradation"
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Massachusetts General Hospital
(Kathy) Fange Liu, PhD
"Y chromosome proteins in sex bias of cancers in non-reproductive organs"
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University of Pennsylvania
Elvin Wagenblast, PhD
"Untangling the evolutionary dependency of childhood leukemia"
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2022 Recipients
Chengcheng Jin, PhD
"Investigating neuro-immune interaction in lung cancer"
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University of Pennsylvania
Nora Kory, PhD
"Targeting mitochondrial transporters in cancer"
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jamie B. Spangler, PhD
"Engineered multispecific antibody-drug conjugates as novel cancer immunotherapeutics"
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Johns Hopkins University
Santosha A. Vardhana, MD, PhD
"Investigating and targeting T cell exhaustion in solid tumors"
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, PhD
"Investigating and targeting T cell exhaustion in solid tumors"
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The Rockefeller University
Srinivas R. Viswanathan, MD, PhD
"X marks the spot: exploring how X-chromosome alterations drive sex differences in cancer"
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2021 Recipients
Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos, PhD
"Understanding RNA splicing in tumor-cell adaptation and anti-tumor immunity"
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Yale University School of Medicine
Danielle Grotjahn, PhD
"Uncovering structural mechanisms of mitochondrial fragmentation in cancer by cellular cryo-electron tomography"
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The Scripps Research Institute
Mandar D. Muzumdar, MD
"Targeting endocrine-exocrine signaling in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression"
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Yale University School of Medicine
Sabrina L. Spencer, PhD
"Causes and consequences of rapid cancer cell adaptation to MAPK pathway inhibitors"
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University of Colorado Boulder
Joshua A. Weinstein, PhD
"A novel DNA microscopy platform for rapid discovery of immunogenic tumor neoantigens"
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The University of Chicago
2020 Recipients
Liron Bar-Peled, PhD
"Identification of redox vulnerabilities in genetically defined cancers"
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael E. Birnbaum, PhD
"Decoding and reprogramming tumor-infiltrating T cells by pMHC-targeted lentiviruses"
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gregory S. Ducker, PhD
"Targeting phosphatidylcholine metabolism in liver cancer using zebrafish"
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Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Kimberley J. Evason, MD, PhD
"Targeting phosphatidylcholine metabolism in liver cancer using zebrafish"
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Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Brian B. Liau, PhD
"Investigating allosteric mechanisms regulating DNA methyltransferase enzymes"
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Harvard University
Michael E. Pacold, MD, PhD
"Tracing molecular oxygen in pancreatic cancer"
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New York University Langone Health
Elli Papaemmanuil, PhD
"Leveraging multi-modal genome profiling approaches to study disease initiation, progression, and response to therapy in TP53 mutated myeloid neoplasms"
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2019 Recipients
Xiaochun Li, PhD
“Investigation of Hedgehog and Wnt signaling mechanisms”
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jan P. Schuemann, PhD
“Using extreme dose rates to protect healthy tissue in proton radiation therapy”
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Alexandra-Chloé Villani, PhD
"Deciphering the Achilles' heel of cancer immunotherapy"
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Massachusetts General Hospital
2018 Recipients
Lawrence A. David, PhD
"Personalized prebiotics to optimize microbiota metabolism and improve transplant outcomes"
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Duke University
Eric S. Fischer, PhD
"Novel mechanisms for small molecule induced targeted degradation of RRM family proteins"
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Arnold S. Han, MD, PhD
"Precision T cell receptor-based cancer therapies"
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Columbia University
Amaia Lujambio, PhD
"Overcoming resistance to anti-PD1 immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma"
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Wayne O. Miles, PhD
"Maximizing pro-apoptotic protein levels"
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The Ohio State University
Anthony D. Sung, MD
"Personalized prebiotics to optimize microbiota metabolism and improve transplant outcomes"
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Duke University
2017 Recipients
Benjamin L. Martin, PhD
"Cell cycle regulation of cellular behaviors associated with cancer metastasis"
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Stony Brook University
David Q. Matus, PhD
"Cell cycle regulation of cellular behaviors associated with cancer metastasis"
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Stony Brook University
2016 Recipients
Jason M. Crawford, PhD
"Elucidating the bacterial determinants of colorectal cancer"
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Yale University
Piero D. Dalerba, MD
"Using 'single-cell genomics' to resolve the molecular identity of 'cancer stem cells,' and guide their pharmacological eradication"
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Columbia University
2015 Recipients
Nicholas T. Ingolia, PhD
"Cis-regulatory code for the translational control of gene expression"
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University of California, Berkeley
Christopher M. Jewell, PhD
"Harnessing intra-lymph node controlled release to study and enhance tumor immunity"
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University of Maryland
Guillem Pratx, PhD
"Adding a new dimension to flow cytometry: radionuclide-activated cell sorting"
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Stanford University
Brian H. Shirts, MD, PhD
"Participatory genetics for defining genotype-phenotype associations of rare cancer variants"
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University of Washington
Elçin Ünal, PhD
"Reducing cancer susceptibility by attenuating cellular aging"
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University of California, Berkeley
2014 Recipients
Arvin C. Dar, PhD
"Targeting allosteric control in the Ras-MAPK pathway for cancer therapy"
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
