The Selection Committee

The Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize Selection Committee has been established to advise and consult with the National Foundation for Cancer Research on current cancer research and the activities and nominations of future Prize winners.

2010 Selection Committee

Chair
Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
Director of the Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School

Co-Chair
Sujuan Ba, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer
NFCR

General Secretary
Yi Michael Wang, M.D., Ph.D.,
Chief Science Officer
NFCR

Committee Members

Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Webster K. Cavenee, Ph.D.
Ludwig Institute for Cancer

Carlo M. Croce, M.D.
The Ohio State University

Paul B. Fisher, M.Ph., Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University

Richard Gaynor, M.D.
Eli Lilly

Curtis C. Harris, M.D.
NCI

Michael Karin, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego

Mary-Claire King, Ph.D.
University of Washington

Perry D. Nisen, M.D., Ph.D.
GlaxoSmithKline

Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University

Wai-Kwan Alfred Yung, M.D., M.D
Anderson Cancer Center

2009 Selection Committee

Chair
Carlo M. Croce, M.D.
Director of the Human Cancer Genetics Program
Director of the Institute of Genetics, The Ohio State University

Co-Chair
Sujuan Ba, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer, National Foundation for Cancer Research

Committee Members
Paul Fisher, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University

Richard Gaynor, M.D.
Eli Lilly

Doug Hanahan, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

Curtis C. Harris, M.D.
National Cancer Institute

Richard O’Reilly, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Peter Vogt, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute

Daniel Von Hoff, M.D.
FACS, TGen and Arizona Cancer Center

2008 Selection Committee

Chair
Webster K. Cavenee, Ph.D.
Director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch
Distinguished Professor, University of California, San Diego

Co-Chair
Sujuan Ba, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer, National Foundation for Cancer Research

General Secretary
Yi Michael Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer, National Foundation for Cancer Research

Committee Members

Stanley N. Cohen, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine

Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Paul B. Fisher, Ph.D.
Columbia University

Richard B. Gaynor, M.D.
Eli Lilly & Company

Thea D. Tlsty, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute

Daniel Von Hoff, M.D., FACS
Translational Genomics Research Institute

Bruce R. Zetter, Ph.D.
Children’s Hospital Boston

The National Foundation for Cancer Research thanks the members of the Committee for their dedication to the success of the 3rd Annual Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.

 

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5th Annual Prize Winner


Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California

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