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SITC 2012 Awards

SITC is pleased to announce the 2012 award recipients honored at the Awards Ceremony held on Saturday, October 27. Supported by the Forward Fund, the awards are an opportunity to recognize the lifetime achievements of a key leader in field, as well as promote young and up-and-coming researchers. Click here to view past SITC Award recipients.

Richard V. Smalley, MD Memorial Award

SITC selected Dr. Theresa L. Whiteside, PhD of the University of Pittsburgh as the 2012 Richard V. Smalley, MD Memorial Award recipient for her outstanding research, work and achievements in cancer therapy. As part of the award, Dr. Whiteside gave a keynote address at the Society's Annual Meeting titled, "The Immune Escape Games 2012:Targeting Tumor-Derived Death Ligands, Exosomes and Treg."

Established in 2005, this annual lectureship award is given in memory of former Society President, Richard V. Smalley, MD, to honor a luminary in the field that has significantly contributed to the advancement of cancer immunotherapy research.

A heartfelt thank you goes out to Dr. Whiteside for generously donating her $5,000 honorarium to the Forward Fund. The Fund was established by SITC to support research and educational opportunities for basic and translational scientists and clinical investigators who are focusing on cancer immunotherapy.

Theresa L. Whiteside, PhD University of Pittsburgh

Presidential Awards

The SITC Presidential Award serves to recognize the young investigator deemed to have the most outstanding oral abstract presentation based on quality of research and methods, presentation of results and its impact on the field. The top four abstracts submitted in any category and authored by young investigators were selected for 20 minute oral presentations during the Presidential Session. Of those abstract presenters, all four received Presidential Travel Awards and one was selected as the 2012 Presidential Award winner. Congratulations to the following recipients:

Presidential Award Winner

Madhusudhanan Sukumar, PhD National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD

 

Presidential Travel Award Recipients

	Cesar Evaristo, PhD University of Chicago Chicago, IL
	Nathan Singh University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
	Claire Vanpouille-Box, PhD New York University New York, NY

Abstract Travel Awards

The SITC Abstract Travel Award serves to recognize outstanding abstracts submitted by young investigators. Congratulations to the following six young investigators who were selected to receive this award at the SITC 27th Annual Meeting:

	Maria Libera Ascierto, PhD National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
	Michael Postow, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
	David Rushworth MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
	Huimin Tao University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
	Seng-Ryong Woo, PhD University of Chicago Chicago, IL
	Yan Yang MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX