2012 Award Ceremony

Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Reception 5:30pm
Dinner 7:00pm
Ceremony 7:30pm
The Westin New York Times Square
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

Prize Co-Winners
Zhen-Yi Wang, M.D.
Professor at the Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
and Honorary Director of the Shanghai Institute of Haematology

Zhu Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Minister of Health for the Peoples Republic of China
and Professor at the School of Medicine of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Keynote Speaker
Wei-Wu He, Ph.D.
CEO and Chairman of OriGene Technologies, Inc.

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2011 Award Ceremony

Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Reception 6:00pm
Dinner 7:00pm
Ceremony 7:30pm
The Westin New York Times Square
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

Prize Winner
Beatrice Mintz, Ph.D.
Professor and Jack Schultz Chair in Basic Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Keynote Speaker
Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D.
Professor of Systems Biology and Chief of the Division of Signal Transduction, Harvard Medical School

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2010 Award Ceremony

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Reception 6:00pm
Dinner 7:00pm
Ceremony 7:30pm
The Hilton New York
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

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

Keynote Speaker
John Lechleiter, Ph.D.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Eli Lilly and Company

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2009 Award Ceremony

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Reception 6:00pm
Dinner 7:00pm
Ceremony 7:30pm
The Westin New York at Times Square
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

Prize Winner
Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
President, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
and Professor and Director, Belter Institute Department of Medicine and Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School

Keynote Speaker
Honorable Billy Tauzin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

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2008 Award Ceremony

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Reception 6:00pm
Dinner 7:00pm
Ceremony 7:30pm
The Westin New York at Times Square
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

Prize Winner
Carlo M. Croce, M.D.
Director of the Human Cancer Genetics Program and Director of the Institute of Genetics at The Ohio State University

Keynote Speaker
Martin Birkhofer, M.D.
Vice President, Oncology Global Medical Affairs, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development

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2007 Award Ceremony

Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Reception 6:00pm
Dinner 7:00pm
Ceremony 7:30pm
The Westin New York at Times Square
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

Prize Winner
Webster K. Cavenee, Ph.D.
Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch
and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego

Keynote Speaker
David Allan
President and Chief Executive Officer, YM Biosciences

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2006 Award Ceremony

Friday, March 31, 2006
Reception 6:00pm
Dinner 7:00pm
Ceremony 7:30pm
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045

Prize Winner
Harold F. Dvorak, M.D.
Mallinckrodt Professor Emeritus of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
and Chief of the Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Keynote Speaker
Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Physician in Chief and Director of Translational Research, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)

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Call for Nominations

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NFCR is calling for nominations for the 8th Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research. To download 2013 Call for Nominations, click here.

 


2012 Prize Winners

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Dr. Zhen-Yi Wang, M.D., Professor at the Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Zhu Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Minister of Health for the Peoples Republic of China
and Professor at the School of Medicine of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, jointly won the 7th Szent-Györgyi Prize for their innovative research that led to the successful development of a new therapeutic approach to acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Click here to learn more.

 


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