| Year |
Name |
University |
Type of
Award |
Treatment &
Cancer Type |
Research
Focus |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2012 |
Douglas Mahoney, Ph.D. |
University of Calgary |
Young Investigator |
Breast Cancer |
Tumor Specific Viruses & Bacteria |
| Alexander Stegh, Ph.D. |
Northwestern University |
Young Investigator |
Brain Cancer |
Gene/Cell Mediated Therapies |
| Herbert Zeh, III, M.D., F.A.C.S. |
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Investigator |
Pancreatic Cancer |
IMMUNOTHERAPY |
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| 2011 |
Hui Hu, Ph.D. |
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA |
Young Investigator |
Ovarian Cancer |
IMMUNOTHERAPY |
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 |
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| 2010 |
Nabil Ahmed, M.D., MPH |
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX |
Young Investigator |
Brain Cancer |
CANCER STEM CELL DIRECTED THERAPY |
| Michael Z. Lin, M.D., Ph.D. |
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA |
Young Investigator |
Brain and Breast Cancer |
TUMOR SPECIFIC REPLICATING VIRUSES AND BACTERIUM |
| Glenn Dranoff, M.D. |
Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA |
Investigator |
Leukemia |
IMMUNOTHERAPY |
| Thomas J. Kipps, M.D., Ph.D. |
Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA |
THE 2011 SWIM ACROSS AMERICA INVESTIGATOR AWARD |
Lymphoma, Leukemia |
IMMUNOTHERAPY |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2009 |
Steve Thorne, Ph.D. |
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Young Investigator |
Breast, Ovarian Cancer |
TUMOR SPECIFIC REPLICATING VIRUS |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2008 |
Carl H. June, M.D. |
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
THE JOAN MILLER & LINDA BERNSTEIN GENE THERAPY OVARIAN CANCER AWARD |
Gene Therapy for
Ovarian Cancer |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY
AND CANCER VACCINES |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2007 |
Khalid Shah, Ph.D. |
Massachusetts General Hospital East Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA |
Young Investigator
THE 2007
SWIM ACROSS AMERICA YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD |
Gene Therapy for Brain Cancer |
TUMOR TARGETING |
| Clodagh O'Shea, Ph.D. |
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, CA |
Young Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer |
TUMOR SPECIFIC REPLICATING VIRUS |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ronald Levy, M.D. |
Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
Clinical Investigator for Cancer GT |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GT AND CANCER VACCINES |
| Antonio E. Chiocca, M.D., Ph.D. |
Ohio State University Research Foundation, Columbus, OH |
Clinical Investigator for Cancer GT |
Gene Therapy for Brain Cancer |
TUMOR SPECIFIC REPLICATING VIRUSES & BACTERIUM |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2006 |
Maciej Lesniak, M.D. |
University of Chicago Brain Tumor Center,
Chicago, IL |
Young Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Brain Cancer |
TUMOR TARGETING & VECTOR DEVELOPMENT |
| Kah-Whye Peng, Ph.D. |
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, MN |
Young Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Multiple Myeloma |
TUMOR SPECIFIC REPLICATING VIRUS |
| Harald Sauthoff, M.D. |
New York University,
NY, NY |
Young Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Breast, Lung Cancer |
ADENOVIRAL GENE THERAPY VECTORS |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| George Coukos, M.D., Ph.D. |
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Investigator |
Clinical Translation of Anti-Angiogenic Gene Therapy for Ovarian & Peritoneal Cancer |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY AND CANCER VACCINES |
| Eckhard Podack, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine,
Miami, FL |
Investigator |
Clinical Translation of Gene Therapy for Lung Cancer |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY AND CANCER VACCINES |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Roberto Cattaneo, Ph.D. |
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN |
Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia |
TUMOR SPECFIC REPLICATING VIRUS |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2005 |
Biao He, Ph.D. |
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA (as of 6/2012) |
Young Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer
|
TUMOR SPECFIC REPLICATING VIRUS |
| Miguel Sena-Esteves, Ph.D. |
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA (as of 8/09) |
Young Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Brain Cancer |
ONCOGENES |
| Koji Tamada, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD |
Young Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Lymphatic Sytems |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY |
| Xianzheng Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN |
Young Investigator |
Gene Therapy for Bone Marrow, Lymphoma/Leukemia |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Thomas J. Kipps, M.D., Ph.D. |
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma and Leukemia Award |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY |
| Hyam Levitsky, M.D. |
Johns Hopkins University,School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma and Leukemia Award |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY |
| Yiping Yang, M.D., Ph.D. |
Duke University, Durham, NC |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma and Leukemia Award |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia |
IMMUNOTHERAPY |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2004 |
Chien-Fu Hung, Ph.D. |
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Ovarian Cancer |
IMMUNOTHERAPY |
Mukesh Jain, M.D., FAHA |
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Metastatic Cancer |
ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS |
Suzie Pun, Ph.D. |
University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
Young Investigator Award |
Metastatic Cancer Tumor Treatment |
TARGETED NON-VIRAL DELIVERY |
Jian Yu, Ph.D.
|
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Lung Cancer |
ONCOGENES |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Carl H. June, M.D. |
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia Award |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY & CANCER VACCINES |
| Michel Sadelain, M.D., Ph.D. |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cente, Gene Therapy & Gene Expression Laborataory,
NY, NY |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia Award |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY & CANCER VACCINES |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2003 |
Laurence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D. |
MD Anderson, Houston, Texas |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Lymphoma & Leukemia |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY & CANCER VACCINES |
| Timothy Lane, Ph.D. |
University of California at Los Angeles |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer |
ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS |
| Todd R. Reilly, Ph.D. |
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Through 2006) |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY & CANCER VACCINES |
| Katherine Ryman, Ph.D. |
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Vaccine Research, Pittsburgh, PA (as of 11/09) |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Prostate Cancer |
TUMOR SPECIFIC REPLICATING VIRUSES |
| Robert Vonderheide, M.D., Ph.D. |
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Neuroblastoma |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY & CANCER VACCINES |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 2002 |
Jeffrey S. Bartlett, Ph.D. |
Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
(Formerly:
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH) |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Ovarian Cancer |
VECTOR DEVELOPMENT |
| Andrew M. Davidoff, M.D. |
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Neuroblastoma |
ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS |
| Thomas S. Griffith, Ph.D. |
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
Young Investigator Award |
Gene Therapy for Prostate Cancer |
IMMUNE-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY & CANCER VACCINES |