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Recent CCR Awards
Elected to the Association of
American Physicians
Ronald Gress, M.D.
Chief, Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch
W. Marston Linehan, M.D.
Chief, Urologic Oncology Branch
2011 Samuel Heyman Service to America Homeland Security Medal
Partnership for Public Service
For his achievements in developing a blueprint for the U.S. to deal with the health consequences of a radiological or nuclear incident, and helping the Japanese respond to radiation from earthquake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plants
C. Norman Coleman, M.D.
Radiation Oncology Branch
2011 Abbott-ASM Lifetime
Achievement Award
American Society of Microbiology
For sustained contributions to the microbiological sciences
Susan Gottesman, Ph.D.
Co-Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
2011 Fellow of the Biophysical
Society Award
For her extraordinary contributions to advances in computational biology on both nucleic acids and proteins
Ruth Nussinov, Ph.D.
CCR Nanobiology Program
Waldenstrom’s Award for
Myeloma Research – 2011
The International Myeloma Foundation
For lifetime achievement in myeloma research
Michael Kuehl, M.D.
Genetics Branch
2011 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology
Cancer Research Institute
For pioneering work bringing adoptive T cell transfer from the laboratory, through proof of concept, to the clinic, as a treatment for cancer
Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Surgery Branch
Making a Difference Award
American Academy of Dermatology Leadership Circle for Volunteerism Program
For compassionate care and volunteer work for patients with the rare, cancer-prone genetic disease Xeroderma pigmentosum
Kenneth Kraemer, M.D.
Dermatology Branch
2011 Honorary Professorship Award
Fudan University
Xin Wei Wang, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis
Jane C. Wright, M.D., Young Investigator Award
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Jung-min Lee, M.D.
Medical Oncology Branch
2011 ASCO Young Investigator Award
American Society of Clinical Oncology
John Hays, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Oncology Branch
Young Investigator Award
Kaleidoscope of Hope Foundation
Andrea McCollum, Ph.D.
Medical Oncology Branch
Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship
Awarded, in part, for his work at NCI
Phung Tran
Genetics Branch