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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