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2017 National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award

Individual Awards

For exemplary performance while demonstrating significant leadership, skill, and ability in serving as a mentor.

  • Beverly A. Mock, NCI

Administrative

Group Awards

NCI's Clinical Trials Search Team

For innovative leadership in enabling the cancer research community to accelerate the speed of research by improving access to clinical trials.

  • Mary Anne Bright, NCI
  • Kevin D. Broun, NCI
  • Lynn F. Cheryan, NCI
  • Rhonda Wilt Dejoice, NCI
  • Lakshmi M. Grama, NCI
  • Nina E. Gwatkin, NCI
  • Erika C. Henry, NCI
  • Anthony R. Kerlavage, NCI
  • Latonya M. Kittles Hendricks, NCI
  • David J. Loose, NCI
  • Wei Lu, NCI
  • Candace D. Maynard, NCI
  • Sue Pan, NCI
  • Lorna C. Patrick, NCI
  • Bryan A. Pizzillo, NCI
  • Sheila A. Prindiville, NCI
  • Gisele A. Sarosy, NCI
  • Melina B. Scotto, NCI
  • Jeffrey D. Shilling, NCI
  • Ajmal S. Sultani, NCI
  • Lawrence W. Wright, NCI

Cancer Moonshot Public Engagement Team

For exceptional leadership of communications activities in support of the Cancer Moonshot, including robust public engagement, excellence in multimedia content development, and strategic dissemination.

  • Liyana Abdul Kadir, NCI
  • Nelvis C. Castro, NCI
  • Rebecca Chasan, NCI
  • Julie A. Cheh, NCI
  • Lynn F. Cheryan, NCI
  • Jennifer D. Dorsey, NCI
  • Honey R. Fisher, NCI
  • Peter F. Garrett, NCI
  • Shannon P. Hatch, NCI
  • Sabrina Islam-Rahman, NCI
  • Sandy M. Kim, NCI
  • Se Hyun Kim, NCI
  • Anne E. Lubenow, NCI
  • Kelli K. Marciel, NCI
  • James T. Mathews, NCI
  • Michael J. Miller, NCI
  • Nancy S. Murphy, NCI
  • Carmen B. Phillips, NCI
  • Charles H. Rose, NCI
  • Mark A. Story, NCI
  • Sona S. Thakkar, NCI
  • Cynthia M. Vitelli, NCI
  • Amy A. Williams, NCI
  • Edward R. Winstead, NCI

NIH Hematology Oncology Fellowship Program Team

For extraordinary resourcefulness and initiative in merging the Medical Oncology Fellowship and Hematology Fellowship programs to implement the new NIH Hematology Oncology Fellowship Program.

  • Marijo Bilusic, NCI
  • Charles D. Bolan, NHLBI
  • James L. Gulley, NCI
  • Sawa Ito, NHLBI

Scientific/Medical

Group Awards

Genomic Data Commons Project Team

For outstanding contributions to the field of cancer genomics by leading the launch of the Genomic Data Commons unified cancer knowledgebase.

  • Amy E. Blum, NCI
  • Tanja M. Davidsen, NCI
  • Martin L. Ferguson, NCI
  • Sharon M. Gaheen, NCI
  • Daniela S. Gerhard, NCI
  • Mark A. Jensen, NCI
  • Warren A. Kibbe, NCI
  • Himanso K. Sahni, NCI
  • Louis M. Staudt, NCI
  • Debra A. Steverson, NCI
  • Zhining Wang, NCI
  • Liming Yang, NCI
  • Jean Claude Zenklusen, NCI

Ganitumab Prep For AEWS1221 Group

In recognition of the team making ganitumab available for COG Ewing sarcoma study (AEWS1221).

  • Sherry S. Ansher, NCI
  • Matthew J. Boron, NCI
  • Trevor L. Broadt, NCI
  • Helen X. Chen, NCI
  • Stephen P. Creekmore, NCI
  • Douglas R. Gaum, NCI
  • Kenneth L. Huyser, NCI
  • Edward L. Korn, NCI
  • Gautam Mitra, NCI
  • Julie K. Rhie, NCI
  • Sheryl A. Ruppel, NCI
  • Nita L. Seibel, NCI
  • Anthony R. Welch, NCI

Pediatric Hematologic MalignaNCIes Translational Team

For the development of highly effective immunotherapy for children and young adults with refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemias (ALL).

  • Cynthia P. Delbrook, NCI
  • Terry J. Fry, NCI
  • Hanh M. Khuu, CC
  • Haiying Qin, NCI
  • Nirali N. Shah, NCI
  • Haneen Shalabi, NCI
  • Maryalice Stetler-Stevenson, NCI
  • David F. Stroncek, CC
  • Bonnie D. Yates, NCI
  • Constance M. Yuan, NCI

Individual Awards

For providing extraordinary leadership and scientific prowess in the development of novel tumor immunotherapies that are transforming cancer treatments worldwide.

  • Nicholas P. Restifo, NCI

For performing the first ligand-triggered real time crystallography of biomacromolecular interaction and solving the mechanism of riboswitches.

  • Yun-Xing Wang, NCI

Recognition Across NIH

The following individuals are recognized as part of a group hosted by another IC.

CIT

  • Jeffrey D. Shilling, NCI

NHLBI

  • Christie A. Canaria, NCI
  • Todd E. Haim, NCI
  • Kory L. Hallett, NCI
  • Xing-Jian Lou, NCI
  • Deepa Narayanan, NCI

NIAID

  • Rosemarie Aurigemma, NCI

NIDCR

  • Kyle C. Miller, NCI

NIGMS

  • Hector N. Aguila, NCI
  • Isaac F. Brownell, NCI

OD

  • Christie A. Canaria, NCI
  • Robert Kreitman, NCI
  • David Nelson, NCI
  • Richard Troiano, NCI
  • Michael S. Weingarten, NCI
  • Lauren Wood, NCI