Recent Awards

Recent Awards and Accomplishments

2012 - present

• Peter Carroll, MD, PhD, June Chan, ScD, Matthew Cooperberg, MD, PhD: DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program Impact Award
• Ari Firestone, PhD with his sponsor Kevin Shannon, MD: Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Award
• Lawrence Fong, MD: National Cancer Institute R01 Award
• Jay Levy, MD: NIH National Institute Allergy & Infectious Disease R56 Award
• Mark Moasser, MD: American Association for Cancer Research Award
• Michael Rabow, MD: 2012 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award
• Hope Rugo, MD: Breast Cancer Research Foundation Award
• Markus Müschen, MD, PhD: National Cancer Institute R01 Award
• Eric Collisson, MD: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Award
• John Greenspan, BDS, PhD: ADA Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research
• Neil Shah, MD, PhD, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Translational Research Program Award
• Eric Small, MD and Phil Febbo, MD, AACR/SU2C Dream Team Award
• Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Diane L. Barber, PhD, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH, initiated into the Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons
• Pamela M. Ling, MD, Robert H. Crede Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, UCSF
• Jennifer Puck, MD, elected to Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• Jeffrey Venstrom, MD:
  • one of 17 national scholars to receive a 2012 V Foundation for Cancer Research Award
  • American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award
• Laura Dunn, MD in collaboration with Psycho Oncology, Symptom Management Services and Spiritual Care: grant recipient of John Templeton Foundation HealthCare Chaplaincy project grant
• Jiali Li, MD, PhD: Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2012 Breast Cancer Symposium Merit Awards
• A. James Barkovich, MD: 2012 ASNR Gold Medal Award
• Arthur Weiss, MD, PhD: 2012 Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award (UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program)
• Trever Bivona, MD:
  • 2012 Young Investigator Research Grant from the National Lung Cancer Partnership
  • American Lung Association Cancer Discovery Award
  • Doris Duke Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award
  • Kimmel Foundation Scholar Award
  • Howard Hughes Collaborative Innovation Award
  • NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
• Ruth E. Malone: Harold S. Luft Award for Mentoring in Health Services and Health Policy Research, April 5 2012
• Dr. Nancy Burke, PhD:  2012 Community Breast Cancer Research honoree
• Dr. Frank McCormick: president, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
• Dr. Dejana Braithwaite: 2012 American Cancer Society, Mentored Research Scholar Award
• Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn: California Hall of Fame; elected to Board of Directors, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)

2011

• Dr. Andrei Goga: American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
• Dr. Allan Balmain: 2011 American Skin Association Achievement Award
• Dr. Tung T. Nguyen: appointed, 2011 Presidential’s Advisory Commission on Asian American Pacific Islanders
• Dr. Rena Pasick: 2011 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Scholar - renewed for a 3rd year ($250,000)
• Dr. Zena Werb: Zero Breast Cancer 2011 Community Breast Cancer Research Award
• Dr. Yuet Wai Kan, MD: Institute Of Medicine (IOM); received 2011 Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship
• Dr. Paul Blanc, MD, MSPH: Fellow, Collegium Ramazzini, Nov 2011
• Dr. Art Weiss: 2012 AAI Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding research and career achievements.
• Debby Hamolsky, RN, MS, AOCMS:  Breast Care Center, 2012 Milton and Helen Pearl Award for Outstanding Service  (Mount Zion)
• Dr. John Witte: 2011 Stephen B. Hulley Award for Excellence In Teaching, UCSF
• Dr. Susan Fisher: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Dr. Jayanta Debnath: DOD Breast Cancer Era of Hope Scholar Award,  2011-2016
• Dr. Adil Daud: Best Doctors in America Award, Castle Connolly
• Dr. Jason Cyster: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Dr. Charles Craik: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Karen Butter, AB, ML: Fellow, Medical Library Association
• Dr. Dejana Braithwaite: Career Catalyst Award, Susan G. Komen for the Cure; 2012 American Cancer Society, Mentored Research Scholar Award
• Dr. Mitchel Berger: President Elect, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• Dr. Boris Bastian: German National Academy of Science (Leopoldina)
• Dr. Jody Lynn Baron: UCSF Program in Breakthrough Biomedical Research Award, 2011-2013