Articles Tagged ‘award’

Alan Rabson Receives AACI Special Recognition Award

Arnold Rabson, M.D., left, accepts the Special Recognition Award from AACI, on behalf of his father, Alan S. Rabson, M.D.

The Association of American Cancer Institutes recently honored Alan S. Rabson, M.D., with a Special Recognition Award that recognized his achievements over five decades at the National Cancer Institute, as a deputy director, pathologist, cancer researcher, administrator, and clinical advisor.  The award also celebrates his numerous discoveries in virology and authorship of more than 100 [...]

Rimas Orentas receives Hyundai Hope On Wheels grant

Orentas receiving research grant award from local Hyundai dealers

Rimas Orentas, Ph.D., from NCI’s Pediatric Oncology Branch in the Center for Cancer Research, is one of the 2012 recipients of a $250,000 research grant from Hyundai Hope On Wheels. This grant, given in honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, will allow Orentas to focus on new therapeutics for immunotherapy of pediatric tumors. Dr. Orentas’ current [...]

Rosenberg Receives Keio Medical Science Prize

Image of caucasian man, wearing glasses, a light purple shirt, dark purple tie, and a white lab coat, sittling in a lab

Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., a pioneer in the fields of basic tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy, can add recipient of the 17th annual Keio Medical Science Prize to his list of academic and professional honors.