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Four distinguished researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center will receive Scientific Achievement Awards
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Four distinguished researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will receive 2023 Scientific Achievement Awards from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world’s oldest and largest cancer research organization. Carl H. June, MD, who is recognized for his pioneering role in the development of CAR T cell therapy for cancer, which uses modified versions of patients' own immune cells to attack their cancer, and was funded by Madlyn and Leonard Abramson, will present at the awards.
- Celeste Simon, PhD, is the recipient of the Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research. Kathryn E. Wellen, PhD, a professor and the vice chair of Cancer Biology, will receive the award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research. E. John Wherry, PhD, the chair of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, will receive the Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology.
“We are thrilled to see so many researchers from Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center recognized by AACR for the incredible impacts that they’ve made across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical cancer research,” said Katherine L. Nathanson, MD, the Pearl Basser Professor for BRCA-Related Research, deputy director of the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC), and head of the ACC Awards Committee.
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Four distinguished researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will receive 2023 Scientific Achievement Awards from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world’s oldest and largest cancer research organization. Carl H. June, MD, who is recognized for his pioneering role in the development of CAR T cell therapy for cancer, which uses modified versions of patients' own immune cells to attack their cancer, and was funded by Madlyn and Leonard Abramson, will present at the awards.
- Celeste Simon, PhD, is the recipient of the Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research. Kathryn E. Wellen, PhD, a professor and the vice chair of Cancer Biology, will receive the award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research. E. John Wherry, PhD, the chair of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, will receive the Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology.
“We are thrilled to see so many researchers from Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center recognized by AACR for the incredible impacts that they’ve made across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical cancer research,” said Katherine L. Nathanson, MD, the Pearl Basser Professor for BRCA-Related Research, deputy director of the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC), and head of the ACC Awards Committee.
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