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As the Editor-in-Chief of Cancers, it is my great pleasure to announce the winners of the Cancers 2022 PhD Thesis Award. This award is for two PhD students or recently qualified PhDs who have produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to:
“Uncovering Novel Prognostic and Predictive Epigenetic Biomarkers in Malignant Testicular Germ Cell Tumors” By João Pedro da Silva Machado Lobo, University of Porto, Portugal
“Metastatic Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer Arises from Residual EMP1+ Cells” By Adrià Cañellas Socias, University of Barcelona, Spain
Each winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Cancers in 2023.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Samuel C. Mok Editor-in-Chief, Cancers
Cancers 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Filipa Martins
NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
Luca Tiraboschi
IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Italy
Award Committee
Dr. Samuel Mok
Chairperson
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Maxim Berezovski
Dr. Mukund Seshadri
Prof. Maria Gazouli
School of Medicine, Univ of Athens
Prof. Dr. Alfred Cheng
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Winner
Benjamin Genenger
University of Wollongong, Australia
Diana Pádua
Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Dr. Samuel Mok
Chairperson
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Jason Roszik
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Prof. Dr. Andreas Leithner
Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Medical University of Graz
Dr. Kevin A. Camphausen
NCI
Winner
Gabriele Casirati
Boston Children's Hospital, USA
Roeltje Maas
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Award Committee
Dr. Samuel Mok
Chairperson
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Farrukh Aqil
University of Louisville
Prof. Alexandre Escargueil
Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine
Dr. Shinji Miwa
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University
Dr. Kevin A. Camphausen
NCI
Winner
João Pedro da Silva Machado Lobo
Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil Porto, Portugal
Adrià Cañellas Socias
IRB Barcelona, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Samuel Mok
Chairperson
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Prof. Craig N. Robson
Newcastle University
Prof. Dr. Dik C. van Gent
Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, Univesity Medical Center Rotterdam
Prof. Alexandre Escargueil
Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine
Prof. Brian Gabrielli
Mater Research Institute - The University of Queensland
Dr. Aamir Ahmad
Hamad Medical Corporation
Dr. Ognjen Arandjelovic
University of St Andrews
Prof. Andrea Morrione
Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine and Center for Biotechnology, Department of Biology, Temple University
Prof. Raffaele Capasso
University of Naples Federico II
Prof. Ajay Singh
Winner
Michael Rückert
University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
Award Committee
Dr. Samuel Mok
Chairperson
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Sharon McKenna
University College Cork
Dr. Marc Poirot
Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, UMR 1037 Inserm-UMR 5071 CNRS, University of Toulouse III
Dr. Sam Mbulaiteye
National Cancer Institute
Dr. Leonhard Müllauer
Medizinische Universität Wien
Prof. Hajime Isomoto
Prof. Dr. Spencer B Gibson
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