Best PhD Thesis Award

Dear Colleagues,

The award has been granted to:

“Epitope Editing Enables Targeted Immunotherapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia” by Gabriele Casirati, Boston Children's Hospital, MA, USA

“The Local Microenvironment Drives Activation of Neutrophils in Human Brain Tumors” by Roeltje Maas, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland

Each winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Cancers in 2024.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Samuel C. Mok
Editor-in-Chief, Cancers

 
Cancers 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Gabriele Casirati
Boston Children's Hospital
Roeltje Maas
Université de Lausanne, Switzerland

Award Committee

Dr. Samuel Mok Chairman
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, Porto, Portugal
Adrià Cañellas Socias
IRB Barcelona

Award Committee

Dr. Samuel Mok Chairman
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
USA Mitchell Cancer Institute

Winner

Michael Rückert
Translational Radiobiology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany

Award Committee

Dr. Samuel Mok Chairman
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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