Hope Funds for Cancer Research Awards

Each year the Hope Funds for Cancer Research honors outstanding individuals and organizations at a White-tie gala dinner. The purpose is both to give honor to these individuals but also to allow them to connect and interact with the post-doctoral fellows to whom the Hope Funds provides grants to fund their research work. Each honoree is presented with a sterling silver medal and a diploma with an original piece of artwork.

Honorees: 2012

Basic Research: Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D. (University of California, San Francisco)
Basic Research: Janet Rowley, M.D. (University of Chicago)
Clinical Development: Joseph Schlessinger, Ph.D. (Yale University)
Medicine: Azra Raza, M.D. (Columbia University)

Honorees: 2011

Basic Research: Joan Massagué, Ph.D. (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
Clinical Development: Kenneth C. Anderson, M.D. (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
Medicine: Larry Norton, M.D. (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
Advocacy: Ellen Stovall (Founder, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS))
Philanthropy: Donald J. Listwin (Canary Foundation)

Honorees: 2010

Basic Research: James E. Darnell, Jr., M.D. (The Rockefeller University)
Clinical Development: George D. Demetri, M.D (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
Medicine: Murray F. Brennan, M.D. (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
Advocacy: Harold P. Freeman, M.D. (Founder, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention)
Philanthropy: David H. Koch (Koch Industries)

Honorees: 2009

Basic Research: Robert A. Weinberg Ph.D. (Whitehead Institute, MIT)
Clinical Development: Brian Druker, M.D. (Oregon Health & Science University)
Medicine: John Cameron, M.D. (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
Advocacy: Amy Dockser Marcus (Wall Street Journal)
Philanthropy: Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research

Honorees: 2008

Basic Research: Craig Mello, PhD (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Medicine: Malcolm Moore, DPhil (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
Advocacy: Robert Bazell (NBC News)
Philanthropy: Gilda’s Club

Honorees: 2007

Basic Research: Sir Paul Nurse, PhD (Former President, The Rockefeller University)
Clinical Development: Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez, M.D. (IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Ret,)
Medicine: Judah Folkman, M.D. (Children’s Hospital, Boston)
Advocacy: Paula Kim (Founder, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network)
Philanthropy: Corporate Angel Network