Session 15: Awards Session

Chair(s)

• CS

  Carol Swallow, MD, PhD

  Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Young Investigator Award Winner(s)

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  Jakob Hofvander, PhD (he/him/his)

  Postdoc
  Lund University
  Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
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  Josephine Dermawan, MD, PhD

  Associate Staff
  Cleveland Clinic
  Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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  Alison Yoder, MD MPH

  Resident Physician
  MDACC
  Houston, Texas, United States

  Slides

Liddy Shriver Early Research Award Winner(s)

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  Mandy Ballinger, BAppSc BSc MSc PhD (she/her/hers)

  Group Leader
  Garvan Institute of Medical Research
  Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Basic Science Sarcoma Research Award Winner(s)

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  David Kirsch, MD, PhD

  Head, Radiation Medicine Program
  Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  Benjamin Nacev, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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  Isidro Cortes-Ciriano, PhD

  Research Group Leader
  EMBL-EBI
  Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM  

  Liddy Shriver Award
  

  Liddy Shriver Early Research Award Winner: Mandy L. Ballinger, BAppSc BSc MSc PhD (she/her/hers) – Garvan Institute of Medical Research
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM  

  HETEROGENEITY IN CHROMATIN STATES DEFINE A DISEASE SPECTRUM IN SYNOVIAL SARCOMA
  

  Young Investigator Award Winner: Jakob Hofvander, PhD (he/him/his) – Lund University

  Author: Jakob Hofvander, PhD (he/him/his) – Lund University

  Co-Author: Alvin Qiu, MD, PhD – UBC

  Co-Author: Kiera Lee, BScH (she/her/hers) – UBC

  Co-Author: Annaick Carles, PhD – UBC

  Co-Author: Rachel Cao, MSc – UBC

  Co-Author: Michelle Moksa, PhD – UBC

  Co-Author: Jonathan Steif, MSc – UBC

  Co-Author: Angela E. Goytain – UBC

  Co-Author: Samuel Singer, MD, FACS – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Irene Andrulis, PhD – The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Jay Wunder, M.Sc, MD – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Martin Hirst, PhD – UBC

  Co-Author: Torsten O. Nielsen, MD, PhD – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM  

  CHROMOPLEXY IS A FREQUENT EVENT IN EWSR1-REARRANGED ROUND CELL SARCOMAS THAT CAN BE DETECTED USING CLINICALLY VALIDATED NGS PLATFORMS
  

  Young Investigator Award Winner: Josephine K. Dermawan, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic

  Author: Josephine K. Dermawan, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic

  Co-Author: Paul Meyers, MD (he/him/his) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Emily K. Slotkin, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Co-Author: William D. Tap, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Co-Author: John H. Healey, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Cristina R. Antonescu, MD (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM  

  THE IMPACT OF TUMOR LOCATION AND RADIATION DOSE TO BOWEL ON THE RISK OF DEVELOPING GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITIES WHEN TREATING ABDOMINOPELVIC SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS WITH PREOPERATIVE RADIATION
  

  Young Investigator Award Winner: Alison Yoder, MD MPH – MDACC

  Author: Alison Yoder, MD MPH – MDACC

  Co-Author: Tucker Netherton, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Xin Wang, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Tze Yee Lim, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: He Wang, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Dershan Luo, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Congjun Wang, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Sara Thrower, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Callistus Nguyen, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Devarati Mitra, MD PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Andrew J. Bishop, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: Ahsan S. Farooqi, MD PhD (he/him/his) – MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Co-Author: B Ashleigh Guadagnolo, MD,MPH (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM  

  David Kirsch Basic Science Award
  

  Basic Science Sarcoma Research Award Winner: David Kirsch, MD, PhD – Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM  

  Benjamin Nacev Basic Science Award
  

  Basic Science Sarcoma Research Award Winner: Benjamin Nacev, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM  

  Isidro Cortes-Ciriano Basic Science Award
  

  Basic Science Sarcoma Research Award Winner: Isidro Cortes-Ciriano, PhD – EMBL-EBI