Grants & Awards

Foundation for Women’s Cancer “Excellence in Ovarian CancerResearch Prize” in honor of Ronald Alvarez, MD History ReportRECIPIENT INSTITUTION AWARD TITLE2011–2012Ernst Lengyel, MD,PhDUniversity of ChicagoFoundation for Women’s CancerExcellence in Ovarian CancerResearch Prize“Establishment of a Peritoneal 3DCulture to Investigate Attachmentand Invasion of Ovarian CancerCells”2012–2013Douglas A. Levine, MDMemorial Sloan-KetteringCancer CenterFoundation for Women’s CancerExcellence in Ovarian CancerResearch Prize in Honor ofRonald Alvarez, MD“MicroRNA Gene Expression inAdvanced Ovarian Cancer”2013–2014Janice Rebecca Liu,MDUniversity of MichiganMedical CenterFoundation for Women’s Cancer/Norma Livingston OvarianCancer Foundation Excellence inOvarian Cancer Research Prizein Honor of Ronald Alvarez, MD“Gynecologic Cancer Foundation/Susan G. Komen Breast CancerFoundation Career DevelopmentAward: Resveratrol InducedApoptosis and Autophagocytosis inOvarian and Breast Cancer”2014–2015Jason Dennis Wright,MDColumbia University Collegeof Physicians and SurgeonsFoundation for Women’s Cancer/Norma Livingston OvarianCancer Foundation Excellence inOvarian Cancer Research Prizein Honor of Ronald Alvarez, MD“Measuring the Quality of SurgicalCare for Women with OvarianCancer”Claudia Cohen Research Foundation Prize for OutstandingGynecologic Cancer Researcher History ReportRECIPIENT INSTITUTION AWARD TITLE2009–2010Paul Goodfellow, PhDWashington UniversitySchool of MedicineSt. Louis, MOClaudia Cohen ResearchFoundation Prize forOutstanding GynecologicCancer Researcher“Genetic and Epigenetic Events Associated with EndometrialTumorigenesis and Endometrial Cancer Progression”2010–2011Anil Sood, MDUniversity of TexasMD Anderson CancerCenterClaudia Cohen ResearchFoundation Prize forOutstanding GynecologicCancer Researcher“Ovarian Cancer Biology; Angiogenesis; Nanotechnology;Translational Research”2011–2012George Coukos, MD,PhDUniversity ofPennsylvaniaClaudia Cohen ResearchFoundation Prize forOutstanding GynecologicCancer Researcher“Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer”2012–2013Robert C. Bast Jr., MDUniversity of TexasMD Anderson CancerCenterClaudia Cohen ResearchFoundation Prize forOutstanding GynecologicCancer Researcher“Cellular and Molecular Biology of Ovarian and Breast Cancer;Tumor Biomarkers; Medical Oncology with Emphasis on Caringfor Patients with Ovarian and Breast Cancer; TranslationalResearch with Emphasis on Academe-Pharma Interactions andon Mentoring Physician-scientists, Clinician-investigators anTranslational PhDs”2013–2014Andrew Berchuck, MDDuke University MedicalCenterClaudia Cohen ResearchFoundation Prize forOutstanding GynecologicCancer Researcher“Molecular Pathogenesis of Ovarian Cancer”2014–2015Beth Y. Karlan, MDCedars-Sinai MedicalCenterClaudia Cohen ResearchFoundation Prize forOutstanding GynecologicCancer Researcher“Characterization of a Novel Ovarian Inhibitory Substance”29