MD Anderson announces fifth annual class of Andrew Sabin Family Fellows
Early-career researchers represent innovation, commitment to Making Cancer History
MD Anderson News Release November 12, 2020
Â鶹ӳ» MD Anderson Cancer Center has named 10 early-career faculty members to the 2020 class of Andrew Sabin Family Fellows. Established in 2015 through a generous $30 million endowment, the fellowship program aims to encourage creativity, innovation and impactful cancer research in the categories of basic science, clinical, physician-scientist, and population and quantitative science. Andrew Sabin, of East Hampton, New York, has been a member of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors since 2005.
The 2020 awardees are:
? Caroline Chung, M.D., associate professor, Radiation Oncology
? Carrie Daniel-MacDougall, Ph.D., associate professor, Epidemiology
? Michael Green, Ph.D., associate professor, Lymphoma/Myeloma-Research
? Traver Hart, Ph.D., assistant professor, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
? Jian Hu, Ph.D., associate professor, Cancer Biology
? Kathrin Milbury, Ph.D., associate professor, Behavioral Science
? Nicolas Palaskas, M.D., assistant professor, Cardiology
? Christine Parseghian, M.D., assistant professor, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
? Koichi Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, Leukemia
? Chad Tang, M.D., assistant professor, Radiation Oncology
Selections were based on a competitive external review process. Each researcher will receive $100,000 over two years.
¡°We are grateful for the generosity of the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation in helping MD Anderson recruit and retain the highest caliber of young researchers through this fellowship program,¡± said Peter WT Pisters, M.D., president of MD Anderson. ¡°On behalf of my colleagues and the patients we serve, congratulations to these outstanding individuals whose innovative research is sure to make a significant impact on our mission to end cancer.¡±