Awardees:
Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Award:
- Dr. Inder Verma, The Salk Institute, CA
- Dr. Satyabrata Nandi, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- Dr. Mansukh Wani, Research Triangle Institute, NC
- Dr. Bandaru S. Reddy, Institute for Cancer Prevention, Valhalla, NY
- Dr. E. Premkumar Reddy-Mount Sinai Hospital, NY-2012
- Dr. Rakesh Kumar- George Washington University, Washington, DC-2013
- Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir (M.D., Ph.D.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA-2014
- Dr. Raju S.K. Chaganti, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY-2016
- Dr. Sankar Mitra, Houston Methodist Research Institute, TX-2016
- Dr. Rakesh Jain, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA-2017
- Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA-2018
- Dr. Sankar Adhya, National Cancer Institute/NIH, Bethesda, MD-2018
- Dr. Anjana Rao, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, UC San Diego, CA-2018
- Dr. Dinshaw Patel, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY-2019
- Dr. Shiv Grewal, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD-2020
- Dr. Vishva Dixit, Genentech, San Francisco, CA-2020
- Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan, MI-2022
- Dr. Nina Bharadwaj, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY-2022
- Dr. Sankar Ghosh, Columbia University, NY-2023
- Anil K. Rustgi, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-2024
- Dr. Aravinda Chakravarti, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NY-2025
Outstanding Scientist in Cancer Research Award:
- Dr. Raju S.K. Chaganti, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
- Dr. Janardhan Reddy, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, IL
- Dr. Bharat B. Aggarwal, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
- Dr. Dr. Raj K. Puri, Food & Drug Administration, MD
- Dr. Ajit Verma, University of Wisconsin School Of Medicine, Madison, WI
- Dr. Satyabrata Nandi, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- Dr. Mansukh Wani, Research Triangle Institute, NC
- Dr. Sankar Ghosh, Columbia University, NY- 2010
- Dr. Arul M. Chinnaiyan (M.D., Ph.D.), University of Michigan, MI- 2011
- Dr. Sen Pathak, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX- 2011
- Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, Harvard Medical School, MA- 2014
- Dr. Shiv Grewal, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD- 2015
- Dr. Adhip P. N. Majumdar, Wayne State University School of Medicine & John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI- 2016
- Dr. Shivendra Singh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA- 2016
- Dr. Anirban Maitra, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX- 2017
- Dr. Shyamala Maheswaran, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, MA-2018
- Dr. Utpal Banerjee, University of California Los Angeles, CA- 2018
- Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, MD-2019
- Dr. Surinder Batra, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE-2020
- Dr. Samir Mitragotri, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA-2021
- Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA-2021
- Dr. Thirumala Devi-Kanneganti, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, TN-2022
- Dr. Anindya Dutta,University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL-2022
- Dr. Yamuna Krishnan, University of Chicago, IL-2023
- Dr. Padmanee Sharma, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX-2024
- Dr. Vinod Balanchandran, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY-2025
Outstanding Women Scientist in Cancer Research Award:
- Dr. Saraswati Sukumar, Johns Hopkins University, MD- 2012
- Dr. Varsha Gandhi, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX- 2013
- Dr. Vimla Band, University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE- 2014
Outstanding Health Scientist Award:
- Dr. Marcia Litwack- Center for Scientific Review, NIH, MD- 1997
- Dr. Suresh Mohla- National Cancer Institute, MD
- Dr. Joe B. Harford- National Cancer Institute, MD
- Dr. Sudhir Shrivastava- National Cancer Institute, MD
- Dr. Mukesh Verma- National Cancer Institute, MD
- Dr. Barbara Spalholz- National Cancer Institute, MD- 2010
Outstanding Entrepreneurial Scientist Award:
- Dr. Sujay Singh- President, Imgenex, San Diego, CA
- Dr. Atul Vardachary- President & COO, Agennix, Inc., Houston, TX
Keynote Speakers:
- Dr. Aravinda Chakravarti, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NY-2025
- Anil K. Rustgi, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-2024
- Dr. Sankar Ghosh, Columbia University, NY-2023
- Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan, MI-2022
- Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA-2021
- Dr. Vishva Dixit, Genentech, CA-2020
- Dr. Krishna Aggrawal, Tulane University, LA-2004
- Dr. Awtar Krishan, University of Miami Health System, FL-2001
- Dr. Rakesh Kumar, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX-2000
- Dr. Sen Pathak, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX-1999
- Dr. Hasan Mukhtar, University of Michigan, MI-1999
- Dr. Mansukh Wani, Research Triangle Institute, NC-1998
- Dr. Inder Verma, The Salk Institute, CA-1997
- Dr. Saraswati Sukumar, Johns Hopkins University, MD-1997
- Dr. Atul Tendon- President, NeoMarkers-1997
- Dr. Satyabrata Nandi, University of California, Berkeley, CA-1996
- Dr. Suresh Mohla, National Cancer Institute, MD-1995
