Young Investigator Awards
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and the NCCN Foundation®each year announce new recipients for the NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards (YIA) Program. The honorees will receive up to $150,000 in funding, over two years, to advance important research on important issues in oncology. These early-career investigators from NCCN Member Institutions represent tomorrow’s leaders for advancing cancer care. The NCCN Oncology Research Program (ORP) manages the selection process and provides guidance and oversight for the projects over the grant duration.
Recent YIA Recipients
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Julia Agne, MD, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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Arnab Basu, MD, MPH, FACP, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB
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Kimberley Lee, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center
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Yuxuan Wang, MD, PhD, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
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 | Abhishek Chakraborty, PhD, Cleveland Clinic/Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
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 | Christos Fountzilas, MD, FACP, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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 | Zachary Frosch, MD, MSHP, Fox Chase Cancer Center
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 | Chad Tang, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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 | Ana I. Tergas, MD, MPH, City of Hope
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 | Richard Tobin, PhD, University of Colorado Cancer Center
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 | Shuang (George) Zhao, MD, MS, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
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 | Esra Akbay, PhD, UT Southwestern Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
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 | William C. Jackson, MD, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
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 | Everett Moding, MD, PhD, Stanford Cancer Institute
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 | Neelima Navuluri, MD, MPH, Duke Cancer Institute
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 | Ravi Parikh, MD, MPP, The Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania
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 | Deborah Stephens, DO, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
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 | Caitlin Zebley, MD, PhD, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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 | Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine
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 | Wade T. Iams, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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 | Shivan Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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 | Omar Y. Mian, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor and Associate Staff, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center/Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
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 | Mustafa Raoof, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, City of Hope Beckman Research Institute
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 | Jennifer Y. Sheng, MD, Assistant Professor in Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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 | Prasanna Ananth, MD, MPH, Yale Cancer Center |
 | Jaehyuk Choi, MD, PhD, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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 | Kedar Kirtane, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center
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 | Yanming Li, PhD, University of Michigan
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 | Rebecca Arend, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center |
 | Yin Cao, MPH, ScD, Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
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 | Tim Luetkens, MD, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah |
 | Edwin R. Manuel, PhD, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center |
 | Cecilia Yeung, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance |