Travel Award Recipients

Past Recipients

December 1, 2013
1. Mr. Sangkyu Lee
Conference: The 2014 European Society of Radiotherapy & Oncology (ESTRO) Annual Meeting – Vienna, Austria – April 2014
Abstract: Association of Computed Tomography image textures with inflammatory biomarkers in radiation-induced lung injury
2. Ms. Lusia Sepiashvili
Conference: The 2014 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting – San Diego, California – April 2014
Abstract: Integrative systems analysis of HPV+ and HPV- oropharyngeal carcinoma

June 1, 2013 Competition
1. Dr. Sunggeon Ko
Conference: 19th International Conference on ADP-Ribosylation (PARP) – Quebec City, Quebec – September 2013
Abstract: Characterization of a poly (ADP-Ribose)-binding complex using oligomers of defined length
2. Dr. Benjamin Lant
Conference: The 19th International C.elegans – Los Angeles, California – June 2013
Abstract: Method for detection and analysis of apoptosis signaling in the C. elegans germline

December 1, 2012 Competition
1. Shawn Stapleton
Conference: Hot Topics in Molecular Imaging – Les Houche, France – January 2013
Abstract: Multiparametric Imaging of Patient Derived Human Cervix Cancer Xenografts
2. Jeff Bruce
Conference: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 13th Annual Meeting – Washington D.C., USA – April 2013
Abstract: The identification of potentially prognostic microRNAs in human nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
3. Dr. Fiana Levitin
Conference: The Tumor Microinvironment Hypoxia, Angiogenesis and Vasculature – Miami, USA – May 2013
Abstract: Oxygen-independent disulfide bond formation in Carbonic Anhydrase 9 (CA9) supports cell surface expression during hypoxia

June 1, 2012 Competition
1. Dr. Philip Wong
Conference: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 54th Annual Meeting – Boston, Massachusetts – October 2012
Abstract: A potential prognostic micro-RNA signature for distant metastasis in soft-tissue sarcoma
2. Michelle Lenarduzzi
Conference: Canadian Association for Radiation Oncology (CARO) 26th Annual Scientific Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario – September, 2012
Abstract: MicroRNA-193b enhances tumor progression via down regulation of neurofibromin 1

December 1, 2011 Competition
1. Christine How
Conference: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 12th Annual Meeting – Chicago, Illinois -  April 2012
Abstract: MicroRNA-196b regulates HOXB7 in cervical cancer