The Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine has been established to recognize
important discoveries in cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment.
important discoveries in cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment.
2024 Winners
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Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
Director, UCSF Breast Care Center Alfred A. de Lorimier Endowed Chair in General Surgery Professor of Surgery and Radiology, University of California, San Francisco Winner in the Clinical Category for her ground-breaking work in breast cancer early detection and personalized treatment of patients |
Giulio F. Draetta, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, NCI Cancer Center Director Professor, Genomic Medicine Sewell Family Distinguished University Chair The University of Texas MD Anderson Winner in the Basic Science Category for pioneering the identification and characterization of mammalian cyclin-dependent kinases and their targeting for anticancer agents |
The 2024 Prize recipients will present at AICF's Scientific Research Symposium on November 13, 2024. Click here for more information.
Past Recipients
Robert C. Gallo, MD (1984)
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD (1985)
Rita Levi-Montalcini, MD (1987)
Umberto Veronesi, MD (1988)
Gianni Bonadonna, MD and Larry Norton, MD (1990)
Luisa M. Massimo, MD and Philip A. Pizzo, MD (1991)
Harold P. Freeman, MD and Lance A. Liotta, MD, PhD (1992)
Kathleen M. Foley, MD and Vittorio Ventafridda, MD (1993)
Charles M. Balch, MD, FACS and Natale Cascinelli, MD (1994)
Virgil Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc and Rosella Silvestrini, PhD (1995)
Patrick C. Walsh, MD and Francesco Pagano, MD (1996)
Carlo M. Croce, MD and Bert Vogelstein, MD (1997)
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, MD, PhD and Rainer F. Storb, MD (1998)
Paul A. Marks, MD and Frances M. Visco, JD (1999)
Alberto Costa, MD and Paul Peter Rosen, MD (2000)
Bernard Levin, MD and Maurizio Ponz de Leon, MD (2001)
Paul A. Bunn, Jr., MD and Gabriella Sozzi, PhD (2002)
Steve Rosenberg, MD, PhD and Andrea Velardi, MD (2003)
Napoleone Ferrara, MD, PhD and Judah Folkman, MD (2004)
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD and Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD (2005)
Alessandro Massimo Gianni, MD and Irving Weissman, MD, FACS (2006)
José Baselga, MD and John Mendelsohn, MD (2007)
Ronald Levy, MD and Lee M. Nadler, MD (2008)
Brian J. Druker, MD and George D. Demetri, MD (2009)
Mina J. Bissell, PhD and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., MD (2010)
David M. Livingston, MD and Joseph Schlessinger, PhD (2011)
Ronald A. DePinho, MD and Stephen J. Elledge, PhD (2012)
Joan Massagué, PhD and Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD (2013)
James P. Allison, PhD and Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD (2014)
Frederick W. Alt, MD and Carlos L. Arteaga, MD (2015)
Armando E Giuliano, MD and Marie-Claire King, PhD (2016)
Brunangelo Falini, MD and Peter K. Vogt, PhD (2017)
Nancy E. Davidson, MD and Alberto Mantovani, MD (2018)
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR and David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD (2019)
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD and Gigi Lozano, PhD (2022)
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD and Michele Pagano, MD (2023)
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD (1985)
Rita Levi-Montalcini, MD (1987)
Umberto Veronesi, MD (1988)
Gianni Bonadonna, MD and Larry Norton, MD (1990)
Luisa M. Massimo, MD and Philip A. Pizzo, MD (1991)
Harold P. Freeman, MD and Lance A. Liotta, MD, PhD (1992)
Kathleen M. Foley, MD and Vittorio Ventafridda, MD (1993)
Charles M. Balch, MD, FACS and Natale Cascinelli, MD (1994)
Virgil Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc and Rosella Silvestrini, PhD (1995)
Patrick C. Walsh, MD and Francesco Pagano, MD (1996)
Carlo M. Croce, MD and Bert Vogelstein, MD (1997)
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, MD, PhD and Rainer F. Storb, MD (1998)
Paul A. Marks, MD and Frances M. Visco, JD (1999)
Alberto Costa, MD and Paul Peter Rosen, MD (2000)
Bernard Levin, MD and Maurizio Ponz de Leon, MD (2001)
Paul A. Bunn, Jr., MD and Gabriella Sozzi, PhD (2002)
Steve Rosenberg, MD, PhD and Andrea Velardi, MD (2003)
Napoleone Ferrara, MD, PhD and Judah Folkman, MD (2004)
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD and Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD (2005)
Alessandro Massimo Gianni, MD and Irving Weissman, MD, FACS (2006)
José Baselga, MD and John Mendelsohn, MD (2007)
Ronald Levy, MD and Lee M. Nadler, MD (2008)
Brian J. Druker, MD and George D. Demetri, MD (2009)
Mina J. Bissell, PhD and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., MD (2010)
David M. Livingston, MD and Joseph Schlessinger, PhD (2011)
Ronald A. DePinho, MD and Stephen J. Elledge, PhD (2012)
Joan Massagué, PhD and Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD (2013)
James P. Allison, PhD and Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD (2014)
Frederick W. Alt, MD and Carlos L. Arteaga, MD (2015)
Armando E Giuliano, MD and Marie-Claire King, PhD (2016)
Brunangelo Falini, MD and Peter K. Vogt, PhD (2017)
Nancy E. Davidson, MD and Alberto Mantovani, MD (2018)
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR and David M. Sabatini, MD, PhD (2019)
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD and Gigi Lozano, PhD (2022)
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD and Michele Pagano, MD (2023)
