2014 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Winners Announced at Sohn Investment Conference

May 2014

Through a generous commitment of $25 million from the Pershing Square Foundation, the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance has created a prestigious program that will award $1.2 million in its first year to exceptional young scientists in New York City with innovative ideas in the field of cancer research. The Prize winners, selected by a panel of extraordinary leaders in medical research, are encouraged to take risks and pursue bold ideas that will lead to new discoveries and new approaches in cancer research. In the quest for cures, the Prize will accelerate collaboration between academia, industry and the business community and play a catalytic role to secure traction for new ideas with non-profit and for-profit investors.

Lloyd Trotman Ph.D., Sihong Wang Ph.D., Agata Smogorzewska, MD, Ph.D., Emily Bernstein Ph.D. and Dr. Adolfo Ferrando,MD, Ph.D. attend the Announcement Of The 2014 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Winners At The Sohn Investment Conference — Lloyd Trotman Ph.D., Sihong Wang Ph.D., Agata Smogorzewska, MD, Ph.D., Emily Bernstein Ph.D. and Adolfo Ferrando,MD, Ph.D. attend the Announcement Of The 2014 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Winners At The Sohn Investment Conference

Olivia Tournay Flatto, PhD and Evan Sohn with 2014 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Winners — Olivia Tournay Flatto, Ph.D. and Evan Sohn with 2014 Pershing Square Sohn Prize Winners

Bill Ackman and Olivia Tournay Flatto, PhD with Prize winners — Bill Ackman and Olivia Tournay Flatto, Ph.D. with Prize winners

Ali Brivanlou, PhD, Agata Smogorzewska, MD, Ph.D. of The Rockefeller University

Bruce Stillman, MD and Lloyd Trotman, PhD of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Bill Ackman, Olivia Tournay Flatto, Ph.D. and Evan Sohn

Olivia Flatto and Evan Sohn Announce the Prize Winners

(Photos by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance)

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