2016 Winners

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 awards substantial funding 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.

Samuel Sidi, PhD

Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Christopher Vakoc, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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Andrea Ventura, MD, PhD

Associate Member
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD

Assistant Member
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Uttiya Basu, PhD

Associate Professor
Columbia University, College of Physicans and Surgeons

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Christopher Mason, PhD

Associate Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine

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Agnel Sfeir, PhD

Assistant Professor
New York University School of Medicine

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