Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction
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The Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction was established by Susan G. Komen for the Cure
in 1992 to recognize leading scientists for their significant work in advancing research concepts or clinical application in the fields of breast cancer
research, screening or treatment.
The intent of the award is to recognize scholars for a specific contribution, a consistent pattern of contributions, or leadership in the field that has had a substantial impact on the fight against breast cancer. The awardees are nominated and selected by a panel of their peers. Recipients are also invited to present their work in a lecture at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).
Past recipients of the Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction include
Brinker Award recipients each receive a $20,000 honorarium and a special citation of this distinction.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, often referred to as simply Komen, is the most widely known, largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the US....
in 1992 to recognize leading scientists for their significant work in advancing research concepts or clinical application in the fields of breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
research, screening or treatment.
The intent of the award is to recognize scholars for a specific contribution, a consistent pattern of contributions, or leadership in the field that has had a substantial impact on the fight against breast cancer. The awardees are nominated and selected by a panel of their peers. Recipients are also invited to present their work in a lecture at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).
Past recipients of the Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction include
- V. Craig JordanV. Craig JordanVirgil Craig Jordan, OBE is a scientist specializing in drugs for breast cancer treatment and prevention...
(1992), Ph.D., OBE a pioneer in the use of tamoxifen - Leland Hartwell (1998), Ph.D., winner of the 2001 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
for medicine or physiology who was recognized for his achievements in the understanding the cell cycle in the development of cancer - Dr. Mary-Claire KingMary-Claire KingMary-Claire King is an American human geneticist. She is a professor at the University of Washington, where she studies the genetics and interaction of genetics and environmental influences on human conditions such as HIV, lupus, inherited deafness, and also breast and ovarian cancer...
(1999), Ph.D., whose research isolated the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations associated with genetic forms of breast cancer - Larry Norton, M.D. (2004), whose dose-density approach to the administration of chemotherapy has revolutionized breast cancer treatment
- Dr. Anita RobertsAnita RobertsAnita B. Roberts was a molecular biologist who made pioneering observations of a protein, TGF-β, that is critical in healing wounds and bone fractures and that has a dual role in blocking or stimulating cancers...
(2005), who co-discovered the TGF-beta molecule - Professor Benita S. Katzenellenbogan (2009) of the University of IllinoisUIUC College of Liberal Arts and SciencesThe College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the largest college in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, created in 1913 through the merger of the College of Literature and Arts and the College of Science. It has nationally ranked programs in chemistry, psychology and speech communications...
, for her work on the role of estrogen receptors in breast cancer
Brinker Award recipients each receive a $20,000 honorarium and a special citation of this distinction.