The Forbeck Foundation annually awards young oncologists with the Forbeck Scholar Award to recognize them for their achievements, research, and dedication to the field.  Scholar applicants go through a rigorous application process by the Scientific Advisory Board.  The award has become a highly prized recognition in the field.

Please consider sponsoring a scholar for their years of participation in these important meetings.

Leveraging Synthetic Lethality to Treat Cancer

• Brooke Emerling, PhD - Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
• Mark Zimmerman - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Andrew Venteicher, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota

Graft vs. Host Disease

• Armin Rashidi, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
• Tae Kon Kim - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Melinda Biernacki, MD - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Uncovering New Mechanisms of LKB1-Mediated Tumor Suppression

• Vajira Weerasekara, PhD - Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; Harvard Medical School

Cellular Reprogramming and Metastatic Disease

• Jatin Roper, MD - Duke University
• Sharanya Sivanand, PhD - MIT
• Elena Piskounova, PhD - Weill Cornell Medicine