Honors and awards

Wai Yiu (George) Cheung, PhD

• Gairdner Foundation International Award (1981)

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 John Cunningham, MD

• American Society of Hematology Faculty Scholar (1996)

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Peter Doherty, PhD

• Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Medicine) (2008)
• Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1996)
  
• Honorary Doctor of Sciences Degree, Imperial College of Sciences, Technology and Medicine, London, England (2000)
  
• National Academy of Sciences (1998)
  
• Fellow of the Royal Society, London (1996)
• Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (1995)

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James R. Downing, MD

• Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (Class of 2022)
• Outstanding Achievement in Pediatric Cancer Research Award, AACR-St. Baldrick’s Foundation (2020)
• American Society of Clinical Oncology Pediatric Oncology Award and Lecture (2019)
• Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches Project (2017)
• E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize (2017)
• The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Prize (2017)
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
• Blue Ribbon Panel for Vice President Joe Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative (2016)
• Distinguished Service Award (Miami 2015 Winter Symposium)
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Medicine) (2013)
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2003)
  
• Outstanding Young Investigator Award (United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology) (1996)
  
• Philip Levine Award for Outstanding Research (American Society for Clinical Pathology) (2005)

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Michael Dyer, PhD

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator (2013)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist (2009)
• Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences for 2004 (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
• Cogan Award (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) (2008)

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William Evans, PharmD

• Claes Nobel World Betterment Award 2014, National Society of High School Scholars Foundation
• Oscar B. Hunter Memorial Award in Therapeutics (American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics) 2013
• Remington Honor Medal (American Pharmacists Association)
• Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award (American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics) (2006)
  
• NIH MERIT Award 1987, 1995, 2005
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Medicine) (2002)
• Leon Goldberg Award (American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (1991)
  
• Russell R. Miller Research Award (American College of Clinical Pharmacy (1992)
  
• Tyler Award for Stimulation of Research (American Pharmaceutical Association) (2002)
  
• Volwiler Research Achievement Award (American Association Colleges of Pharmacy) (1994)

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Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

• Eminent Scientist and Outstanding Scholar of the Year International Award (International Research Promotion Council - Asian-Pacific Chapter) (2001)

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Richard Gilbertson, MD, PhD

• Sydney Schlobohm Leadership Chair of Research (2006) (Brain Tumor Society)

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Douglas Green, PhD

• International Cell Death Society Award, International Cell Death Society (2009)

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Suzanne Gronemeyer, PhD

• Margaret Hay Edwards Achievement Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Education, American Association for Cancer Education (2009)

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Greg Hale, MD

• America's Top Physicians (Consumer's Research Council of America)

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Andres Herrada Hidalgo, PhD

• Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences (2013)

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Judith Hicks

• Social Worker of the Year, Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (2010)

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James Hoffman, PharmD

• Pinnacle Award, Individual Award for Career Achievement; American Pharmacists Association Foundation (2016)
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Fellow (2013)

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Walter Hughes, MD

• Distinguished Physician Award (Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society) (1997)
  
• Chancellor’s Medal (Medalla Rectoral), University of Chile (1999)
  
• Facultad de Medicina Award, Universidad de Chile (2000)
  
• 2004 Citation Award (Infectious Diseases Society of America)

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James Ihle, PhD

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (1997-2006)
  
• William Dameshek Prize (American Society of Hematology) (1995)

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Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD

• Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology (2021)

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 Michael Kastan, MD, PhD

• Elected to Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  
• NIH Merit Award (2002)
• Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars (2006)
  
• Stohlman Scholar (Medical and Scientific Committee of the Leukemia Society of America) (1999)

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Larry Kun, MD

• American Society of Clinical Oncology Pediatric Oncology Award (2008)
• 2007 Gold Medal, The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
• American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Fellow (2006)

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Wing-Hang Leung, MD, PhD

• Elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (2009)

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Tom Look, MD

• Allison Eberlein Award for Childhood Leukemia Research
• Excellence in Pediatric Research Award (American Academy of Pediatrics) (1995)

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Belinda N. Mandrell, PhD, RN, PNP

• 2020  American Academy of Nursing Fellow
• 2017  The Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing, Distinguished Researcher Award

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Alvin Mauer, MD

• St. Boniface General Hospital Research Foundation Award (with Danny Thomas)

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Jon McCullers, MD

• Roche Young Investigator Award (2001)

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Stephan Morris, MD

• International Childhood NHL Excellence Award in Basic Science (Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation)

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Ray Mulhern, PhD

• Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award (Society of Pediatric Psychology) (2000)

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Charles Mullighan, MBBS(Hons), MSc, MD

• William Dameshek Prize, American Society of Hematology (2016)
• Joanne Levy, MD, Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement, American Society of Hematology (2009)
• Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences (2009)

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Arthur Nienhuis, MD

• American Society of Hematology Mentor Award (2009)
• Henry Stratton Medal of the American Society of Hematology (1998)
  
• National Cancer Advisory Board (Presidential appointment) (1998)
  
• National Cancer Advisory Board (Presidential reappointment to a full six-year term) (1999)
  
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Medicine) (2002)

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Paul Northcott, PhD

• Pew-Stewart Scholar 2016 (Pew Charitable Trusts)

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Guillermo Oliver, PhD

• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011)

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Joseph Opferman, PhD

• Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences for 2006 (The Pew Charitable Trusts)

Asha Pillai, PhD

• V Scholar in Cancer Research (2012)

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Donald Pinkel, MD

• Charles F. Kettering Prize (General Motors Cancer Research Foundation) for pioneering research at St. Jude (1986)
  
• Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
• David Karnofsky Medal (American Society of Clinical Oncology)

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Charles Pratt, MD

• Lifetime Achievement Award (Children's Oncology Group) (2001)

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Ching-Hon Pui, MD

• Honorary degree Doctor of Science, Sewanee, The University of the South (2017)
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering (2015)
• Academician, Academia Sinica (2014)
• 2012 Pediatric Oncology Award (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
• 2011 Henry M. Stratton Medal (American Society of Hematology)
• 2011 Joseph H. Berchenal Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Research (American Association for Cancer Research)
• Castle Connolly National Physician of the Year Award for Clinical Excellence (2010)
• American Association for Cancer Research Team Science Award (team leader, 2009)
• F.M. Kirby Clinical Research Professor, American Cancer Society (2002)
  
• Angel Grant Award (National Cancer Coalition) (2002)
  
• Honorary Professor, Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliates of Capital University of Medical Sciences (2002)
• Elected to Association of American Physicians (1999)
• Best Doctors in America (1998-present)
  
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998)
• Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (1996)
• Honorary Professor, University of Hong Kong (1993)

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Mary Relling, PharmD

• Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award (American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics) (2013)
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Medicine) (2009)
• Leon Goldberg Award (American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics) (1998)

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Raul Ribeiro, MD

• Paul P. Carbone Award in International Oncology (International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research) (2011)

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Leslie Robison, PhD

• American Society of Clinical Oncology Pediatric Oncology Award (2014)

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Charles Rock, PhD

• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2020)

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Martine Roussel, PhD

• National Academy of Sciences (2019)
• 2011 Fellow and Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Victor M. Santana, MD

• President's Award for Distinguished Service (Society of Clinical Research Associates) (2010)

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Brenda Schulman, PhD

• National Academy of Sciences (2014)
• 2012 Fellow and Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award (The Protein Society) (2011)
• Beckman Young Investigator Award (2004-2007)
  
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2005)
  
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (2005-present)
  
• Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences for 2002 (The Pew Charitable Trusts) (2002-2006)

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Akshay Sharma, MBBS

• Young Investigator Award, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (2019)
• Young Investigator Travel Award, Pediatric Blood & Marrow Transplant Consortium (2019)

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Charles Sherr, MD, PhD

• Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine (American-Italian Cancer Foundation) 2013
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (2013)
• American Association for Cancer Research Academy Fellow (2013)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (2010)
  
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (now National Academy of Medicine) (2004)
• Charles S. Mott Prize (General Motors Cancer Research Foundation) (2004)
  
• William Dameshek Prize (American Society of Hematology)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (1998-present)
  
• Milken Family Medical Foundation Cancer Research Award (1989)
  
• Pezcoller International Award (American Association for Cancer Research) (2000)
  
• Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center) (2000)
  
• Bristol-Myers Squibb's 23rd Annual Silver Medallion for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Cancer Research (2000)
  
• National Academy of Sciences (1995)
  
• Second Annual Kirk A. Landon Prize for Basic Cancer Research (American Association for Cancer Research) (2003)
  
• Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology (1994)

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Joseph Simone, MD

• Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award (American Association for Cancer Research) (1979)

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Brian Sorrentino, MD

• 2005 ISEH McCulloch and Till Lectureship and Award (International Society for Experimental Hematology)

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J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD

• The Potamkin Prize (2020)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (2015)
• Elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (2010)

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Elaine Tuomanen, MD

• Distinguished Research Award, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2014)
• Elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology
• The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Award
• E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics (1997)
  
• Maxwell Finland Award (Infectious Disease Society of America) (1998)

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Vida Tyc, PhD

• Fellow of the American Psychological Association (2004)
  
• Fellow of the Society for Pediatric Psychology (2004)

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Richard Webby, PhD

• Scientific American 50 - Research Leader in Public Health and Epidemiology (2004)

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Robert Webster, PhD

• Charles Mérieux Award, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (2013)
• Leeuwenhoek Lecture, Royal Society in London (2010)
• Fellow of the Royal Society, London (1989)
  
• Fellow of the Royal Society, New Zealand (1990)
  
• National Academy of Sciences (1998)
  
• Twelfth Annual Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Infectious Diseases Research (2002)

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Cynthia Wetmore, MD, PhD

• Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation on the U.S. Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research (Society for Neuro-Oncology)
• Peter K. Steck Memorial Award (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)

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Xiaoping Xiong, PhD

• 2004 International Health Professional of the Year (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England)
• Man of the Year 2004 (American Biographical Institute, USA)

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Jun Yang, PhD

• Young Investigator Award, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2009)

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Stanislov Zakharenko, MD, PhD

• 2006 Searle Scholar

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Marlo Thomas, National Outreach Director

• 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 2011 Jefferson Award for lifetime achievement

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Danny Thomas, Founder

• Congressional Gold Medal in 1985 from President Ronald Reagan for his work at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
• Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2004 (posthumous) recognizing Thomas' contributions to the development of television and radio as a family medium and as a platform for establishing, promoting and supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.