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AACR-ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH

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February 27, 2024

CHING-HON PUI, MD
Co-Leader, Hematological Malignancies Program
Director, China Region, St. Jude Global
American Cancer Society Professor
Fahad Nassar Al-Rashid Chair of Leukemia Research
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN

For revolutionizing the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and co-founding international collaborative groups dedicated to improving ALL survivorship. Dr. Pui’s clinical and translational research elegantly demonstrated that cranial irradiation, once a standard treatment for childhood high-risk ALL, may be safely omitted with consistent patient monitoring, in turn sparing patients from unnecessary radiation and improving overall quality of life. Notably, he has also spearheaded groundbreaking research dedicated to defining germline and somatic mutations in pediatric ALL, especially within patient populations in resource-limited countries.

The AACR-St. Baldrick’s Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pediatric Cancer Research was established in 2019 to recognize major research discoveries in pediatric cancer research and to honor an individual who has significantly contributed to any area of pediatric cancer research, resulting in the fundamental improvement of the understanding and/or treatment of pediatric cancer. Uniquely, the award recipient is also afforded the opportunity to nominate junior faculty at the assistant professor level or equivalent, who are affiliated with an academic institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-related sciences, to be considered to receive a one-year, $75,000 AACR-St. Baldrick’s Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship.

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