Awards
The Pancreas Club 2019 AWARD WINNERS
John Howard Research Award
($1,000 for the best presentation from young junior faculty, who is within 5 years of their end of residency. This award is generously funded by the Arpa Foundation.)
WINNER | Thomas Maatman MD | Indiana University School of Medicine
DISCONNECTED PANCREATIC DUCT SYNDROME: SPECTRUM OF OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
PanCan Research Award
(One $1,000 and two $500 awards for the best oral presentation of pancreatic cancer research by a resident or fellow. This award is generously funded by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network)
1st Place | Anthony Ferrantella MD | University of Miami
IMMUNE MODULATION BY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE SUPPRESSES PANCREATIC CANCER PROGRESSION
2nd Place| Alina Hasanain MD | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL DYNAMICS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUTCOMES IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA: UPDATES ON THE PROSPECTIVE CLUSTER TRIAL
3rd Place | Saba Kurtom MD | University of Miami
GUT MICROBIOTA FACILITATE TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2-MEDIATED PANCREATIC CANCER METASTASE
Pancreas Club Award
($1,000 for the best oral presentation of clinical or basic science by a resident or fellow. This award is generously donated by the Nikki Mitchell Foundation)
Bradley Reames MD, MS | University of Nebraska Medical Center
VARIATION IN THE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED PANCREATIC CANCER
Nikki Mitchell Award
($1,500 for the most promising research project by a young investigator (Junior faculty within 5 years of practice, post-doc, resident or medical student). This award is generously donated by the Nikki Mitchell Foundation)
Naomi Sell MD, MHS | Massachusetts General Hospital
VARIABLE LIFE ADJUSTED DISPLAY (VLAD): NOVEL UTILITY OF A METRIC FOR QUANTIFICATION OF PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT LIVES GAINED FOLLOWING PANCREATIC SURGERY
Nikki Mitchell Foundation & Pancreas Club Seed Grant
($20,000 seed grant for the most promising research project. This award is generously donated by the Nikki Mitchell Foundation)
Drs. Rebekah White & Jayanth Shankara Narayanan | University of California San Diego
Targeting of tumor stroma to enhance the efficacy of irreversible electroporation (IRE)