NYOF Travel Awards

CAHON NYOF Young Investigator Travel Award (YITA)

CAHON offers travel awards to Young Investigators to foster growth and achievement amongst CAHON’s early career or physician-in-training members. CAHON provides Young Investigator travel awards to members to attend CAHON’s annual meeting New York Oncology Forum (NYOF) each year.

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Application Process for NYOF Young Investigator Travel Awards

Eligibility Criteria

1. Current CAHON members including Associate Members (Resident and Fellows), OR Regular Members within 3 years of training at the level of instructor or assistant professor. (Membership applications available at https://www.cahon.org/membership)
    
2. Availability to attending CAHON's New York Oncology Forum and the CAHON members-only dinner and reception meeting (held annually in October).

Award

Travel reimbursement for lodging, airfare and ground transportation. Awardees who do not require travel reimbursement may be offered a $500 cash award.

1. Lodging – Up to two nights at the conference hotel or equivalent. Room and tax at single room conference rate
2. Airfare – Coach/economy only. Booked at least 14 days in advance. Up to $1,000 round trip for domestic.
3. Ground transportation – Necessary travel to and from the meeting site only

Nomination Type: Self-nomination

Applications Requirements

• Application Form
• CV, including education and current training level or position
• Short bio including personal statement describing career goals (3 sentences long)

Please submit application materials to info@cahon.org by Wednesday, August 12th, 2026

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NYOF Young Investigator Travel Award Recipients

2025 Winners

• Can Cui, MD, PhD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Jingyao Zhang, MD, Msc - Danbury Hospital / Nuvance Health
• Lay She Ng, MB, BCH, BAO - Indiana University School of Medicine Southwest Indiana
• Qing Li, MD, PhD - Case Western Reserve University
• Teiwei (Leo) Cheng, MD, PhD - University of Kansas Medical Center
• Jiahao Peng, MD, PhD - NYU Langone Medical Center-Long Island
• Nancy Lin, MD - Montefiore Einstein
• Tiantian Zhang, MD, PhD - University of Central Florida
• Sunny Cai, MD - University of Kansas Cancer Center
• Daniel Veldehuijzen Van Zanten, MD - University of Alberta

2024 Winners

• Annie Xiao, MD - City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Xiaocao Xu, MD - University of Vermont
• Yening Feng, MD - Geisinger Medical Center
• Jerry T. Wu, BS - Cleveland Clinic
• Lingzhi Hong, MD, PhD - MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Wern Lynn Ng, MD - UPMC Harrisburg
• Yuan Yao, MD - Mayo Clinic
• Cho Han Chiang, MD, MMSc - Mount Auburn Hospital
• Yating Wang, MD - Ascension Providence Hospital
• Simo Du, MD, MHS - Jacobi Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine

2023 Winners

• Kok Hoe Chan, MD, PhD - UT Health Science Center at Houston
• Tien-Chan Hsieh, MD - UMass Chan Medical School
• Jun Liu, MD, PhD - Mass General, Brigham & Women's Hospital
• Weijie "Mark" Ma, MD - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• Shuo Xu, MD, MSc - Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children's Hospital

2022 Winners

• Ronan Hsieh, MD - UPMC
• Shenduo Li, MD, PhD - Mayo Clinic, Florida
• Zhengrui Xiao, MD - Montefiore Medical Center
• Chen Zhang, MD - Rush University Graduate School
• Guoliang Zheng, MD - St. Elizabeth Medical Center
• Xiaolin Zhu, MD, PhD - University of California, San Francisco

Last updated: June 11, 2026