Young Investigator Awards

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CAHON gives travel awards to Young Investigators to foster growth and achievement amongst CAHON’s early career or physician-in-training members. The award is based on the scientific merit of abstracts accepted to either the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting or the American Society of Hematology (ASH). The Young Investigator Awards are traditionally handed out during the Semi Annual Summer and Winter Symposiums.

 

Young Investigator Award Recipients

2025 (Summer)

• Guo Cheng, MD, PhD - Greater Baltimore Medical Center
• Jiasen He, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Yuqing Wang, MD, PhD - Montefiore Medical Center
• Lawrence Wu, MD - Columbia University Irving Medical Center
• Jiazhang Xing, MD - Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
• Maggie Yuxi Zhou, MD - Stanford University

2025 (Spring)

• Hong Chen, PhD -  MD Anderson
• Simo Du, MD, MHS - Jacobi Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Yiqun Han, MD - Mayo Clinic
• Daniel Hua - Emory University
• Lauren Jia-Yi Li - UC Santa Barbara

2024 (Winter)

• Cho Han Chiang, MD, MMSc - Mount Auburn Hospital
• Xia (Yaya) Wu, MD - Tufts Medical Center
• James F. Wu, MD - Medical College of Wisconsin
• Yumeng Zhang, MD - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
• Yuan Yao, MD, MS - Mayo Clinic
• Jun Liu, MD, PhD - Brigham Women's Hospital

2024 (Summer)

• Zhaohui Arter, MD - University of California, Irvine
• Jennifer Huang, MD, PhD - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/University of Washington
• Vincent Ma, MD - University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
• Xin (Kevin) Wang, MD, PhD - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Yuhang Zhou, MD, PhD - University of Texas at Austin

2023 (Winter)

• Zimu Gong, MD, PhD - Houston Methodist Hospital
• Jiasen He, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Emily Liang, MD - University of Washington & Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Lawrence Liu, MD - City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Jacqueline Wang, MD - NYU Langone Health

2023 (Summer)

• Dani Ran Castillo, MD - Loma Linda University Health
• Lei Deng, MD - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Emily Liang, MD - University of Washington & Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
• Lawrence Liu, MD - City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

2022 (Winter)

• Suhu Liu, MD, PhD - Stony Brook University Hospital
• Jacqueline Wang, MD - NYU Langone Health
• Zhengrui Xiao, MD - Montefiore Medical Center
• Chen Zhang, MD - Rush University

International Winners

• Xiaomin Chen, MM - Shandong Provincial Hospital
• Mengfei Ding, MD - Shandong Provincial Hospital
• Xinting Hu, PhD - Shandong Provincial Hospital
• Qingqing Wang, MD, PhD - First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
• Zhuoya Yu, MD - Shandong Provincial Hospital

2022 (Summer)

• Lei Deng, MD - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Xuan Ge, MD, PhD - City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Changchuan (Charles) Jiang, MD, MPH - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Yi Lee, MD - St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital
• Lingbin Meng, MD, PhD - Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida

2021 (Winter)

• Onyee Chan, MD - Moffitt Cancer Center
• Mengyang Di, MD, PhD - Yale University School of Medicine
• Tien-Chan Hsieh, MD - Danbury Hospital
• Lawrence W. Liu, MD - Washington University
• Jennifer Sheng, MD - Johns Hopkins University
• Jing Xi, MD, MPH - Washington University

International Winners

• Yiqing Cai, MD - Shandong Provincial Hospital
• Ya Zhang, MD - Shandong Provincial Hospital
• Xiangxiang Zhou, MD - Shandong Provincial Hospital

2021 (Summer)

• Anabeth Liu, MD - Washington University School of Medicine
• Qian Wang, MD, MPH - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Alex Wu, MD - Maimonides Medical Center

2020 (Winter)

• Shijia Zhang, MD, PhD -
• Mengyang Di, MD, PhD - Rhode Island Hospital
• Adam Lin, MD, PhD - Northwestern University
• Christopher Su, MD, MPH - University of Michigan
• Iris Sheng, MD - Cleveland Clinic
• Jennifer Sheng, MD - Johns Hopkins University
• Tianyi Tang, MD, PhD - UC Irvine Medical Center
• Haiyun (Helen) Wang, MD -  University of Minnesota
• Jing Xi, MD, MPH - Washington University

International Winners

• Yan Xie, MD - First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
• Ya Zhang, MD - Shandong Provincial Hospital
• Xiangxiang Zhou, MD - Shandong Provincial Hospital

2019 (Winter)

• Christina Poh, MD - University of California at Davis
• Mengyang Di, MD, PhD - Rhode Island Hospital

International Winners

• Peiqi Zhao, PhD - Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
• Tongyuan Xue,  MD, PhD Candidate - Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences
• Xiangxiang Zhou, MD - Shandong Provincial Hospital

2019 (Summer)

• Sophie Feng, MD, Princess Margaret Hospital
• Changchuan Jiang, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Siyu Shi, MD Candidate, Stanford School of Medicine
• Hao Xie, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic

2018 (Winter)

• Mengyang Di, MD, PhD, Brown University
• Ning Dong, PhD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
• Amy Wang, PhD, University of Chicago Medical School
• Shijia Zhang, MD, PhD, University of  Minnesota

 

Application Process for Young Investigator Awards

Last updated: June 4, 2025