Young Investigator Award Past Recipients

2026 Summer Symposium

• Shijia Li, MD - Bridgeport Hospital
• Xuanyi Li, MD - Yale Cancer Center
• Yue Li, MD - Jacobi Medical Center
• Janet Song, MD - Kaiser Permanente Northern California
• Andrea Y Sun - WashU Internal Medicine Residency
• Jingyao Zhang, MD - Danbury Hospital, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
• Xianghui Zou, MD, PhD - New York University

2025 Winter Symposium

• Lay She Ng, MD - Indiana University School of Medicine Southwest
• Alex Niu, MD - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Sunny Wang, MD - Boston Children's Hospital
• Annie Xiao, MD - City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Xi Yang, MD - University of Michigan
• Tiantian Zhang, MD, PhD - University of Central Florida
• Xiaoyi Zhang, MD - NYC Health & Hospital/Jacobi, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Kevin Zhu, MD - University of Vermont

2025 Summer Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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 Symposium

• 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