2023 Summer Symposium & Reception

RuiRong Yuan, MD, PhD – CAHON Board Chair
Bo Zhao, MD – CAHON President
Hongtao Liu, MD, PhD – CAHON Vice President
Zhaohui Jin, MD – Mayo Clinic
Tian Zhang, MD, MHS – UT Southwestern Comprehensive Cancer Center
J Christine Ye, MD – University of Michigan
Iris Zhi, MD, PhD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

To foster growth and achievement amongst CAHON’s early career or physician-in-training members, CAHON will award up to five Young Investigator Awards (YIA) based on the scientific merit of abstracts submitted to the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

Eligibility Criteria

1. Current CAHON member –Available to physicians-in-training, including residency or fellowship training (Associate Member Category, waived dues) or physicians within 3 years of fellowship training at the level of instructor or assistant professor (Active Member Category, dues $100 USD)
2. Recognized as the first or senior author in the abstract or presentation presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting.
3. Availability to attend CAHON’s Young Investigator Award Ceremony during the 2022 Summer Symposium

Applications should include:

• YIA Application Form
• Accepted 2023 ASCO abstract including the abstract category (i.e., clinical, translational, etc.)
• CV, including education and current training level or position
• Short Bio (3 sentences long)

CAHON membership applications available at http://www.cahon.org/membership

Each awardee will receive $500 and a certificate. International recipients will only receive a certificate. The research data from the abstracts will be given priority consideration for publication in the Journal of Hematology & Oncology (JHO).

Please submit all application materials to Eli Rehorst at egonzalez-rehorst@cahon.org by Friday, May 5, 2023.