40 Under 40 in cancer is an awards initiative to identify and recognize contributions from across the field of oncology by approximately rising stars and emerging leaders younger than 40. Awardees were nominated by colleagues and selected by a panel of reviewers from a range of areas in oncology. The award is sponsored by The Lynx Group, Upstream Partners, Swim Across America, and the National Community Oncology Dispensing Association.
The members of the 2020 40 Under 40 in Cancer class are:
- Carmine Attanasio, MBA, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Alan Todd Blank, MD, MS, Midwest Orthopedics at Rush
- Runcie C.W. Chidebe, Project Pink Blue-Health & Psychological Trust Centre
- Julianne O. Darling, PharmD, BCOP, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center
- Megan Dillaman, WVU Medicine
- Sara Douglas, MSN, RN, OCN, Masonic Cancer Alliance, The University of Kansas Cancer Center
- Srulik Dvorsky, Tailormed
- Tara FitzPatrick-Forbes, Bayer
- Elizabeth F. Franklin, PhD, MSW, Cancer Support Community
- Gavin Ha, PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- David Hadley, BSc, MSc, PhD, Inteliquet
- Lauren M. Hamel, PhD, Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Stephanie R. Harris, MHA, RN, OPN-CG, Oklahoma City Indian Clinic
- Danielle Blanch Hartigan, PhD, MPH, Bentley University
- Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, Emory Healthcare and Winship Cancer Institute
- Alexandra Huffman, LCSW, OSW-C, UT Southwestern Medical Center/Simmons Cancer Center
- Joan Kelly, Janssen
- Laura Kleiman, PhD, Reboot Rx
- Eric Lim, PhD, Stoke Therapeutics, Inc
- Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, MSEd, FACP, Vidence/Cancer Treatment Centers of America
- Jacqueline Luma, Ipsen Pharmaceuticals
- Aaron Lyss, MBA, OneOncology
- Omkar Marathe, MD, The Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation
- Thomas U. Marron, MD, PhD, Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
- Laura Martin, MS, RN, OCN, BMTCN, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- Molly Mendenhall, BSN, RN, Oncology Hematology Care
- Donald C. Moore, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, DPLA, Levine Cancer Institute–Northeast, Atrium Health
- Misako Nagasaka, MD, Wayne State University
- Shannon McQuillan Norris, Shannon’s Comfy Chemo Care Bag Project Inc
- Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD, City of Hope
- Chirag B. Patel, MD, PhD, MSE, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Sameer Patel, MD, UC Health Department of Surgery
- Sarah Elizabeth Pesek, MD, FACS, Trinity Health-St Peter’s Health Partners
- Michael Andrew Postow, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Nitya Raj, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute
- Chevon Rariy, MD, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
- Jason M. Redman, MD, National Institutes of Health
- Melissa A. Reimers, MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
- Shelly Rosenfield, Cancer Legal Resource Center
- Robyn M. Scherber, MD, MPH, Incyte & UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Triparna Sen, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Kate Deen Taucher, PharmD, MHA, BCOP, UCHealth
- Dyer Vann, TerSera
- Namrata Vijayvergia, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Ayn Wisler, Merck.
