Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhD, received the Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.
The award — presented by National Foundation for Cancer Research — is awarded annually to honor a scientist whose body of work has had a lasting impact on the understanding of cancer, saving or significantly improving the lives of people with the disease.
Slamon — director of clinical and translational research at UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and chief of hematology/oncology at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA — received the award in recognition of