Society for Basic Urologic Research - Young Investigator Awards

Society for Basic Urologic Research
Young Investigator Awards

From the office of the President

The SBUR is announcing the competition for the 2008 SBUR Young Investigator Awards. The awards are given to SBUR members under the age of 40 who have made significant contributions to Urologic Research. The awards will be presented during the SBUR Members Lunch during the time of the Spring meeting on May 17, 2008.

An SBUR committee will review the applications and determine the three awardees on the basis of their academic accomplishments. The award winners receive a check for $2,500.00 along with recognition at the meeting. The deadline for receiving applications is March 17th, so send your cover letter and CV to info@sbur.org for consideration.

All applicants will receive notification regarding their application via e-mail.

Awardees will be informed prior to the annual meeting and awards will be presented at the SBUR annual business lunch.

Congratulations to the following 2008 Young Investigator Award winners

	Hyung Kim, MD Associate Professor, Department of Urologic Oncology Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, New York Assistant Professor, Department of Urology State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, New York

	Charles J. Rosser, MD, FACS Assistant Professor University of Florida/Shands, Department of Urology University of Florida Gainesville, FL

	Kanchan Chitaley, PhD Research Assistant Professor University of Washington Seattle, WA

Congratulations to the following 2007 Young Investigator Award winners

	Stephen Freedland, MD Assistant Professor of Urology and Pathology Director of Outcomes and Translational Research, Urological Surgery Duke University

	Daniel Lin, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Urology University of Washington

	Denise O'Keefe, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Urology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Member, Prostate and Urologic Cancer Program University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Shadyside Medical Center

Congratulations to the following Young Investigator Award winners
who were named at SBUR's 2006 Spring Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia:

	Haojie Huang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology The Cancer Center University of Minnesota

	Rosalyn Adam, Ph.D. Staff Scientist in Urology, Children’s Hospital Boston Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

	Karen Knudsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept of Cell and Cancer Biology University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Congratulations to the following Young Investigator Award winners
who were named at SBUR’s 2005 Spring meeting in San Antonio, Texas:

	Jordan Dimitrakov, M.D., Ph.D. Staff Scientist Freeman Lab Harvard Urological Diseases Research Center Children's Hospital Boston Boston, MA

	Dr. Robert Uzzo Member, Department of Surgical Oncology/Division of Urologic Oncology Associate Professor - Temple University School of Medicine The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Urology Cleveland, OH

	Dr. Aria F. Olumi, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery/Urology Medical Director of Research Program Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Congratulations to the following Young Investigator Award winners
who were named at SBUR’s 2004 Spring meeting in San Francisco, California:

ARUL M. CHINNAIYAN, MD, PHD
University of Michigan Medical School
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Urology, Department of Pathology

MARGOT S. DAMASER, PHD
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Urology
and
Hines VA Hospital
Research Biomedical Engineer

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THOMAS S. GRIFFITH, MD
University of Iowa
Assistant Professor, Department of Urology

Past awardees include:

Alan Partin, MD
Michael Freeman, PhD
Zhou Wang, PhD
Joel Nelson, MD
George Christ, PhD
Jill Macoska, PhD
Natasha Kyprianou, MD, PhD