Young Investigator Awards

Congratulations to the following Hematology and Oncology members who received 2025 Young Investigator Awards from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

First awarded in 1984, the Young Investigator Award provides research funding to promising young physicians during the final years of training to support the transition to a faculty appointment and to encourage quality research in clinical oncology.

2025 Awardees

• Jennifer Huang, fellow

• Combining two therapies for better CAR T-cell treatments for cance

  Thomas Kuczmarski, fellow
• Vivian Liu, fellow
• Ruben Raychaudhuri, assistant professor
• Lauren Shih, assistant professor

“It’s a great honor to have five of our recent hematology-oncology fellows recognized by ASCO,” said Dr. Sara Hurvitz, professor and head (Hematology and Oncology). “The Young Investigator Award recognizes our fellows’ excellence and promise as future senior researchers, as well as the strength of our faculty mentors. We look forward to supporting the award recipients as they progress in their careers.”