Mayo Clinic researchers receive Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Awards

June 16, 2020

Five Mayo Clinic researchers received 2020 Young Investigator Awards from Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation.


Jithma Abeykoon, M.D. (I ’18, HEMO ’21), fellow, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester Project: “Discovering Novel Therapeutic Strategies and Predictive/Prognostic Markers in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma”
Harry Fuentes Bayne, M.D. (HEMO ’21). fellow, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester Project: “The Effect of Rivaroxaban on Thrombin Generation and Platelet Inhibition in Patients with Essential Thrombocythemia”
Lionel Kankeu Fonkoua, M.D. (HEMO ’21), fellow, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester Project: “Pilot Study of Intratumoral Injection of Dendritic Cells after High-Dose Conformal External Beam Radiotherapy in Patients with Unresectable Liver Cancer”
Mojun Zhu, M.D. (HEMO ’21), fellow, Division of Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester Project: “The Role of T cell-mediated Tumor Cell Killing in Predicting Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in PD-L1 Positive Gastric Cancer”