Awards

The Abbott Award honors an individual in the international scientific or medical community, who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of basic or clinical oncology. Nominations for this award can be sent to a member of the ISOBM Executive Committee. Nominated individuals do not have to be members of ISOBM. The awardee is invited to present a key-note lecture at an ISOBM Conference. A manuscript based on this presentation is published in the Society’s Journal “Tumor Biology”.

The ISOBM Abbott awardees are:

YearNameCity, Country
2018Yosef YardenTel Aviv, Israel
2017Vivian BarakJerusalem, Israel
2016John MinnaDallas, USA
2015Herbert A. FritscheHouston, USA
2014Ken YamaguchiShizuoka, Japan
2012Michael J. DuffyDublin, Ireland
2011Petra StieberMunich, Germany
2010Rolf LamerzMunich, Germany
2009Torgny StigbrandUmea, Sweden
2008Kazuhisa TaketaIbara, Japan
2007Stewart SellNew York, USA
2006Ronald LevyStanford, USA
2005Kohzoh ImaiSapporo, Japan
2004Timothy J. O’BrianLittle Rock, USA
2003Richard BegentLondon, UK
2003Kerry ChesterLondon, UK
2002Ulf-Hakan StenmanHelsinki, Finland
2002Hans LiljaLund, Sweden
2002Elephterios DiamandisToronto, Canada
2001Robert C. Bast, Jr.Houston, USA
2001Kenneth O. LloydNew York, USA
2000Dairo NeriZürich, Switzerland
2000Luciano ZardiGeneva, Italy
1999John ShivelyCity of Hope, USA
1999John ThompsonFreiburg, Germany
1999Hiroshi NakazatoOsaka, Japan
1999Nicole BeaucheminMontreal, Canada
1998Sten HammerstromUmea, Sweden
1998Shinzo NishiSapporo, Japan
1997Markku SeppalaHelsinki, Finland
1997Yuri TatarinovMoscow, Russia
1997Hans BohnMarburg, Germany
1996Tsan Ming ChuBuffalo, USA
1995Erkki RuoslahtiLa Jolla, USA
1994David GoldenbergNewark, USA
1994Jean-Pierre MachLausanne, Switzerland
1993William H. FishmanSan Diego, USA
1992Phil GoldMontreal, Canada
1991Gary AbelevMoscow, Russia
1990Sabine von KleistFreiburg, Germany

Young investigator merit awards

Young investigator merit awards are granted at the annual conferences to young scientists with excellent contributions to the scientific program.