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Award

GO2 for Lung Cancer partnered with the Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Award program to support the work of promising young researchers in the field of lung cancer. Grants were awarded to study topics such as why some patients respond better to radiation than others, whether mutations in lung cancer tumors can be identified through a person’s breath, and other innovative research projects. Through this grant, we encouraged the best and brightest to choose lung cancer as their field of study—and to help us conquer the disease.

Past award recipients

2024

Christine J. Conti, RN, ONN-CG, thoracic nurse navigator, Huntington Health, CA

2023

Sarah Bechard, social worker, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Overland Park, KS

2023

Sarah Bechard, social worker, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Overland Park, KS

2022

Susan Cleveland, patient navigator and advocate, Health Support Services, LLC; support group leader, Florida Precision Oncology

2022

Raja Mudad, MD, FACP, founding partner, Florida Precision Oncology; support group leader, Florida Precision Oncology

2021

Cecilia Izzo, lung cancer survivor, Seattle, WA

2020

Veronica Galego MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL

2019

Ginny Hicks, lung cancer survivor, Medford, OR

2019

Pam Billings, lung cancer survivor, Oklahoma City, OK

2018

Catherine Paykin, MSW, LCSW, NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York, NY

2017

Kerri Susko, LCSW, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC

2016

Stephanie Lehrman, LCSW, Mount Sinai, New York, NY

2015

David McGinness, LCSW, OSW-C, Life with Cancer, InovaSchar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA

2015

Carrie Friedman RN, BSN, OCN, Life with Cancer, InovaSchar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA

2014

Deborah Filer, MSW, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Columbia, MO

2014

Blanche Lasta, BSN, RN, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Columbia, MO

2014

Dusty Donaldson, lung cancer survivor, LiveLung, High Point, NC

2012

Kathy Shurpin, PhD, ANP-C, NPP, Stony Brook Cancer Center, StonyBrook, NY

2012

April Plank, NP, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Stony Brook, NY

2011

Lori Clanton, American Lung Association, Orlando, FL

2011

Irene Scanlon, LCSW, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT

2011

Linda David, RN, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT

2010

Sue Abbinanti, MS, PA-C, Alexian Brothers, Elk Grove Village, IL

2009

Win Boerckel, MSW, MBA, LCSW-R, CancerCare, Long Island, NY