Teaching Award Recipients

Each year, the Department of Cancer Biology seeks to highlight outstanding contributions to teaching and mentorship by one of our Penn colleagues. The award comes with an invitation to attend the Department of Cancer Biology Retreat and an additional financial component.

2024      Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, Ph.D.

                  Professor & Division Chief

                  Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

                  Department of Pediatrics

2023      David Feldser, Ph.D.

                  Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

                  Associate Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute  

2019      Sandra W. Ryeom, Ph.D.

                  Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

                  Associate Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute  

2018      Anil K. Rustgi, M.D.

                  Emeritus Professor, Department of Medicine

                  Division of Gastroenterology

2017      Brian Keith, Ph.D.

                  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

                  Associate Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute

2016      M. Celeste Simon, Ph.D.

                  Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

                  Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh Professor

                  Scientific Director, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute

                  Associate Director, Abramson Cancer Center Core Facilities

2015      Ben Z. Stanger, M.D., Ph.D.

                  Hannah Wise Professor in Cancer Research

                  Department of Medicine

                  Director, Penn Pancreatic Research Center

2014      Jonathan P. Katz, M.D.

                  Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

2013      Lewis A. Chodosh, M.D., Ph.D.

                  Chairman and Perelman Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

                  Director of Tumor Biology, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute

                  Associate Director for Basic Science, Abramson Cancer Center

2012      Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, Ph.D.

                  Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

                  Professor of Pediatrics

2011      Xianxin Hua, M.D., Ph.D.

                  Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

                  Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute

2010      J. Alan Diehl, Ph.D.

                  Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

2009      Brian Keith, Ph.D.

                  Adjunct Professor, Department of Cancer Biology

                  Associate Investigator, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute