Hartford Grantee Dr. Arti Hurria Wins 2013 B.J. Kennedy Award
Congratulations to Hartford grantee, Arti Hurria, MD, for winning the 2013 B.J. Kennedy Award for Scientific Achievement in Geriatric Oncology. The award recognizes members of the former Hartford grantee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), who have made outstanding contributions to the research, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in the elderly, and who have brought an understanding of geriatric oncology to fellows and junior faculty. Dr. Hurria joins a very distinguished group of B.J. Kennedy awarded oncologists including Matti S. Aapro, MD; John M. Bennett, MD; Harvey Jay Cohen, MD; Martine Extermann, MD; Hyman B. Muss, MD; and, Lodovico Balducci, MD.
Congratulations to Hartford grantee, Arti Hurria, MD, for winning the 2013 B.J. Kennedy Award for Scientific Achievement in Geriatric Oncology. The award recognizes members of the former Hartford grantee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), who have made outstanding contributions to the research, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in the elderly, and who have brought an understanding of geriatric oncology to fellows and junior faculty. Dr. Hurria joins a very distinguished group of B.J. Kennedy awarded oncologists including Matti S. Aapro, MD; John M. Bennett, MD; Harvey Jay Cohen, MD; Martine Extermann, MD; Hyman B. Muss, MD; and, Lodovico Balducci, MD.
Dr. Hurria is an accomplished researcher in the field of geriatric oncology. She completed a geriatric fellowship in the Harvard Geriatric Fellowship Program, followed by a hematology-oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2002, she received a Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Young Investigator Award to study the effects of adjuvant chemotherapy on older breast cancer patients (65 and older) by assessing their physical and mental health and quality of life. Subsequently in 2005, she was awarded a Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO Career Development Award which allowed her to develop a tool that helps assess the toxicity of potential treatments for older breast cancer patients. Since this time, Dr. Hurria has received multiple grants from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Aging. She is the president of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (2012-2014), chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Senior Adult Oncology Panel, Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology, and vice co-chair of the Alliance Cancer in the Elderly Committee.
Dr. Hurria is a champion in improving the health care of older adults with cancer. We celebrate her most recent accomplishment.
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