Rell Sunn Award
The Rell Sunn Award was established in 1998 to honor the memory of Rell Sunn. This perpetual trophy is awarded each year to the people who have made a significant contribution in the fight against cancer.
View past award recipients below and contact us to submit a nomination for next year's award.
Past Awardees
2024 - Bill Rastatter, PhD2023 - John C Reed, MD, PhD
2022 - Richard Heyman, PhD
2021 - Aviv Regev, PhD
2020 -John Hood, PhD and Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD
2019 - Tony Hunter, PhD and Brian Druker, MD
2018 - Howard Birndorf and Ivor Royston, MD
2017 - John Mendelsohn, MD*
2016 - T. Denny Sanford
2015 - Carl June, MD
2014 - Napoleone Ferrara
2013 - Kary Mullis*
2012 - Roger Tsien*
2011 - Dennis A. Carson
2010 - Connie Matsui
2009 - David Easter, MD
2008 - Doris Howell, MD*
2007 - Linda Olson, MD
2006 - Georgia Robins-Sadler, MD
2005 - David Tarin, MD, PhD
2004 - Jon Greif, MD
2003 - Alex Szekely
2002 - J. Craig Venter, PhD
2001 - Mark Renneker, MD
2000 - Charles “Chuck” Gorder, Sr.*
1999 - Dani Grady
1998 - Bill Otterson*
* In remembrance of the awardees we’ve lost.