AHNS Awards Ceremony took place on May 1, 2019 in Austin, Texas at COSM! 

Here is a list of the 2019 AHNS Research Paper and Scholar Awards!

Congratulations to everyone and their teams!

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Translational Innovator Combined Award

PI:  Travis P. Schrank, MD, PhD
Institution:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Proposal:  NRF2 Mediated Radiation Resistance in HNSCC

AHNS Eddie Mendez Memorial Pilot Grant

PI:  Hannan A. Qureshi, MD
Institution: University of Washington
Proposal:  Functional analysis of the immune microenvironment in head and neck cancer

AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant

PI:  Andrey Finegersh, MD, PhD 
Institution:  University of California, San Diego, CA
Proposal:  HPV regulation of microRNA in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

AHNS Pilot Research Grant

PI:  Shethal Bearelly, MD
Institution:  University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
Proposal:  The Role of Oral Tactile Sensation in Dysphagia

 

Best Prevention Early Detection Paper 

Winner: Heidi Kletzien, MD
Institution: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Manuscript Title: “The Post-Thyroidectomy Voice: The Disconnect Between Patient-Perceived Voice Changes and Quantitative Voice Measures in the First Postoperative Year”

Best Resident Basic Science Paper 

Winner: Farshad Chowdury, MD
Institution: University of Colorado, Denver
Manuscript Title: “Invasive Front Or Tumor Core: Cancer Stem Cell Location And Correlations With Cellular Behavior And Patient Outcome”

Robert Maxwell Byers Award

Winner: Caitlin P. McMullen, MD
Institution: Moffitt Cancer Center
Manuscript Title: “Occult nodal disease and occult extranodal extension in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma patients undergoing primary TORS with neck dissection”

Best Resident Clinical Award

Winner: Patrick Carpenter, MD
Institution: The University of Utah School of Medicine
Manuscript Title: “Celecoxib Decreases Acute Postoperative Opioid Requirements after Head and Neck Reconstruction with Free Tissue Transfer: A Matched-Cohort Study”

Best Prevention Early Detection Paper Award 

Winner:  Chwee Ming Lim, MD
Institution: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National University Health System Singapore
Manuscript Title:  Real time near-infrared auto-fluorescence Raman spectroscopy system in the surveillance of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer

Robert Maxwell Byer Award

Winner:  Chang-Han Chen, PhD
Institution: Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Manuscript Title:  Angiotensin II type 1 receptor contributes to malignant progression in oral squamous cell carcinoma through modulation of FUI0540/S100A9 signaling

Best Resident Basic Science Award

Winner:  Moran Amit, MD
Institution: The Laboratory for Applied Cancer Research, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Manuscript Title:  Thyroid cancer response to radioiodine treatment is post-translationally regulated

Best Resident Clinical Award

Winner:  Michelle Chen, MD
Institution: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University
Manuscript Title:  Post-operative radiation therapy associated with improved survival in Nl oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer patients

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Position Statement on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination for Prevention of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer