This lecture award is delivered by an MD or PhD performing innovative basic or translational research relevant to the understanding of cancer biology or the care of the cancer patient. This award is funded by the American Cancer Society.
| Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS | 2024 |
| Lisa Newman, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCO | 2023 |
| Wayne A. I. Frederick, MD, MBA, FACS | 2022 |
| Stacey Gabriel, PhD | 2021 |
| John Bell, PhD | 2020 |
| V. Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc, FMedSci | 2019 |
| Steven D. Leach, MD | 2018 |
| Andrew J. Dannenberg, MD | 2017 |
| David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD | 2016 |
| Max S. Wicha, MD | 2015 |
| Robert J. Gillies, PhD | 2014 |
| Lisa M. Coussens, MD | 2013 |
| Charles L. Sawyers, MD | 2012 |
| Rakesh K. Jain, MD | 2011 |
| Stephen Baylin, MD | 2010 |
| Edison T. Liu, MD | 2009 |
| Mary-Claire King, PhD | 2008 |
| Leroy Hood, MD, PhD | 2007 |
| Bruce Stillman, PhD, FRS | 2006 |
| Lasalle D. Leffall Jr., MD | 2005 |
| Robert A. Weinberg, PhD | 2004 |
| Arnold J. Levine, PhD | 2003 |
| Phillip Sharp, MD | 2002 |
| Harold Varmus, MD | 2001 |
| Richard D. Kolodner, PhD | 2000 |
| Isaiah J. Fidler, DVM, PhD | 1999 |
| Richard Klausner, MD | 1998 |
| Francis Collins, MD, PhD | 1997 |
| Mark Skolnick, PhD | 1996 |
| Victor Ling, MD | 1995 |
| C. Thomas Caskey, MD | 1994 |