Cocktail Reception and Dinner Awards Ceremony
Honoring the Szent-Györgyi Prize Winners
Saturday, October 30, 2021 | (Black Tie Optional)
Susan Band Horwitz, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emerita,
Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2020 Prize Winner
Mark M. Davis, Ph. D.
Professor of Microbiology &
Immunology, Stanford University
School of Medicine
2021 Prize Co-Winner
Tak W. Mak, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Princess
Margaret Cancer Centre
& Professor, University of Toronto
2021 Prize Co-Winner
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Cocktail Reception
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Dinner Awards Ceremony
*Speakers subject to change
Moment of Silence
Welcome Remarks by Sujuan Ba, Ph.D.
President and CEO, National Foundation for Cancer Research
Remarks by Ronald Depinho, M.D.
Introducing 2020 Winner as the 2009 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winner & 2020 Szent-Györgyi Prize Selection Committee Member
Professor, Dept. of Cancer Biology & Past President, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Prize Presentations to 2020 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winner
Susan Horwitz, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emerita, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Remarks by Susan Horwitz, Ph.D.
Introducing 2021 Winners as Chair of the 2021 Szent-Györgyi Prize Selection Committee
Prize Presentations to 2021 Szent-Györgyi Prize Winners
Mark Davis, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Tak Mak, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; University Professor, University of Toronto
Brief Award Presentation by Dr. Susan Horwitz
Brief Award Presentation by Dr. Mark Davis and Dr. Tak Mak
Acknowledgment & Closing Remarks by Dr. Sujuan Ba
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