2024 Minority and Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awardees
The AACR is very pleased to administer this important program, which provides funds for the participation of full-time minority faculty members and faculty members of Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024. Recipients of this award are scientists who are working at the level of assistant professor or above who are engaged in meritorious basic, clinical, or translational cancer research.
Now in its 27th year, this award program has been supported by a generous grant provided by the National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. The Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) works to increase the number of underrepresented minorities participating as competitive NCI/ NIH-funded cancer researchers. The Board of Directors of the AACR expresses its appreciation to the CRCHD for its long-term and generous support of faculty members and congratulations to the Minority and Minority-Serving Institution Faculty awardees.
The names and affiliations of the 2024 Minority and Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholars are listed below, along with the numbers and titles of their presentations.
Congratulations 2024 Minority and Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awardees!
![Matias A. Bustos, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Bustos_Matias_145x145.jpg)
Matias A. Bustos, PhD
Assistant Professor
Saint John’s Cancer Institute
Santa Monica, California
![Eric A. Adjei Boakye, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_13_14.jpg)
Eric A. Adjei Boakye, PhD
Assistant Professor
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan
![Jennifer M. Crook, PhD, BSN, AAS](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_11_12.jpg)
Jennifer M. Crook, PhD, BSN, AAS
Assistant Professor
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
![Ricardo Cruz-Acuña, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_10_11.jpg)
Ricardo Cruz-Acuña, PhD
Assistant Professor
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York
![Maribella Domenech, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_09_10.jpg)
Maribella Domenech, PhD
Professor
University of Puerto Rico
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
![Giulio Francia, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_08_9.jpg)
Giulio Francia, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
![Gelila K. Goba, MD, MPH](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_07_8.jpg)
Gelila K. Goba, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
![Joni D. Nelson, PhD, MS, BS](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_06_7.jpg)
Joni D. Nelson, PhD, MS, BS
Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
![Francisco Sanchez-Vega, PhD, M Eng](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_04_5.jpg)
Francisco Sanchez-Vega, PhD, M Eng
Assistant Professor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
![Panneerdoss Subbarayalu, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_05_6.jpg)
Panneerdoss Subbarayalu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
![Enrique I. Velazquez Villarreal, MD, MPH, MS, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_03_4.jpg)
Enrique I. Velazquez Villarreal, MD, MPH, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California
![Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_02_3.jpg)
Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli, PhD
Assistant Professor
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
![Igor Vivanco, BA, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_01_2.jpg)
Igor Vivanco, BA, PhD
Senior Lecturer
King’s College London
London, United Kingdom
![Fern Webb, BA, MS, PhD](https://www.aacr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2404022B_MEM_24AM_MMSIFSAwardees_AACRorg_Wgs_00_1.jpg)
Fern Webb, BA, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Florida
Jacksonville, Florida