At the 48th meeting of the European Pancreatic Club, held this past June 8, 2016, in Liverpool, winners of the Hirshberg Awards were presented by one of the leading pancreatic cancer researchers in the US. David Tuveson, M.D., Ph.D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Professor, Johns Hopkins University, handed out the Hirshberg Awards to the following winners:
Hirshberg Award for Best Paper in Pancreatic Cancer (Basic Science):
Simone Benitz, Department of Surgery, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
Hirshberg Award for Best Paper in Pancreatic Cancer (Clinical Science):
Jörg Kleeff, University of Liverpool/Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
Hirshberg Award for Excellence in Pancreatic Cancer Nursing:
Philip Whelan, – Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK
Hirshberg Award for Excellence in Pancreatic Cancer – Patient:
Julie Simper, Patient/Support Group Organizer for PCUK
We congratulate all the winners and look forward to supporting the EPC in the future.