John Yuhas Memorial Lecture Series

Dr. John M. Yuhas

Dr. John M. Yuhas joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 when Dr. Robert Goodman was the chair of the department. He conducted research here and was building a laboratory team when he died in 1984. John received his Ph.D. in 1966 from the University of Maryland where he was the recipient of a N.A.S.A. Fellowship, and began his work in radiation research under a grant from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He continued this research at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, and subsequently at The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee. When the focus of his work began to concentrate in cancer therapy and carcinogenesis, he joined the Cancer Center at the University of New Mexico under Director Dr. Morton Kligerman. He left New Mexico, returning to his east coast roots and joining the University of Pennsylvania.

Year	Award Recipient
2024	Joann Sweasy, PhD Director, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases Director, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Professor, Eppley Institute University of Nebraska Medical Center Award Lecture: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
2023	Kathryn D. Held, PhD Associate Radiation Biologist, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School President, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Award Lecture: Tuesday, April 25, 2023, "Radiation Protection in Cancer-Related Research, Treatment and Imaging"
2020	Bradly G. Wouters, BEng, PhD Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Executive Vice President, Science and Research University Health Network Award Lecture: Friday, April 29, 2022, “Oxygen Sensitive Signalling Pathways and Their Contribution to Phenotypic Diversity”
2019	Sandra Demaria, MD Professor Department of Radiation Oncology and Pathology Weill Cornell Medical College Award Lecture: Tuesday, April 16, 2019, "A new role for radiation therapy in the era of cancer immunotherapy" JMEC Law Auditorium
2018	Dietmar W. Siemann, PhD Associate Chair for Research, Department of Radiation Oncology Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Concentration, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Florida College of Medicine Associate Director, Education and Training, University of Florida Health Cancer Center Award Lecture: Thursday, May 17, 2018 “Impeding Metastasis – from Molecular Targeting to Exercise” JMEC Law Auditorium
2017	Peter M. Glazer, MD, PhD Robert E. Hunter Professor and Chair Department of Therapeutic Radiology Professor of Genetics Yale University Award Lecture: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 "Oncometabolities, DNA repair, and cancer therapy", JMEC Law Auditorium
2016	Ruth J. Muschel MD, PhD MRC/CRUK Professor of Molecular Pathology Department of Oncology, University of Oxford Deputy Director, CRUK/MRC Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology & Biology Award Lecture: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 4-5pm "Radiation Therapy and the Tumor Microenvironment", JMEC Law Auditorium
2015	Mark W. Dewhirst, DVM, PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology Vice Director for Basic Science, Duke Cancer Institute, Associate Dean for Faculty Mentoring Duke University Medical Center Award Lecture: Thursday, June 18, 2015 4-5pm "Discovery of therapeutic approaches that mit-igate normal tissue damage while sensitizing tumors to radiotherapy and chemotherapy"
2014	Jacqueline P. Williams, PhD, FASTRO Professor of Environmental Medicine and Radiation Oncology University of Rochester Medical Center Award Lecture: Thursday, March 20, 2014 4-5pm "Mouse Tails from the University of Rochester"
2013	Dr. Martin Brown Professor of Radiation Oncology and Radiation and Cancer Biology Stanford Cancer Institute
2012	Dr. Joel Greenberger
2011	Dr. John Fike
2010	Dr. Nancy Oleinick
2009	Dr. Michael Kastan
2008	Dr. Peggie Olive
2007	Dr. John Little
2005	Dr. Robert Gillies
2003	Dr. Charles Gomer
2002	Dr. Richard Hill
2001	Dr. James Mitchell
2000	Dr. Amato Giaccia
1998	Dr. Sara Rockwell
1997	Dr. Eric Hall
1995	Dr. Michael Gould
1993	Dr. David Grdina