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The Allen and Lee-Hwa Chao Lectureship in Cancer Research was established in 1999 with a gift from Allen Chao and his wife Lee-Hwa Chao. The Chao family has been generous contributors to UC Irvine and the Cancer Center over the years, with three generations of Chaos giving nearly $30 million to the campus. The cancer center is named in the family's honor.
The lecture series is named in honor of the Chao family patriarch, the late H. H. Chao and provides a forum to share and discuss topics related to cancer research, prevention and treatment. Each year the lectureship hosts an internationally renowned leader in cancer research, who delivers a technical colloquium in addition to a public lecture. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
1999 |
Robert Weinberg, PhD |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2000 |
Craig V. Jordan, PhD, DSC |
Northwestern University Medical School |
2001 |
Janet Rowley, MD |
The University of Chicago |
2002 |
Michael E. Phelps, MD |
University of California, Los Angeles |
2003 |
Andrew C. Von Eschenbach, MD |
National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health |
2004 |
Mina J. Bissell, PhD |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
2005 |
Peter M. Howley, PhD |
Harvard Medical School |
2006 |
Brian Druker, MD |
Oregon Health and Science University |
2007 |
Irving L. Weissman, MD |
Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center |
2008 |
Alfred Knudson, MD, PhD |
Fox Chase Cancer Center |
2009 |
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD |
The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
2010 |
Harald zur Hausen, MD |
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center) |
2011 |
Daniel V. Von Hoff, MD, FACP |
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) |
2012 |
Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS | UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center |
2013 |
Ronald M. Evans, PhD | The Salk Institute |
2015 |
David Baltimore, PhD | California Institute of Technology |
2016 |
Atul Butte, MD, PhD | University of California, San Francisco |
2018 |
Douglas Lowy, MD | National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health |