Pediatrics / Hematology/Oncology Division / Faculty & Fellow Awards Faculty & Fellow Awards 2015 David N. Korones, M.D. Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Senior Physician Award Health Care Achievement Award (Rochester Business Journal) CURE Hometown Hero Award Craig A. Mullen, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Hyundai Hope on Wheels James Palis, M.D. Davey Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Research Jessica Shand, M.D., M.H.S. Wilmot Cancer Center Pilot Award for Research in Hematologic Malignancies. American Society of Hematology Physician-Scientist Career Development Award (PI for trainee John Mariano). Faculty Inductee to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), University of Rochester Medical School Class of 2016. 2014 Jeffrey R. Andolina, M.D., M.S. Faculty Teaching Award for Pediatrics presented by Medical Student Class of 2016, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY Rally-On Foundation, Corks Against Cancer to support pediatric cancer research Jessica Shand, M.D., M.H.S. St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar, Principal Investigator, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation McCullough and Till Award for Best Basic Science. Sana Usmani, D.O. 2014 recipient of NIH T32 grant support – “Bench to Bedside to Curbside.” Identification of Bone Marrow Stroma Derived Factors that Support Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells. 2013 Jeffrey R. Andolina, M.D., M.S. Faculty Inductee to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), University of Rochester Medical School Class of 2013 Children’s Oncology Group Primary Investigator. David N. Korones, M.D. Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine