Alan C. Sartorelli, Ph.D.

Alan C. Sartorelli, Ph.D., the Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology, received the 20th American Association for Cancer Research-Bruce F. Cain Memorial Award in March, which honors outstanding preclinical research leading to the improved care of cancer patients. He was recognized for his pioneering work in cancer pharmacology. He is also the former chair of the Department of Pharmacology and former director of the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center. His contributions to the evaluation of the role of tumor cell hypoxia in anticancer drug action and in targeting this important cellular difference in human tumors for therapeutic intervention are of fundamental importance in this field.