Best Prevention Early Detection Paper Award 

Winner:  Chwee Ming Lim, MD
Institution: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National University Health System Singapore
Manuscript Title:  Real time near-infrared auto-fluorescence Raman spectroscopy system in the surveillance of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer

Robert Maxwell Byer Award

Winner:  Chang-Han Chen, PhD
Institution: Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Manuscript Title:  Angiotensin II type 1 receptor contributes to malignant progression in oral squamous cell carcinoma through modulation of FUI0540/S100A9 signaling

Best Resident Basic Science Award

Winner:  Moran Amit, MD
Institution: The Laboratory for Applied Cancer Research, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Manuscript Title:  Thyroid cancer response to radioiodine treatment is post-translationally regulated

Best Resident Clinical Award

Winner:  Michelle Chen, MD
Institution: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University
Manuscript Title:  Post-operative radiation therapy associated with improved survival in Nl oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer patients