SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 13 /CNW/ -- The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the world's largest source of non-profit funding for breast cancer research and community outreach programs behind the U.S. government, has
announced the 2006 winners of its most prestigious honor, the Komen Foundation Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction. The 2006 Brinker Award recipient for basic science is Evan Simpson, Ph.D., Director of the Prince Henry's Institute
of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia and the 2006 award recipient for clinical research is George W. Sledge, Jr., M.D., the Ballve-Lantero Professor of Oncology at Indiana University Cancer Center in Indianapolis.
