The Pennsylvania Division, Southeast Region of the American Cancer Society (ACS) honored Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center and Andy Minn, assistant professor of radiation oncology in the Perelman School of Medicine, at the ACS Greater Philadelphia Area Volunteer Awards Celebration earlier this month in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

The Abramson Cancer Center is the 2015 recipient of the Partners in Health Initiatives Award, presented annually to a health care organization that has “enabled the American Cancer Society to effectively and impactfully reach large and varied audiences whom, without the aid and assistance of the partner, the American Cancer Society would not have been able to reach.”

Dr. Minn is the 2015 recipient of the Scientific Research Award, presented annually to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in the field of basic or clinical cancer research. Dr. Minn works to understand how cancer acquires treatment resistance to conventional therapies and immunotherapies.