ASCI / Young Physician-Scientist Awards, 2021
The Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.
About the awardee
Michael C. Haffner, MD, PhD, received his MD and PhD from the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria. He conducted his post-doctoral research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins under the mentorship of Dr. William G. Nelson. Michael completed his clinical training in Anatomic Pathology and subspecialty training in Genitourinary Pathology at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In 2019, he transitioned to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to start his independent research program. In addition to his research activities at Fred Hutch, he also serves as an attending pathologist on the Genitourinary Pathology service at the University of Washington.