Mayer Mitchell Award to be presented to cancer researcher

Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., MPH, the 2023 recipient, 

poses with Arlene Mitchell, chair pro tempore of the 

USA Board of Trustees.

The recipient of the 2024 Mayer Mitchell Award for Excellence in Cancer Research will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 4:30 p.m. in the lobby of the USA Health Mitchell Cancer institute.

The $10,000 award is presented annually to a promising scientist at the Mitchell Cancer Institute upon the recommendation of a faculty committee. The award was established in 2009 by University of South Alabama trustee Arlene Mitchell, currently serving as chair pro tempore, in memory of her late husband, Mayer Mitchell, a Mobile businessman, longtime USA trustee and formative figure in the establishment of the MCI.

The 2023 recipient of the award was Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., MPH, a gynecologic oncologist, director of the Division of Cancer Control and Prevention at the Mitchell Cancer Institute, and professor of interdisciplinary clinical oncology.