The NYSCF Gala & Science Fair, 2021

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Honoring 2021 Stem Cell Heroes

Susan & Stephen Scherr
for their longstanding leadership and support of NYSCF

Victor Garber
for his advocacy for the patient community

Derrick Rossi, PhD; Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD; Barney Graham, MD, PhD; Katalin Karikó, PhD; Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
for the critical research that led to the development of the COVID-19 Vaccines

We invite you to Show Up for Science with NYSCF on October 5, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET. Please join us in honoring our 2021 Stem Cell Heroes and paying tribute to the excellence and innovation in biomedical research that are enabling us to embrace our loved ones, return to a new normal, and accelerate better treatments and cures for all of the major diseases of our time. Broadway and TV luminary Scott Ellis returns as Director for our one-hour virtual program.

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Directed by

Scott Ellis

Hosted by

Sanjay Gupta, MD

Featuring Special Guests

Annaleigh Ashford | Bob Balaban | Alec Baldwin
Matthew Broderick | Bradley Cooper | Anthony Fauci, MD | Santino Fontana
Jennifer Garner | Whoopi Goldberg | Sean Hayes | Jane Krakowski
Nathan Lane | Tony Shalhoub | Martha Stewart | Jesse Williams

Music by

Tree Adams
Andrew Schuyler
Nico Borromeo

Past Honorees

2021	Susan & Stephen Scherr	Victor Garber	Derrick Rossi, PhD; Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD; Barney Graham, MD, PhD; Katalin Karikó, PhD; Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
2020	Brooke Ellison, PhD	Frank Gehry	David Rockwell
2019	Peter Goulandris & Karen Elizabeth Burke Goulandris, MD, PhD	Jay Kriegel	Greg Hicks & Rick Foster
2018	Karin Hehenberger, MD, PhD	Carol Roaman	Ian Schrager
2017	Andreas C. Dracopoulos NYSCF Humanitarian Award	Roy Geronemus, MD NYSCF Leadership Award	Clifford Ross NYSCF Arts Leadership Award
2016	David A. Carmel NYSCF Leadership Award	Alan M. Cohen NYSCF Leadership Award	Victoria Gordon NYSCF Stem Cell Hero
2015	Stephen M. Ross NYSCF Leadership Award	Jack Gernsheimer and Jeff Gernsheimer NYSCF Stem Cell Heroes	Mark McCauley NYSCF Stem Cell Hero
2014	Anne & Vincent Mai NYSCF Stem Cell Hero	Sabrina Bertucci NYSCF Stem Cell Hero	Rich Rundle NYSCF Stem Cell Hero
2013	Shirley Cook NYSCF Stem Cell Hero	Richard D. Kaplan NYSCF Stem Cell Hero
2012	Bonnie Pfeifer Evans NYSCF Stem Cell Hero	Alice Shure NYSCF Stem Cell Hero	Seun Adebiyi NYSCF Stem Cell Hero
2011	Julian H. Robertson NYSCF Leadership Award	Christo NYSCF Humanitarian Award
2010	Dorothy Lichtenstein NYSCF Humanitarian Award
2009	Frank Gehry NYSCF Humanitarian Award	Joel S. Marcus NYSCF Leadership Award
2008	Governor David A. Paterson NYSCF Leadership Award
2007	Chuck Close NYSCF Humanitarian Award

For more information, please contact our Gala Office at gala@nyscf.org or 212-365-7444