Susan G. Komen for the Cure's Brinker International Awards for Breast Cancer Research are funded by an endowment established by Brinker International, Inc. The awards are given annually at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference to formally recognize and honor individuals, before their peers, for their outstanding achievements in the fields of basic and clinical breast cancer research.
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.
