Directly following the Symposium, past and current attendees of the Symposium decide on the next recipients of the Brenda M. Williams Young Investigator Award and Young Investigator Award. The awards come at a crucial time in the development of the junior scientists' careers.

"Our Young Investigator Awardees are extremely productive, resulting a huge return on their investment. What sets the EI Symposium apart is that it continues to be the only organization that supports young investigators at a critical juncture in their work." — Expedition Inspiration Medical Advisory Committe Chair Angela DeMichele, M.D., M.C.S.E.

Young Investigator Award recipients from the previous year are invited to attend the Symposium and present their research to the senior scientists in attendance.

Here are YouTube videos of 2012's Young Investigators at our Open Forum:

J. Chuck Harrell, Ph.D. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill	Patrick Morris, M.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Recipient - Brenda M. Williams Young Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research

Young Investigators to Date include:

Expedition Inspiration 2011 Young Investigator Award Recipients J. Chuck Harrell, Ph.D. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill Patrick Morris, M.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Recipient- Brenda M. Williams Young Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research Expedition Inspiration 2010 Young Investigator Award Recipients Chloe C. Milsom, Ph.D. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Department of Cellular Biology Toronto Toby M. Ward, Ph.D. Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Department of Hematology/Oncology University of Miami

ExpeditionInspiration 2009 Young Investigator Award Recipients Laura G.Gonzalez, Ph.D. Center for Personalized Diagnostics The Biodesign Institute Arizona State University  BushraAteeq, Ph.D. Research Fellow Michigan Center for Translational Pathology University of Michigan ExpeditionInspiration 2008 Young Investigator Award Recipients ElizabethIorns, Ph.D. Miller School of Medicine JinfengSuo, Ph.D. Lester and Susan Smith Breast Center Baylor College of Medicine ExpeditionInspiration 2007 Young Investigator Award Recipients Vijayakirishna K. Gadi, M.D., Ph.D. University of Washington N. LynnHenry, M.D., Ph.D. University of Michigan

Please be advised that the Expedition Inspiration Fund for Breast Cancer Research does not pay indirect costs.