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Priyabrata “Priyo” Mukherjee, PhD Receives the Stanton L. Young Excellence in Research Award

Priyabrata “Priyo” Mukherjee, PhD, professor of pathology and the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Endowed Chair of Cancer Laboratory Research, has received the OU College of Medicine’s highest research honor, the Stanton L. Young Excellence in Research Award.

Dr. Mukherjee previously received the University of Oklahoma's top honor for scholarship, the George Lynn Cross Research Professorship, along with a Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professorship and the Fred G. Silva Research Award (in 2016 and 2024). He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the Controlled Release Society, the National Academy of Inventors, the Indian National Science Academy, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. 

The Senior Director for Research Collaborations and Partnerships at the Stephenson Cancer Center and an Oklahoma TSET Research Scholar, Dr. Mukherjee co-directs the SCC's nanomedicine program. He holds multiple US patents.

Dr. Mukherjee is the lead organizer of the University's Web of Life Conference, coming to the OU Health Campus in April 2026.

The Stanton L. Young Excellence in Research Award was established in 2025. The first honoree was Dr. Rodney Tweten, professor of microbiology.

Congratulations to Dr. Mukherjee for this huge honor!

posted April 16, 2026