Abstract Submission Deadline: Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, 11:59 p.m. ETRegistration and Housing: Opens Sept. 24, 2019
Program Committee Chair
Antoni Ribas, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
The AACR Annual Meeting program covers the latest discoveries across the spectrum of cancer research—from population science and prevention; to cancer biology, translational, and clinical studies; to survivorship and advocacy—and highlights the work of the best minds in research and medicine from institutions all over the world. More information about the AACR Annual Meeting 2020 will be available online and in the Call for Abstracts in late August 2019.
Program Committee Vice Chairs
Adriana Albini, MultiMedica Foundation Onlus, Milano, Italy
Shelly L. Berger, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Christina Curtis, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Chi Van Dang, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Caroline Dive, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, Manchester, United Kingdom
Philip D. Greenberg, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
Nada Jabado, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Michael V. Knopp, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Jill P. Mesirov, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California
Timothy R. Rebbeck, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Jean-Charles Soria, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Shelia A. Stewart, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Program Committee Cochairs
Samuel Achilefu, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Nina Bhardwaj, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Ryan B. Corcoran, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Melissa B. Davis, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
E. G. Elisabeth de Vries, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Jeffrey A. Drebin, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Silvia C. Formenti, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
Susan M. Galbraith, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Margaret A. Goodell, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Obi L. Griffith, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Manuel Hidalgo, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
David M. Hyman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Ricky W. Johnstone, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Australia
Yibin Kang, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Michael B. Kastan, Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina
J. Jack Lee, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Hiroyuki Mano, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Ira Mellman, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago, Illinois
Morag Park, McGill University Goodman Cancer Center, Montreal, Canada
Gloria M. Petersen, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
Katerina Politi, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut
Michael N. Pollack, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
David L. Rimm, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Michel Sadelain, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
Mary J. Scroggins, In My Sister's Care and Pinkie Hugs, LLC, Washington, District of Columbia
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, University of California, San Francisco, California
Melissa M. Vasbinder, Ribon Therapeutics, Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jennifer A. Wargo, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
About the Location
Emerging as a health care development center, San Diego is the eighth largest city in the United States and one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation. The presence of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), with affiliated UCSD Medical Center, has helped make the area a center of research in biotechnology. The Salk Institute Cancer Center and the UCSD Moores Cancer Center are located just north of San Diego in La Jolla. San Diego is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the U.S. Navy, and the Gaslamp Quarter’s world-class shopping and dining.
Continuing Medical Education Activity
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM available
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