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AACR Academy Highlights

Gordon Freeman

Gordon Freeman

Gordon Freeman has been elected a 2022 Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences (May 3, 2022)

Kornelia Polyak

Kornelia Polyak

Kornelia Polyak has been elected a 2022 Member of the National Academy of Sciences (May 3, 2022)

AVIV REGEV

AVIV REGEV

Aviv Regev has been elected a 2022 Member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences (April, 2022)

David Baltimore

David Baltimore

AACR congratulates David Baltimore as the winner of the 2021 Lasker~Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science (September 24, 2021)

John D. Carpten

John D. Carpten

AACR congratulates John D. Carpten’s appointment as the Chair of the National Cancer Advisory Board (September 15, 2021)

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade receives 2021 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award (July 12, 2021)

Lisa M. Coussens

Lisa M. Coussens

Lisa M. Coussens is added to the 2021 Class of Komen Scholars (June 23, 2021)

Aviv Regev

Aviv Regev

Aviv Regev receives the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science (April 28, 2021)

Drs. D’Andrea and Olopade are elected to the National Academy of Sciences (April 26, 2021)

Alan D’Andrea

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade
Olufunmilayo F. Olopade

Mina J. Bissell

Mina J. Bissell

Mina J. Bissell receives the 2021 AACR-Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship (April 8, 2021)

Aviv Regev

Aviv Regev

Aviv Regev receives the 2021 AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship (April 8, 2021)

Carol L. Prives

Carol L. Prives

Carol L. Prives receives the 2021 AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research (April 7, 2021)

Douglas R. Lowy

Douglas R. Lowy

Douglas R. Lowy receives the 2021 AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research (April 7, 2021)

Charles L. Sawyers

Charles L. Sawyers

Charles L. Sawyers receives the 2021 AACR Distinguished Public Service Award (April 5, 2021)

Lisa M. Coussens

Lisa M. Coussens

Lisa M. Coussens is elected as American Association for Cancer Research President-Elect for 2021-2022 (April 1, 2021)

Ton Schumacher

Ton Schumacher

Ton Schumacher receives the 2021 AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology (March 31, 2021)

Arthur D. Levinson

Arthur D. Levinson

Arthur D. Levinson receives the 2021 Bower Award for Business Leadership (March 11, 2021)

Hans Clevers

Hans Clevers

Hans Clevers receives the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research (March 3, 2021)

Drs. Vogelstein and Weinberg receive the 2021 Japan Prize (January 29, 2021)

Bert Vogelstein
Bert Vogelstein
Robert A. Weinberg
Robert A. Weinberg
Eric S. Lander

Eric S. Lander

Eric Lander is appointed Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) (January 16, 2021)

Daniel D. Von Hoff

Daniel D. Von Hoff

Daniel D. Von Hoff receives the inaugural AACR Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research established in his honor (November 24, 2020)

Several Fellows have been elected as Members of the National Academy of Medicine (October 19, 2020)

Myles Brown
Myles A. Brown
Levi A. Garraway
Antoni Ribas
Antoni Ribas
Louis M. Staudt
John E. Dick

John E. Dick

John E. Dick has been elected as an International Member of the National Academy of Medicine (October 19, 2020)

Drs. Bissell and Fuchs receive Canada Gairdner International Award (October 16, 2020)

Mina Bissell
Mina J. Bissell
Elaine Fuchs
Elaine Fuchs

Drs. Charpentier and Doudna win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (October 7, 2020)

Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Jennifer A. Doudna
Jennifer A. Doudna

Drs. Olopade and Piccart have been inducted into the 2020 Giants of Cancer Care, OncLive® recognition program (October 6, 2020)

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade
Olufunmilayo Falusi Olopade
Martine J. Piccart
Martine J. Piccart
Antoni Ribas

Antoni Ribas

Antoni Ribas receives the 2020 ESMO Award for Translational Research (August 25, 2020)

Mary-Claire King

Mary-Claire King

Mary-Claire King receives 2020 William L. McGuire Memorial Lecture Award (August 4, 2020)

Drs. Garraway and Ribas participated in a moving panel discussion about racism and racial inequities in cancer research during AACR’s Virtual Annual Meeting II (June 23, 2020)

Levi A. Garraway
Antoni Ribas
Antoni Ribas
Charles L. Sawyers

Charles L. Sawyers

Charles L. Sawyers elected as 2020-2021 AACR Academy President-Elect (June 9, 2020)

Gregg Semenza

Gregg Semenza

Gregg Semenza is interviewed on AACR’s Cancer Research Catalyst Blog (June 5, 2020)

Michael Karin

Michael Karin

Michael Karin receives 2020 AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research (June 5, 2020)

Tyler Jacks

Tyler Jacks

Tyler Jacks receives 2020 AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship (May 29, 2020)

Phillip A. Sharp

Phillip A. Sharp

Phillip A. Sharp receives 2020 AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research (May 26, 2020)

Douglas R. Lowy

Douglas R. Lowy

Douglas R. Lowy receives 2020 AACR Distinguished Public Service Award (May 22, 2020)

Steven A. Rosenberg

Steven A. Rosenberg

Steven A. Rosenberg receives 2020 AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology (May 11, 2020)

Rene Bernards

Rene Bernards

Rene Bernards has been elected as an International Member of the National Academy of Sciences (April 27, 2020)

Several Fellows have been elected as Members of the National Academy of Sciences (April 20, 2020)