Marcela Varasquim
“O Câncer nas Mulheres da Amazônia – Cancer in Amazonian Women” Repórter Record Investigação In this impactful video report,...
Larissa Werren
“O Câncer nas Mulheres da Amazônia – Cancer in Amazonian Women” Repórter Record Investigação In this impactful video report,...
Joel Encarnación-Rosado, PhD
Originally from Puerto Rico, Dr. Joel Encarnación-Rosado earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Puerto Rico,...
Gary Steele, Col. (Ret.)
Colonel Steele is a retired US Army officer and has both prostate cancer and multiple myeloma cancer. Colonel Steele has...
Tonya Hallett
Ms. Hallett is a human capital professional with more than 25 years of broad ranging experience in Human Resources....
Inspired to Pursue a Career in Cancer Science
“Over the next 25 or 30 years we are going to make major progress toward curing cancers in synergistic...
Bolstering Basic Cancer Research to Find Cures
Armed with a one-year fellowship from the AACR, a young researcher has been taking a new approach to understanding...
Targeting Tumors’ Blood Supply
Cancer researcher Renata Pasqualini, PhD, takes aim at cancer with novel approaches to developing targeted diagnostic, imaging, and therapeutic...
Edwin A. Mirand
Edwin A. Mirand, PhD, DSc, an AACR member since 1954, died March 1, 2017, at the age of 90....
Bayard D. Clarkson
Bayard D. “Barney” Clarkson, MD, FAACR, a Past President of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and a...
Sandra L. Spivey
Sandra L. Spivey, a passionate patient advocate and an Affiliate member of the AACR, died March 15, 2021, at...
Maxine Frank Singer
Maxine Frank Singer, PhD, FAACR, former president of the Carnegie Institution of Science and former chief of the Laboratory...
Bayard D. Clarkson, MD
Bayard D. “Barney” Clarkson, MD, FAACR, a Past President of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and a...
Ronald A. DePinho, MD
A widely recognized authority on cancer, Dr. DePinho has made important scientific discoveries that have transformed the understanding of...
Nancy A. Jenkins, PhD
Scientific Areas of Expertise: Cancer Genetics; Insertional Mutagenesis, Mouse Models of Human Cancer For pioneering contributions to cancer genetics...
Maxine F. Singer, PhD
Maxine Frank Singer, PhD, FAACR, former president of the Carnegie Institution of Science and former chief of the Laboratory...
Diversifying Cancer Research with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Career Development Award to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
Breast Cancer Awareness Month occurs every October as an international health campaign helping to promote awareness, screening, and prevention...
Cancer Knows No Bounds, and Neither Should Equitable Cancer Research or Treatment
By Laura Romano, PhD Hawaii, composed of a group of islands located in the central Pacific Ocean, joined the...
Driving Standardization of Molecular Testing Guidelines in Pediatric Cancer
Advancements in our understanding of the genetic drivers of cancer and the use of precision oncology have provided new...
Funding the Unconventional: AACR-MPM Oncology Charitable Foundation Transformative Cancer Research Grants
Born through an innovative partnership between the AACR and the UBS Oncology Impact Fund (OIF) managed by MPM Capital,...
Collaborations for Smoking Cessation: The 2019 AACR-Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Innovation Science Grants
“Too many people continue to get lung cancer from smoking and lack of early detection,” observes Mary E. Cooley,...
Digging Deep Into Head and Neck Cancer Disparities
Head and neck cancer (HNC), describing cancers of the oral cavity, throat, nose, and sinuses, is the sixth most...
Crossing the Bridge over the Valley of Death with an AACR-Bayer Innovation and Discovery Grant
The AACR-Bayer Innovation and Discovery Grants were established to provide new treatment options for cancers with high unmet medical...
The Lipid Trigger: Metabolic Rewiring and the Path to Early Breast Tumorigenesis
While breast cancer mortality rates are generally decreasing across the globe, incidence rates continue to rise (1). This highlights...
Cancer as Hurricane: Heiko Enderling’s Models
As a resident of Florida, Heiko Enderling, PhD, often sees hurricane simulations and predictions on television, complete with cones...
Making an Impact on Rare Tumors
By Richard Lobb AACR Communications In the numbers game of cancer, the big players In the United States are...
A Mechanosensitive Hormone Signaling Pathway Increases Breast Cancer Risk
By Alice Bradbury, PhD In the US, nearly half of all women have high mammographic density (MD), associated with...
New Club Allows AACR Grantees to Meet – Virtually
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world, conferences and meetings worldwide are being canceled or moved to...
Impacting Community through Community
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of cancer (1). On May 31st, World No Tobacco Day, smokers all over...
Breaking Down to Build Back Up: Aurora-A Degraders as Treatment for Neuroblastoma
The survival rate for nearly half of children diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma remains tragically low. This devastating outcome is...