American Association for Cancer Research Announces Distinguished Public Service Award Recipients
PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will present Distinguished Public Service Awards to four people whose...
American Association for Cancer Research Announces Distinguished Public Service Award Recipients
PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will present Distinguished Public Service Awards to three individuals whose...
Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR, Elected as American Association for Cancer Research President-Elect for 2021-2022
Five new members elected to the Board of Directors PHILADELPHIA — The members of the American Association for Cancer...
American Association for Cancer Research Inaugurates New Leadership at the AACR Annual Business Meeting of Members 2023
Philip D. Greenberg, MD, FAACR, Inaugurated as President PHILADELPHIA – The members of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Philip D. Greenberg, MD, FAACR, Elected as American Association for Cancer Research President-Elect for 2022-2023
Five new members elected to the Board of Directors and four new members elected to the Nominating Committee PHILADELPHIA...
AACR Names New Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Cancer Prevention Research
PHILADELPHIA – The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today announced the appointment of Nickolas Papadopoulos, PhD, as editor-in-chief...
American Association for Cancer Research Recognizes New 2019-2020 Research Grantees
PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is proud to announce its newest class of grant recipients....
AACR and MPM Oncology Charitable Foundation Announce Two Grants to Support Transformative Cancer Research
PHILADELPHIA, PA and CAMBRIDGE, MA – Two grants for research that could transform cancer detection and treatment have been...
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD
For his trailblazing contributions to establishing human pancreatic cancer mouse models, for developing preclinical and clinical therapeutic strategies for...
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD
An internationally heralded expert in cancer immunology, Dr. Jaffee is well-regarded for her clinical studies that have fueled the...
Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD
An internationally recognized innovator in the development of multiple cancer therapies, Dr. Von Hoff has helped establish many approved...
Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD
For delineating the fundamental mechanisms by which Ras oncogenes regulate cellular proliferation, survival, metabolism, and signaling, and for defining...
Michael B. Sporn, MD
Dr. Sporn’s principal research efforts over his entire career have been devoted to prevention of cancer. He has been...
AACR Grantees Present their Work at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024
Between April 5 – 10, the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 will welcome leading cancer scientists from all over the...
Launching Independent Careers with the AACR-PanCAN Pathway to Leadership Grant
By Alice Bradbury, PhD Dedicated to accelerating the conquest of cancer, the AACR is a unique organization committed to...
PanCAN-AACR Grantee Shows Potential Dual Anti-cancer and Anti-cachexia Benefits of Targeting Perp in Pancreatic Cancer
Cachexia is a muscle-wasting syndrome that is commonly found in pancreatic and other cancer patients and is linked to...
When a Grant Means “More than Money”
Kimberly Kelly, PhD, the CEO of a biotech startup called ZielBio, received an AACR-PanCAN Career Development Award for Pancreatic...
AACR Grantees Take the Stage at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024
The AACR Annual Meeting 2024 took place April 5–10 at the San Diego Convention Center in California, with over...
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...
AACR-Supported Scientists Gave Keynote Talks at the 2020 AACR Special Conference on Pancreatic Cancer (September 29-30, 2020)
Pancreatic cancer is forecasted to become the 2nd deadliest cancer in the United States by 2030. The AACR, in...
AACR Grantees Present Their Work at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023
Between April 14 – 19, the AACR Annual Meeting 2023 will welcome the best cancer scientists from all over...
Illuminating metabolism: A pioneering approach to combat pancreatic cancer
By Alice Bradbury, PhD Healthy cells rely on various chemical reactions that manage the conversion of food into energy...
Pursuing the Unconventional in Glioblastoma
The AACR Judah Folkman Career Development Award for Angiogenesis Research represents a joint effort to encourage and support a...
AACR Grantees Share their Findings
We are extremely proud of our past and present grantees who published their findings this past year on their...
AACR Grantees Share their Findings
We are extremely proud of our past and present grantees who presented and published their findings this past year....
AACR Grantees Share their Findings
We are extremely proud of our past and present grantees who presented and published their findings this past year....
3-D Vision Brings New Perspectives
When Edna Cukierman, PhD, obtained an independent research position and decided to apply for a cancer research grant, she had one problem: “I...
Sunil Hingorani and the Small Patients
When Sunil R. Hingorani, MD, PhD, was a young medical oncologist in training, educated at Yale and fresh off...
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,...
AACR-CRUK Transatlantic Fellowships: Supporting early-career investigators to shape the future of global cancer research
With members from 129 out of 193 countries, the AACR has a unique opportunity to make a global impact...