Luis A. Diaz has received the AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research.
Tyler Jacks, fellow of the AACR Academy, received the the 2020 AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship.
Phillip A. Sharp, fellow of the AACR Academy and Nobel Laureate, received the 17th AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research.
Roy S. Herbst, Douglas R. Lowy, Yoshiyuki Majima, and Patricia Spears, received the AACR Distinguished Public Service Awards.
AACR has named its newly elected class of Fellows of the AACR Academy.
Charles L. Sawyers, chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, was elected president-elect by the fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2020-2021.
Steven A. Rosenberg, fellow of the AACR Academy, has received the 2020 AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology.
John E. Dick, fellow of the AACR Academy, has received the the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research.
Real-world data is everywhere. During the COVID-19 global pandemic, we are literally generating, and collecting, real-world data every single day—from electronic health records, insurance claims, patient registries, and a myriad of other sources. But the question remains: how do we use this data to better understand, prevent, and treat this disease?
In March, as SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly across the United States, cancer researchers scrambled to find clues about the virus and ways to mitigate its damage.
