Loïc Le Marchand was awarded the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research distinguished lectureship on the science of cancer health disparities. Le Marchand will present his award lecture during the opening session of the 15th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved.
The American Association for Cancer Research released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2022, the second AACR report on this topic.
Professional societies are implementing measures to limit transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at conferences, as oncology groups reconvene in-person annual meetings for the first time since early 2020. The American Society of Clinical Oncology will require proof of vaccination, encourage indoor masking, and provide masks onsite—regardless of mandates and regulations—at its upcoming annual meeting June 3-7 in... […]
Lisa M. Coussens was named president of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2022-2023. She was inaugurated during the AACR Annual Business Meeting, held in New Orleans on April 11.
Philip D. Greenberg was named American Association for Cancer Research president-elect for 2022-2023. He will assume the presidency in April 2023 at the next AACR Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.
In recent weeks, The Cancer Letter has reported on 2022 AACR awards presented to Tony Hunter, John E. Dick, Elaine S. Jaffe, Levi A. Garraway, Karen Lu, and Steven A. Roseberg, as well as this year’s AACR Fellows (The Cancer Letter, March 25, March 25, April 1, 2022).
Steven A. Rosenberg will be presented with the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research at the AACR Annual Meeting 2022, to be held in New Orleans April 8-13.
The American Association for Cancer Research has elected 33 scientists to its 2022 class of Fellows of the AACR Academy.
On March 2, a bus filled with Ukrainian children was getting ready to leave Odesa for the border of Moldova, Ukraine’s closest neighbor.
