Camille Ragin, associate director of DEI at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was appointed chair of the Minorities in Cancer Research Council for the American Association for Cancer Research at the AACR annual meeting.
The African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium, a multi-institutional collaborative network that focuses on studies of cancer risk and outcomes among populations of African ancestry, received the American Association for Cancer Research Team Science Award at the AACR annual meeting. Camille Ragin, associate director of DEI at Fox Chase Cancer Center, heads the network.
Edna “Eti” Cukierman, co-director of the Marvin and Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was appointed chair-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research’s Tumor Microenvironment Working Group at the AACR annual meeting.
The American Association for Cancer Research has elected the 2023 class of fellows of the AACR Academy.
Elizabeth M. Jaffee was elected by the Fellows of the AACR Academy as the next president. She will assume the presidency during the AACR Annual Meeting 2023, to be held April 14-19 in Orlando.
Phyllis Pettit NassiJane PerlmutterPhyllis Pettit Nassi and Jane Perlmutter will receive the American Association for Cancer Research 2023 Distinguished Public Service Award for Exceptional Leadership in Cancer Advocacy at the AACR Annual Meeting April 14-19 in Orlando.
Patricia M. LoRusso was elected president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2023-2024.
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, fellow of the AACR Academy and AACR past president, will receive the 2023 AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research during the AACR Annual Meeting 2023.
Tak W. Mak was selected to receive the Pezcoller Foundation-American Association for Cancer Research International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research.
As members of the 118th Congress returned to Washington this week, everyone is focused on raising the nation’s debt limit, especially following Treasury Secretary Jane Yellen’s announcement that her agency would begin taking extraordinary measures to prevent the government from triggering a default.
