James R. Downing, CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, received the inaugural award of the American Association for Cancer Research-St. Baldrick's Foundation for outstanding achievement in pediatric cancer research.
The founding members and the current project team associated with The Cancer Genome Atlas Project received the 2020 AACR Team Science Awards.
Jedd D. Wolchok received the 2020 AACR-Joseph Burchenal Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research.
Cigall Kadoch received the 2020 AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research.
Lisa A. Newman received the AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship from AACR.
Patricia S. Steeg received the 2020 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship.
Benjamin F. Cravatt has received the 2020 AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research.
Christopher I. Amos has received the 2020 AACR-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention.
Michael Karin, fellow of the AACR Academy, received the 2020 AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research.
Michelle M. Le Beau has received the 2020 AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research.