John E. Dick, fellow of the AACR Academy, has received the the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research.
Christopher I. Amos has received the 2020 AACR-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention.
Benjamin F. Cravatt has received the 2020 AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research.
Patricia S. Steeg received the 2020 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship.
Lisa A. Newman received the AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship from AACR.
Cigall Kadoch received the 2020 AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research.
Jedd D. Wolchok received the 2020 AACR-Joseph Burchenal Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research.
The founding members and the current project team associated with The Cancer Genome Atlas Project received the 2020 AACR Team Science Awards.
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.
David A. Tuveson, was elected president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2021-22 by the members of the AACR.