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.
Michelle M. Le Beau has received the 2020 AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research.
Barbara J. Wold received the AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship.
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.
