The

American Association for Cancer Research The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world's oldest and largest professional association related to cancer research. Based in Philadelphia, the AACR focuses on all aspects of cancer research, including Basic research, basic, ...

gives several annual awards for significant contributions to the field of

cancer research Cancer research is research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate ...

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research

This award recognizes prodigious scientists that have made profound contributions to the field of cancer research. * 2018: Joseph R. Bertino * 2017: Mina Bissell * 2016: Robert A. Weinberg * 2015: Mario R. Capecchi * 2014:

Douglas Hanahan Douglas Hanahan (born 1951) is an American biologist, professor, and Director Emeritus of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research at EPFL (École polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a Distinguishe ...

* 2013: Harold L. Moses * 2012:

Beatrice Mintz Beatrice Mintz (January 24, 1921 – January 3, 2022) was an American embryologist who contributed to the understanding of genetic modification, cellular differentiation, and cancer, particularly melanoma.Martha J. Bailey, ''American women in sci ...

* 2011: Susan Band Horwitz * 2010: Janet D. Rowley * 2009: Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. * 2008:

Harald zur Hausen Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (; 11 March 1936 – 29 May 2023) was a German virologist. He carried out research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Phy ...

* 2007:

Donald Metcalf Donald Metcalf AC FRS FAA (26 February 1929 – 15 December 2014) was an Australian medical researcher who spent most of his career at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. In 1954 he received the Carden F ...

* 2006: Bernard Fisher * 2005: Alfred G. Knudson, Jr. * 2004: Emil Frei III

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research

This award recognizes the outstanding research of investigators under the age of 40. * This award has not been given since 2016. * 2016: Franziska Michor * 2015: Christopher R. Vakoc * 2014: Nima Sharifi * 2013: Roger S. Lo * 2012: Yibin Kang * 2011: Nathanael S. Gray * 2010: Joshua T. Mendell * 2009:

Victor Velculescu Victor E. Velculescu (born August 16, 1970) is a Professor of Oncology and Co-Director of Cancer Biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is internationally known for his discoveries in genomics and cancer research. Early lif ...

* 2008: Arul Chinnaiyan * 2007: Kornelia Polyak * 2006: Ivan Dikic * 2005: Gregory J. Hannon * 2004: Xiaodong Wang * 2003: none * 2002: Todd R. Golub * 2001: Scott W. Lowe * 2000: Nikola P. Pavletich * 1999: John Kuriyan * 1998: Michael C. Dean * 1997:

Tyler Jacks Tyler Jacks is a David H. Koch Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a long-time HHMI investigator, and founding director of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, which brings together bi ...

* 1996: Carol W. Greider * 1995: Eric S. Lander * 1994: Igor B. Roninson * 1993: Tom Curran * 1992: Elizabeth Robertson * 1991: Richard C. Mulligan * 1990: Ronald M. Evans * 1989: Bert Vogelstein * 1988: Webster K. Cavenee * 1987: Peter M. Blumberg * 1986: Mariano Barbacid * 1985: Lance A. Liotta * 1984: Charles D. Stiles * 1983: Susan Astrin * 1982: Stuart A. Aaronson * 1981: Yung-Chi Cheng * 1980: Malcolm A. S. Moore

AACR Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research

This award is given for achievements in clinical research. * 2019: Susan L. Cohn * 2018: Johann S. de Bono * 2017: Judy E. Garber * 2016: John C. Byrd * 2015: Elizabeth M. Jaffee * 2014: John F. DiPersio * 2013: Hagop M. Kantarjian * 2012: Lawrence H. Einhorn * 2011: Ching-Hon Pui * 2010: Henry T. Lynch * 2009: W. Marston Linehan * 2008: Joseph R. Bertino * 2007: Kenneth C. Anderson * 2006: Merrill J. Egorin * 2005: Jimmie C. Holland * 2004:

Clara D. Bloomfield Clara Derber Bloomfield (May 15, 1942 – March 1, 2020), was an American physician and cancer researcher. Her work focused on the genetic changes that are present in certain types of blood cancers, and how those can be utilized to improve treatm ...

* 2003: David S. Alberts * 2002: Lee M. Nadler * 2001: Rainer F. Storb * 2000: Waun Ki Hong * 1999: John Mendelsohn * 1998: Bernard Fisher * 1997: Ronald Levy * 1996: Samuel A. Wells Jr.

AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology

This award is given for major contributions to the field of

cancer immunology Cancer immunology (immuno-oncology) is an interdisciplinary branch of biology and a sub-discipline of immunology that is concerned with understanding the role of the immune system in the progression and development of cancer; the most well know ...

. * 2018:

Antoni Ribas Antoni Ribas i Piera (27 October 1935 – 3 October 2007) was a Catalan Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1966 and 2007. His 1973 film ''La otra imagen'' was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Fi ...

* 2017: Olivera Finn * 2016: Ronald Levy * 2015: Carl H. June * 2014: Robert D. Schreiber * 2013:

James P. Allison James Patrick Allison (born August 7, 1948) is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston ...

AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research

This award is given to scientists for have made significant discoveries in cancer prevention. * 2014: Graham A. Colditz * 2013: John P. Pierce * 2012:

Jack Cuzick Sir Jack Martin Cuzick (born 11 August 1948) is an American-born British academic, director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London and head of the Centre for Cancer Prevention. He is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at t ...

* 2011: Andrew J. Dannenberg * 2010: John D. Groopman * 2009: Mark W. Schiffman * 2008: Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. * 2007: Leslie Bernstein * 2006: Stephen S. Hecht * 2005: Scott M. Lippman * 2004: David S. Alberts * 2003: Waun Ki Hong

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship

This award recognizes successful scientists dedicated to international collaborations. * 2018: Lisa M. Coussens * 2017: Louis M. Staudt * 2016: William G. Kaelin Jr. * 2015:

Lewis C. Cantley Lewis C. Cantley (born February 20, 1949) is an American cell biologist and biochemist who has made significant advances to the understanding of cancer metabolism. Among his most notable contributions are the discovery and study of the enzyme PI- ...

* 2014: Rakesh K. Jain * 2013: Carlo M. Croce * 2012: Mary J.C. Hendrix * 2011: Philip Hanawalt * 2010: Mary-Claire King * 2009: Curtis C. Harris * 2008: Lawrence A. Loeb * 2007: Webster K. Cavenee * 2002: Michael B. Sporn

AACR Team Science Award

This award is given to promote collaboration to further breakthroughs in cancer research. * 2018: Genomic Approaches to Preventing and Treating Asian-Prevalent Cancers Team" :: Patrick Tan, Steven G. Rozen, Sen-Yung Hsieh, Chiea Chuen Khor, Narong Khuntikeo, Soon Thye Lim, Choon Kiat Ong, Chawalit Pairojkul, See-Tong Pang, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Bin Tean Teh * 2017: International Liquid Biopsy Initiative Team" :: Luis A. Diaz, Nishant Agrawal, Chetan Bettegowda, Frank Diehl, Peter Gibbs, Stanley R. Hamilton, Ralph H. Hruban, Hartmut Juhl, Isaac Kinde, Kenneth Kinzler,

Martin Nowak Martin Andreas Nowak (born April 7, 1965) is an Austrian-born professor of mathematics and biology at Harvard University. He is a researcher in evolutionary dynamics, and has made contributions to the fields of evolutionary theory and viral dy ...

, Nickolas Papadopoulos, David Sidransky, Jeanne Tie, Victor E. Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein * 2016: Women's Health Initiative Team: :: Ross L. Prentice, Garnet L. Anderson, Bette Caan, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Rebecca D. Jackson, Charles Kooperberg, JoAnn E. Manson, Electra D. Paskett, Jacques E. Rossouw, Sally A. Shumaker, Marcia L. Stefanick, Cynthia Ann Thomson, Jean Wactawski-Wende * 2015: Designing AR Inhibitors Team: :: Charles L. Sawyers, Michael E. Jung, Howard Scher * 2014:

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained for mos ...

, and NCI Malignant Brain Tumor Team: :: Darell D. Bigner, Bert Vogelstein, Ira Pastan, Daniel Barboriak, Oren J. Becher, Thomas J. Cummings, Annick Desjardins, Luis A. Diaz, Allan Friedman, Henry S. Friedman, Matthias Gromeier, Sridharan Gururangan, Yiping He, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Chien-Tsun Kuan, Roger E. McLendon, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Katherine B. Peters, Tulika Ranjan, B. K. Ahmed Rasheed, John H. Sampson, Victor E. Velculescu, Gordana Vlahovic, Jason A. Watts, Hai Yan, Michael R. Zalutsky * 2013: Johns Hopkins Pancreatic Cancer Sequencing Team in the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins University: :: Ralph H. Hruban, N. Volkan Adsay, Peter J. Allen, Michael A. Choti, Luis A. Diaz, James R. Eshleman, Michael G. Goggins, Joseph M. Herman, Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue, Scott E. Kern, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Alison P. Klein, David S. Klimstra, Anirban Maitra, Alan K. Meeker, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Victor E. Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Laura DeLong Wood * 2012: The

Institute of Cancer Research The Institute of Cancer Research (the ICR) is a public research institute and a member institution of the University of London in London, United Kingdom, specialising in oncology. It was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Ma ...

(ICR) and

Royal Marsden Hospital The Royal Marsden Hospital is a specialist National Health Service oncology hospital in London based at two sites in Brompton, in Kensington and Chelsea, and Belmont in Sutton. It is managed by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and supp ...

: Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit and Drug Development Units: :: Bissan Al-Lazikani, Udai Banerji, Julian Blagg, Ian Collins, Johann De Bono, Sue Eccles, Michelle Garrett, Swen Hoelder, Keith Jones,

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, Spiros Linardopoulos, Richard Marais, Flo Raynaud, Caroline Springer, Rob van Montfort, Paul Workman * 2011: Seattle HPV Research Team: :: Janet R. Daling, Denise A. Galloway, James Hughes, Nancy B. Kiviat, Laura Koutsky, Margaret M. Madeleine, Constance Mao, Barbara McKnight, Peggy L. Porter, Stephen M. Schwartz, Hisham K. Tamimi, Long-fu Xi * 2010: Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Research Team: :: Michael J. Eck, Jeffery Engelman, Nathanael Gray, Daniel Haber, Pasi A. Janne, Bruce E. Johnson, Susumu Kobayashi, Eunice Kwak, Neal Lindeman, Thomas J. Lynch, Shyamala Maheswaran, Matthew L. Meyerson, Lecia V. Sequist, Jeffery Settleman, Daniel G. Tenen, Mehmet Toner, Kwok-Kin Wong * 2009:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research hospital headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on chi ...

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Team: :: Dario Campana, Cheng Cheng, James R. Downing, William E. Evans, Melissa M. Hudson, Sima Jeha, Charles Mullighan, Ching-Hon Pui, Susana C. Raimondi, Mary V. Relling, Raul C. Ribeiro * 2008:

University of California San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It is part of the University of California system and is dedic ...

, the

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL, Berkeley Lab) is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center in the Berkeley Hills, hills of Berkeley, California, United States. Established i ...

and

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo, New York. Founded by surgeon Roswell Park in 1898, the center was the first in the United States to specifically focus on cancer research. Th ...

: :: Donna G. Albertson, Jane Fridyland, Joe W. Gray, Ajay Jain, Anne H. Kallioniemi, Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi, Robert Nordmeyer, Norma J. Nowak, Daniel Pinkel, Antoine Sniders, Damir Sudar, Frederick M. Waldmann * 2007:

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH or The Brigham) is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two ...

Team: :: Xuhong Cao, Arul Chinnaiyan, Saravana Dhanasekaran, Rohit Mehra, James Montie, Kenneth Pienta, Robin Rasor, Daniel Rhodes, Rajal Shah, Scott A. Tomlins, Sooryanarayana Varambally, John Wei, Francesca Demichelis, Charles Lee, Sven Perner, Mark A. Rubin

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