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This spring, AACI participated in several activities to address the ongoing crisis in cancer research funding and other issues impacting AACI cancer centers. These included a Government Relations For…

The AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Steering Committee, with the assistance of peer reviewers from CRI committees and volunteers, has selected three abstracts from 157 submissions for formal …

On April 24, AACI submitted a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, which expressed concerns about the policy change proposed by NIH to move all grant revi…

AACI welcomes Flatiron to its Tech Gold members. Flatiron Health is a healthtech company expanding the possibilities for point of care oncology solutions and using data for good to power smarter care…

Pictured: AACI CADEx Planning Committee members Photo credit: Randy Belice

In 2024, AACI helped advance the goals of the oncology ecosystem through collaborations with cancer centers and other stakeholders from government and industry. The association's 2024 report highligh…

Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, will deliver the opening keynote, "Crafting Your Career Path: A Strategic Planning Workshop," at 8:00 am central time on Tuesday, March 11, to kick off AACI's 2025 leadershi…

In a week marked by a flurry of executive actions and legal challenges, the White House's funding freeze directive triggered widespread concern throughout the cancer center community. The rapidly evo…

Patient navigation has become an essential piece of the health care puzzle in the United States, where it is used to address disparities in the accessibility and affordability of health care. During …

As part of its ongoing engagement with cancer-related public policy, AACI participated in a variety of advocacy events in Washington, DC, in September, reflecting our commitment to advocating on beha…

The AACI Catchment Area Data Excellence (CADEx) Conference Planning Committee has selected three abstracts from 46 submissions for formal presentation at the 2025 CADEx Conference, January 29-31. Win…

The AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Steering Committee is currently soliciting abstracts for the 17th Annual AACI CRI Meeting, June 23-25, at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL. This …

Electronic health records (EHRs) are critical for health care facilities, as they store demographic information, medical histories, diagnoses, immunization records, and radiology and laboratory test …

Patient advocate Loriana Hernández-Aldama will present the opening keynote on Monday, June 23, during the 17th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting in Rosemont, IL. On Tuesday, June…

The 2025 AACI Leadership Diversity and Development Workshop, held March 11-12, drew nearly 100 attendees, with 82 cancer centers represented. Many thanks to all the AACI member colleagues and support…

Pictured, clockwise from top: 2024 recipients of AACI's Champion for Cures, Distinguished Scientist, and Cancer Health Equity awards Photos by Randy Belice There's still time to submit nominations f…

In 2025, the AACI Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) and Cellular Therapy Initiative (CTI) will welcome newly-elected steering committee members. Joining PCLI are Bhavana Bhatnagar, DO, …

In the November AACI Commentary, co-authors Debby Oh, MSc, PhD, of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Susan T. Vadaparampil, PhD, MPH, of Moffitt Cancer Center, highlighted two…

The AACI Catchment Area Data Excellence (CADEx) Conference Planning Committee has selected three abstracts from 46 submissions for formal presentation at the 2025 CADEx Conference, January 29-31. Win…

Registration is now open for AACI's joint Hill Day with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which will take place on Thursday, May 22, in Washington, DC.  Your participation in Hill…

Registration is open for two upcoming AACI webinars. "From Outreach to Action: Embedding Community Perspectives in Cancer Research" is scheduled for Thursday, March 20, and "Statistical Approaches to…

Pictured, clockwise from top: 2024 recipients of AACI's Champion for Cures, Distinguished Scientist, and Cancer Health Equity awardsPhotos by Randy BeliceAACI members are invited to submit nomination…

AACI welcomes Advarra to its Tech Gold members. For over 35 years, Advarra has been dedicated to advancing clinical research. From its origins in ethical review, Advarra has grown to provided institu…

Registration is open for three upcoming AACI webinars. The October 2 CARDS webinar will explore the use of spatial data to analyze cancer center catchment areas. On October 3, AACI will co-host a web…

Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the 2025 CADEx Conference, January 29-31, at the Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa in Coronado, CA. This year’s meeting theme is Acquisition, A…

Over 90% of oncology trials require imaging, yet imaging data is lost, mismanaged, and significantly underutilized. Yunu is transforming trial imaging access, accuracy, and efficiency with streamline…

AACI mourns the loss of Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, who passed away on Sunday, December 15. A former member of AACI’s Board of Directors, Dr. Cowan led the NCI-Designated Cancer Center at the University of N…

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has named the University of Rochester’s Wilmot Cancer Institute as the nation’s 73rd designated cancer center. Jonathan W. Friedberg, MD, MMSc, is the institute's …

Registration is open for an upcoming AACI webinar, hosted by AACI's Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI). "Healing Waves: How Hawaii is Turning the Tide on Cancer Inequities," is scheduled…

On Sunday, March 23, AACI Executive Director Jennifer W. Pegher appeared on "Our Region's Business," a Pittsburgh business affairs program produced jointly by WPXI-TV and the Allegheny Conference on …

With its new Defending Cancer Research Digest, AACI aims to expand awareness of the very real benefits of research funded by the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute. We hope y…

Fox Chase Cancer Center Director Jonathan Chernoff, MD, PhD, was recently elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP). Founded in 1885 by Sir William Osler, who is considered the father o…

Brian Brown, PhD, director of the Icahn Genomics Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biologi…

Davide Ruggero, PhD, has received a rare renewal of his American Cancer Society (ACS) Professorship – one of the most selective honors in cancer research. Reserved for visionary scientists whose work…

Each year, Moffitt Cancer Center recognizes outstanding faculty members with the W. Jackson Pledger Researcher of the Year Award. This year, the honor goes to Frederick Locke, MD, an expert in CAR T-…

Crystal Mackall, MD, was announced as the recipient of the 2025 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology. She is being honored…

Often called "America’s Nobel Prize," the National Medal of Science honors the country’s leading researchers. Stem cell biologist and Stanford Cancer Institute faculty member Helen Blau, PhD, was rec…

Yash Chhabra, PhD, assistant professor in the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently honored with the American Association for Cancer Research…

Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, became the 120th president of the American Statistical Association (ASA) on January 1. She is the first Korean American statistician, the first woman statistician from Florida, and…

In recognition of her work to build healthier communities and provide hundreds with power over cancer, Carolyn M. Tucker, PhD, has received a 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the offi…

The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Melissa L. Fishel, PhD, the Myles Brand Scholar in Cancer Research. Recognized for her research in pancreatic cancer…

Stephen D. Nimer, MD, director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, is known for guiding other researchers to create a collaborative environment that drives scientific discovery and quality pati…

Stephen Baylin, MD, and Andrew Feinberg, MD, were awarded the 2022–2023 Harvey Prize in the field of Science and Technology by the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Drs. Baylin and Feinberg,…

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Anthony M. Villano, MD, FACS (pictured at right), and Austin D. Williams, MD, MSED, FACS (left), were named fellows of the American College of Surgeons during a convocation …

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has honored Elvin Wagenblast, PhD, with the 2024 LLS-CDP Special Fellow Achievement Award. Dr. Wagenblast was recognized for his groundbreaking work using cu…

Malcolm Brenner, MD, PhD, and Cliona Rooney, PhD, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Brenner's primary research is in the use of gene transfer to augment the immune res…

Stanford Cancer Institute member Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc, is the recipient of the 2024 American Association for Cancer Research Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research and the Su…

Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, associate director of prevention and control at Siteman Cancer Center, has been awarded Susan G. Komen's inaugural Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Population …

Pavan Reddy, MD, director of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, has been elected to the newest class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (A…

Three Washington University scientists at Siteman Cancer Center have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. They are Aaron DiAntonio, MD, PhD; John DiPersio, MD, PhD; and Sri…

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Alycia So, MD, was recently inducted as a fellow into the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery. Founded in 1879, the academy is the oldest continuously meeting surgical society i…

Oncology nurse Julie McCluggage, RN, OCN, CRN-BC, is the first nurse in UCSF history to earn the rigorous Clinical Research Nurse-Board Certified (CRN-BC) credential. McCluggage, who has been caring …

Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, was named a Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy Class of 2025. Dr. Bhardwaj was recognized for her research on human dendritic cell biology, …

Stanford Cancer Institute member Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, was honored for her transformative research showing that nervous system activity can promote cancer initiation, growth, spread, and treatment…

Stefan Bossmann, PhD, was selected by the National Academy of Inventors to join the 2025 class of senior members. He is the first senior member from KU Medical Center. The academy recognizes and prom…

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS; Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS; and Lorenzo Galluzzi, PhD, have been named to the 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, a leading global p…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine has invested Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, MD, PhD, research director of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Myelo…

Stanford Cancer Institute senior advisor Robert Negrin, MD, was named president-elect of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). An ASH member since 1998, he has served across various ASH committee…

Eric Bartee, PhD, is studying how to use viruses to fight cancer. He has a $2 million grant to study how cells detect and rid themselves of viruses and hopes to make oncolytic therapy more effective …

Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have been awarded up to $17.6 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop innovative technology aimed…

Researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center are leading a multicenter trial, funded by a nearly $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, to tackle food insecurity in people …

David and Janet Greene, parents of Michael Greene, have supported glioma research at Vanderbilt and have made a $1 million donation in their son’s honor for the Brain Tumor Center. In addition, Gladi…

Shiqin Liu, MD, PhD, was awarded the Lung Cancer Concept Award from the Department of Defense (DOD) to create new immune-based treatments for small-cell lung cancer, a highly aggressive form of lung …

A team of researchers, led by Stanford Cancer Institute member Katherine Ferrara, PhD, has been awarded an up to $35 million federal contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (AR…

A $25 million gift from the Weiser Charitable Foundation will support establishing the Weiser Family Center for Breast Cancer at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center. The funding will impro…

UCSF is the recipient of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant for prostate cancer. The program will receive about $7 million to develop new …

A groundbreaking lung cancer screening project co-led by the UK Markey Cancer Center and the University of Colorado Cancer Center is set to expand its reach, thanks to a $6.8 million grant from the B…

Researchers at the OSUCCC – James Center for Tobacco Research will use a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study the effectiveness of oral nicotine pouches in re…

A team of Stony Brook University researchers are developing a new way to analyze breast cancer imaging that incorporates mathematical modeling and deep learning. The work is supported by a new four-y…

Washington University researchers at Siteman Cancer Center received a $10.8 million grant through the National Cancer Institute’s Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE). Led by principal…

The University of Kansas Medical Center is partnering with the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention to determine what treatments work best to help Black people quit sm…

Virginia Commonwealth University has been awarded a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a Cancer Control Equity Research Center. This initiative aims to enhanc…

Fred Hutch Cancer Center researchers developing immunotherapies using engineered adaptive immune system cells have received over $4 million in research grants from the Washington Research Foundation.…

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University have received a $2.3 million Breakthrough Award from the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to deve…

Julie In, PhD, has received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. She will study the molecular changes in intestinal epithelium cells when expo…

Ross and Mary Whipple pledged $1.5 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), supporting rural cancer care, patient services, and orthopedics. The gifts include $1 million to …

A project led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center aims to use artificial intelligence to generate antibody therapies against any antigen target of interest. VUMC has been awarded up to $30 millio…

Physician-scientist Theodore Scott Nowicki, MD, PhD, has been awarded a $4.5 million R37 MERIT Award to help improve the effectiveness of cellular therapies for solid tumors. Dr. Nowicki and his team…

A researcher at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental H…

A University of Arizona Cancer Center researcher has received a $1.2 million grant from the American Cancer Society to evaluate potential links between the neighborhood environment and cancer risk. R…

W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, has accepted the role of CEO of OSUCCC – The James. Pending approval by the university board of trustees, she will start on May 27. Dr. Rathmell served as the 17th direct…

Steven Leach, MD, director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center (DCC) has announced his intention to step down as director in early 2026. He has led the DCC through two successful National Cancer Institute…

Thomas A. Sellers, PhD, MPH, has stepped down as director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute after a year in the position. Lisa Coussens, PhD, FAACR, FAIO, has been named interim director. Dr. Selle…

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute have appointed H. John Pounardjian, MBA, as chief financial and administrative officer and deputy director for administration and planning. Pounardjian…

Samir Parekh, MD, a hematologist and researcher, has been named director of the Center of Excellence for Multiple Myeloma at The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.…

Shivaani Kummar, MD, FACP, has been appointed as interim Knight Cancer Chief Executive of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. She fills the role previously held by Brian Druker, MD. Dr. Kummar will als…

Patricia Thompson, PhD, has been appointed to serve the University of Arizona Cancer Center as associate director of strategy. She will join the center’s Scientific Leadership Council and will work c…

Roland Dunbrack, PhD, professor in the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been appointed co-leader of the program alongside its current leader, Edn…

Sulma Mohammed, DVM, PhD, a cancer biology and health disparities researcher, has been named co-leader of the UF Health Cancer Center’s Cancer Control and Population Sciences research program. She wi…

Jennifer Woyach, MD, a blood cancer doctor and researcher who has been with Ohio State for more than 12 years, has been named director of the Division of Hematology at OSUCCC – The James.

Meric Mericliler, MD, has joined the George Washington (GW) University Cancer Center and the GW Medical Faculty Associates as a hematologist-oncologist specializing in benign hematology.

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Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD, has announced her transition from CEO of the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. An interim CEO is expec…

The Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has appointed a trio of physicians and researchers to oversee the center’s first Office of Divers…

The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has named Veera Baladandayuthapani, PhD, as associate director for quantitative data sciences, a role that recognizes the increasing significance of dat…

Joshua Mammen, MD, PhD, has small-town roots and wants to ensure that Nebraskans know that the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is the cancer center for all of Nebraska. Dr. Mammen, who became…

John M. Ashton, PhD, MBA, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Genetics, has been promoted from assistant director to associate director of shared resources at Wilmot Cancer Institute.…