AACR Events and Activities

Sasha-Gay Wright and her son, Knahari Hedge, at the AACR Runners for Research 5k Run/Walk San Diego 2024.

Attendees at the Women and Power - Advancing and Securing Your Career in Science workshop at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024. The workshop was sponsored by The Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers, in partnership with Pelotonia and AACR-Women in Cancer Research (WICR). 

Racers pose after a Rally for Research 5k Fundraiser benefiting the AACR put on by Harvard freshman Ethan Aidam. Photo courtesy of Ethan Aidam.

AACR Runner for Research, at the 2024 Broad Street Run, Philadelphia.

Lourdes Rocha-Nussbaum at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024's AACR Scientist↔Survivor Program® poster session, presenting on support for the cholangiocarcinoma patient population. Photo courtesy of Amy Link.

Louise Roland, AACR Runner for Research, prepares for the upcoming Miami Marathon. She is seeking donations through January 28, 2025!

AACR President Dr. Patricia M. LoRusso and AACR staff member Danielle Triplett pause for a photo before kicking off the AACR Runners for Research 5k Run/Walk San Diego 2024.

Burton Hong speaks during AACR's annual Partners in Progress Event held at the AACR Annual Meeting this April in San Diego, honoring his late father and AACR Past President Waun Ki Hong, MD.

Students at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 High School Program, San Diego.

AACR President 2023-2024 Dr. Philip D. Greenberg prepares to throw the first pitch at the San Diego Padres Cancer Research Night in April.

The AACR Foundation Board of Trustees meets during the AACR Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego.

Eric Daugherty, who ran to support AACR's Runners for Research Team, celebrates completing the Boston Marathon.

AACR on Campus, a new outreach program designed to advance global collaboration in cancer research, offers young investigators at research institutions in low-resource settings across the globe an opportunity to learn from renowned cancer researchers. Above, speakers participate in a session in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, held in February.