James P. Allison, PhD, a Fellow of the AACR Academy and a former member of the AACR Board of Directors, and Tasuku Honjo, MD, PhD,…
Category:Researchers
Every year, thousands of female cancer researchers come together for special programs offered by Women in Cancer Research (WICR), one of the most important membership…
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, spends a lot of her time studying molecules at the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.…
The dedicated physician-scientist seeks widespread use of testing to encourage prevention and early detection of deadly cancers. Any serious conversation about reducing cancer deaths must…
When Nobel laureate James P. Allison, PhD, discovered CTLA-4, a molecule found on the surface of T cells that prevents the immune system from attacking…
Early-career investigator, science advocate, writer, and AACR Associate Member Council member—these are ways that Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, has shown her dedication to cancer research.
Not many people can say they’ve won a Nobel Prize and been featured on the side of a jetliner with Avengers superheroes. Phillip A. Sharp,…
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, still recalls being in the fourth grade when she read the biography of Dr. Marie Curie, the scientist who discovered the…
For Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, the 2017-2018 AACR President, it is unacceptable that advances in cancer care and treatment don’t benefit everyone equally. Dr. Caligiuri,…
June L. Biedler, PhD, was recognized internationally for her pioneering research on multidrug resistance—the mechanism by which cancer cells develop resistance to different chemotherapy drugs.…