The Association of American Cancer Institutes has awarded four AACI Translational Cancer Research Fellowships to scientists at UCLA, The University of Chicago, University of Michigan and Stanford University.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) will present the AACI Distinguished Scientist Award to Margaret R. Spitz, MD, MPH, and the AACI Special Recognition Award to Alan S. Rabson, MD, on October 15, during the 2012 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, in Chicago.
Kevin J. Cullen, MD, Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, and Edison T. Liu, MD, have been elected to the board of directors of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) will present the 2012 AACI Distinguished Public Service Award to U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) and U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) on October 15, during the 2012 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, in Chicago.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) celebrates the life and work of Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA). Despite his own battles with cancer, Senator Specter fought tirelessly through much of his 30-year Senate career on behalf of biomedical research and the special needs of cancer patients and their families.
Michelle M. Le Beau, PhD, director of the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, will be the new president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) effective November 1.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) has elected George Weiner, MD, as vice-president/president-elect. Dr. Weiner is director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa.
Testifying on behalf of the Association of American Cancer Institutes, Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, Executive Director of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, urged Congress to shore up cancer research support against sequestration budget cuts.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) joins nearly 200 organizations, including more than 50 cancer centers, in supporting the Rally for Medical Research, on Monday, April 8, from 11:00 am to 12:15 pm in Washington.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) has awarded AACI Translational Cancer Research Fellowships to Olya Grove, PhD, and Piro Lito, MD, PhD. The scientists are from Moffitt Cancer Center, in Tampa, Florida, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, in New York City, respectively.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) congratulates Roy A. Jensen, MD, Scott M. Lippman, MD, and Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, on their election to the AACI Board of Directors.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes will present its Distinguished Scientist Award to Brian J. Druker, MD, and Public Service Award to U.S. Reps. Lois Capps and Peter T. King during the AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, 9/29 – 10/1, in Washington.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel will talk about health care reform and the future of cancer care on Sunday, September 29, during the 2013 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, in Washington, DC.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will deliver the keynote address, “Health Care Reform and the Nation’s Cancer Centers” at AACI's annual meeting Monday, September 30, in Washington, DC.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes has elected Stanton L. Gerson, MD, as vice-president/president-elect. Also elected to AACI’s Board of Directors were Patrick J. Loehrer, Sr., MD, and Thomas A. Sellers, PhD, MPH.
Siteman Cancer Center's Timothy Ley, MD, will receive the Association of American Cancer Institutes' Distinguished Scientist Award and deliver talk on acute myeloid leukemia on October 26, at AACI's annual meeting, in Chicago.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes' 2014 Public Service Awards will be presented on October 27 in Chicago to U.S. Senator Richard Durbin and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul.
George J. Weiner, MD, director of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, will focus on "The Academic Difference" at leading cancer centers as he begins a two-year term as president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Cancer Institute, in Jackson, MS, has joined the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) Clinical Research Initiative (CRI) will convene its seventh annual meeting July 8-9 in Chicago. The meeting will focus on immunotherapies for cancer and their impact on cancer clinical trials.
New York Times Well Columnist Suleika Jaouad will make keynote presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes, October 25; PBS NewsHour analyst Susan Dentzer will be the moderator.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes will present the AACI Distinguished Scientist Award to Lewis Cantley, PhD, on October 26, during the 2015 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, in Washington, DC.
A commentary by GARY GILLILAND, MD, PhD.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) thanks President Barack Obama for his call for a "cancer moonshot" in his final State of the Union address, and Vice President Joe Biden’s focus on expanded cooperation among cancer centers.
AACI congratulates the new members of a Blue Ribbon Panel, including four AACI cancer center directors, which will inform the scientific direction of the national Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
Roy Jensen, MD, director of The University of Kansas Cancer Center, will be the new Vice President/President-elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes has elected three cancer center leaders to its board of directors.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) strongly supports the recommendations of the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel, and thanks the panel’s members who lead AACI cancer centers for their service.
The 2016 annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes and the Cancer Center Administrators Forum, will feature Richard Pazdur, MD, Acting Director, Oncology Center of Excellence, United States Food and Drug Administration.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes will present the AACI Distinguished Scientist Award to James P. Allison, PhD, on October 24, during the 2016 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, in Chicago.
The 2016 joint annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) and the Cancer Center Administrators Forum (CCAF), October 23-25, in Chicago, will feature three panel discussions focused on precision medicine, and an update on AACI’s Academic Difference Initiative.
Cancer Moonshot Task Force Executive Director Greg Simon will speak at the 2016 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 25, in Chicago.
Stanton L. Gerson, MD, director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Cleveland, is the new president of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI). His presidential initiative aims to improve patient outcomes and health care value in the community.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a revised version of the 21st Century Cures Act. The bill including $1.8 billion for cancer research.
AACI applauds the Senate for passing the 21st Century Cures Act. The innovative legislation will provide nearly $4.8 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next ten years via a NIH Innovation Account.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) thanks President Barack Obama for signing the 21st Century Cures Act into law today. The legislation includes a NIH Innovation Account, which provides nearly $4.8 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next ten years.
As the world's leading organizations representing laboratory researchers, physician-scientists, clinicians, the nation’s cancer centers, and patient advocates committed to improved care for patients with cancer and blood diseases, we express our deep concern about the Administration’s executive order that has denied U.S. entry to people who bring unique expertise to the practice of medicine and the conduct of cancer and biomedical research.
AACI will host an educational briefing to introduce the 115th Congress, staff, and Hill veterans, to academic cancer centers and highlight the role they play in pursuit of 21st Century Cures.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes opposes President Donald Trump’s budget recommendation to reduce funding to the National Institutes of Health by $6 billion, including a cut of nearly $1 billion for the National Cancer Institute.
Plans to cut nearly $8.2 billion from the National Institutes of Health, including a $1 billion reduction for the National Cancer Institute, would decimate cancer research and patient care, according to the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes applauds the appointment of Norman “Ned” Sharpless, MD, as the next director of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Sharpless is an AACI board member and director of the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, an AACI member.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes’ (AACI) Clinical Research Initiative (CRI) convened its ninth annual meeting in July in Chicago. The 2017 meeting covered two full days and was attended by more than 325 clinical research office leaders, medical directors, cancer center administrators, representatives from the NCI and industry.
The 2017 annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) and the Cancer Center Administrators Forum (CCAF) will feature a keynote talk by Stan Collender, a federal budget issues expert and Merkel cell carcinoma survivor. The meeting runs from October 15-17, in Washington, DC.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes will host about two dozen new cancer center directors at its annual meeting in Washington, DC, October 15 - 17.
The 2017 AACI Distinguished Scientist Award will be presented to Carl H. June, MD, and U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Bob Casey (D-PA) will receive the 2017 AACI Public Service Award at the Association of American Cancer Institutes’ annual meeting, October 15 – 17, in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Norman "Ned" Sharpless was officially sworn-in October 17 as head of the National Cancer Institute. He served on the board of directors of the Association of American Cancer Institutes and was director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, an AACI member.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes, the American Cancer Society, Inc., and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center For Immunization and Respiratory Diseases announced 10 award winners as part of its HPV Vaccine Is Cancer Prevention campaign.
The Association of American Cancer Institutes opposes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems rule, which threatens access to lifesaving treatments for uninsured and underserved patients.
AACI welcomes its first new member of 2018, The LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes (Institutes) at the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. S. Gail Eckhardt, MD, is director.
Barbara Duffy Stewart, MPH, founding executive director of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI), has announced her retirement, effective October 15. AACI’s Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Jennifer W. Pegher, MA, as the association’s next executive director.
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