2025AACI/AACR Hill Day
Save the date for the 2025 AACI/AACR Hill Day, Thursday, May 22, in Washington, DC. More details and registration information are forthcoming.
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2025AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting
Save the date for the 2025 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, October 19-21, at Salamander Washington DC.
AACI and ACCC to Host Virtual Conversation on Equity in Cancer
At 12:00 pm eastern time on Tuesday, June 18, in advance of the Juneteenth holiday, join Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) President Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MS, FACCC, and AACI President …
SKCC at Jefferson Health Earns Comprehensive Designation From NCI
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Jefferson Health has earned a National Cancer Institute (NCI) "Comprehensive" Cancer Center designation, the highest recognition awarded by the NCI. This recogni…
Ulrich Receives Governor’s Medal
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Neli Ulrich, PhD, MS, chief scientific officer and executive director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the Unive…
AACI Co-Hosts Webinar With ACCC on Community Engagement, Cancer Health Equity
On June 18, Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) President Dr. Nadine J. Barrett and AACI President Dr. Robert A. Winn engaged in a lively and empowering discussion about the two organizations' …
Licht Named AAAS Fellow
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
Jonathan D. Licht, MD, director of the UF Health Cancer Center, has been named a 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AA…
Dickson, Khabele, Longmore Elected to Association of American Physicians
Siteman Cancer Center
Three Washington University physician-scientists at Siteman Cancer Center—Patricia I. Dickson, MD, Dineo Khabele, MD, and Gregory D. Longmore, MD—have been elected to the Assoc…
AACI Endorses 340BPATIENTS Act
AACI has endorsed HR 7635, the Pharmaceutical Access to Invest in Essential, Needed Treatments & Support Act (340B PATIENTS Act). Introduced in March 2024 by Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA), t…
Kaelin Recognized With Reimann Honor Award
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
William Kaelin Jr., MD, physician, scientist, and Nobel laureate, was recognized at Fox Chase Cancer Center with the Stanley P. Reimann Honor Award, the center…
Bondy Receives ASPO Award
Stanford Cancer Institute
Melissa Bondy, PhD, received the American Society of Preventive Oncology Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. Distinguished Achievement Award. The award is extended annually to an outst…
Advocates Gather in Washington for 2024 Hill Day
On Thursday, May 16, AACI co-hosted the 2024 Hill Day with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). One hundred participants, representing 27 states, presented a unified voice supporting …
Sharma Named President of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Prateek Sharma, MD, FASGE, has been elected president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for 2024-2025. Dr. Sharma is a member of The Unive…
Researchers Receive Team Science Award From Melanoma Research Alliance
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
A multidisciplinary team of investigators from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded a Translational Melanoma Research Alliance Tea…
NCIESSP2024 Cohort Selected
Stanford Cancer Institute
Candice Thompson, MD, was selected to participate in the NCI Early-stage Surgeon Scientist Program (ESSP), which is designed to train surgeon-scientists and retain them in …
Perlmutter Earns Redesignation as Comprehensive Cancer Center
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health’s Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center has again been designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the hig…
Annual Clinical Trial Operations Meeting Draws Over 600 Attendees
AACI convened its 16th annual Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) meeting June 24-26, in Rosemont, IL. With a focus on clinical trial office operations, the signature event drew over 600 attendees wit…
Hollings Achieves its Highest Score, Receives NCI Designation Renewal
Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center has received the renewal of a five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and achieved its…
Charitable Trust Makes $50 Million Gift to Build New Cancer Hospital
WVU Cancer Institute
The cancer care available to West Virginians took a dramatic positive turn with a gift of $50 million that the Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust has made to the West Vir…
Annual Meeting Spotlight: Combating Health Misinformation
In an era of increasing health misinformation, it is more important than ever to craft messages that help academic and medical institutions secure—and in some cases, regain—public trust. "Establishin…
Scientists Build a Molecular GPS to Guide Cell Therapies
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Wendell Lim, PhD, earned a $30 million contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop a cellular toolki…
New Lung Cancer Research Center to Be Established With $20 Million Gift
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center will expand its lung cancer research through a $20…
Researcher Awarded $3 Million to Study New Target for Melanoma Treatment
UK Markey Cancer Center
Jin-Ming Yang, PhD, was recently awarded a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to support research focused on improving the effectiveness of …
Zhou Receives $2.9 Million to Develop System to Predict Multiple Myeloma Outcomes
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
By combining data from MRI scans and clinical tests, Chuan Zhou, PhD, will develop a decision support tool to tailor treatment for individual patient…
$1 Million Pledged to Support Regional Campus, Cancer Patients
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has announced that the Judd Hill Foundation has pledged $1 million to establish the Judd Hi…
Researchers Receive Grant to Study Role of Obesity in Colorectal Cancer
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
A team of UF Health Cancer Center researchers led by Young-Rock Hong, PhD, has received a three-year grant from the Florida Department of Health Bank…
Winkfield Named Associate Director for COE
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, has been named associate director for Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) a…
New Director of Melanoma Research
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Bin Zheng, PhD, a specialist in targeted therapies and immunotherapy, has joined Cedars-Sinai Cancer as director of Melanoma Research in the Department of Biomedical Scienc…
Congressional Briefing, Other Events Bring AACI to DC
Last month, AACI participated in a congressional briefing on cancer drug parity, hosted by the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)-led Coalition to Improve Access to Cancer Care (CIACC). AACI lead…
NRG Oncology Announces New Committee Leadership
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
Stephanie Blank, MD, has been appointed vice chair of NRG Oncology’s Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Committee. NRG Oncology is a NCI National Cli…
Kaumaya to Continue Cancer Therapy Work at IU
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Pravin Kaumaya, PhD, recognized for creating a cancer treatment blueprint that uses peptides in vaccines to block the growt…
CRI Survey Findings Published in ASCO Journal
Findings from a 2023 survey of cancer center clinical trials offices were published July 1 in JCO Oncology Practice. The lead authors of "North American Cancer Center Clinical Research Capacity and B…
Thompson Named Pediatric Neurosurgery Director
Siteman Cancer Center
Eric Thompson, MD, will join Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children's Hospital on August 5 through his appointments at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis a…
Blackmon Named Director of Lung Institute
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, MPH, specializing in minimally invasive lung segmentectomy and complex thoracic surgery, has been…
Dr. Patricia LoRusso to Keynote CRI Meeting
Patricia LoRusso, DO, PhD, will present a keynote at 8:30 am central time on Tuesday, June 25, during the 16th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting in Rosemont, IL. Dr. LoRusso is a…
Director for Research Education Named
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Chris Williams, MD, PhD, associate dean for Physician-Scientist Education and Training at Vanderbilt University, has been named to lead Research Education at Va…
Enhanced Melanoma Vaccine Offers Improved Survival for Men
University of Virginia Cancer Center
A second-generation melanoma vaccine developed at UVA Cancer Center improves long-term survival for melanoma patients compared with the first-generation va…
Team Identifies New Approach to Boosting Effectiveness of Chemotherapy in Hematologic Cancers
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
A team of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Markey Cancer Center report that the efficacy of doxorubicin, a widely used che…
Colorless, Odorless Gas Likely Linked to Alarming Rise in Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
Doctors say that a concerning rise in non-smoking lung cancer cases is likely linked…
Research Suggests Interventions to Address Higher Mental Health Care Needs in Parents Caring for Children With Cancer
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
A new study examines the prevalence of mental health challenges faced by parents caring for children diagnosed with cancer. The research, which ana…
New Plan Seeks to Improve Cancer Prevention, Clinical Trial Access
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Two University of Virginia Cancer Center experts in gynecologic cancer have outlined simple steps to improve cancer prevention for millions of rural and me…
Personalized Vaccine for Liver Cancer Shows Promise in Clinical Trial
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Adding a personalized anti-tumor vaccine to standard immunotherapy is safe and about twice as likely to shrink cancer as s…
Study Shows Resistance to Chemotherapy May Point Toward Favorable Outcomes in Bilateral Wilms Tumor
Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Resistance to chemotherapy is typically associated with poor outcomes for patients with cancer. However, scientists at St. Jud…
Investigators Develop Novel Treatment for T‑cell Leukemias and Lymphomas
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
A novel treatment for leukemias and lymphomas that arise from immune system T cells, developed by investigators at the Joh…
New Urine-Based Test Detects High Grade Prostate Cancer
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer…
Bacteria Subtype Linked to Growth in Up To 50 Percent of Human Colorectal Cancers
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have found that a specific subtype of a microbe commonly found in the mouth is able to travel to the gut and grow wit…
Einhorn to Deliver Annual Meeting Keynote
Lawrence H. Einhorn, MD, a distinguished professor in the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Medicine and a pioneer in testicular cancer treatment, will present a keynote at 1:45 pm …
Novel Approach Shows Promise in Enhancing Radiotherapy Efficacy for Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Recent research findings from Winship Cancer Institute provide a molecular basis for exploring the synergy of HSP90 inhibitors with radiotherapy an…
Predicting Ovarian Cancer Relapse
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Using spatial analysis of tissue samples, Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified patterns that could predict whether patients with the most common type of ovarian cance…
NCI Announces Leadership Opportunity
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is seeking an innovative leader to serve as the director, Office of Cancer Centers (OCC). The OCC supports 72 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers nationwide that are loc…
CAR T Cell Therapy Targeting HER2 Antigen Shows Promise Against Advanced Sarcoma
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
Researchers at Texas Children’s Cancer Center and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Tex…
FDA Approves Immunotherapy Drug Combo for Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the immunotherapy-boosting drug N-803, marketed under the brand name Anktiva, to be used in co…
Save the Date for the 2025AACI CADEx Conference
The 2025 AACI Catchment Area Data Excellence (CADEx) Conference is scheduled for January 29-31, in San Diego. The three-day event will convene cancer center catchment area data experts with others wh…
Gene Therapy Is Halting Cancer. Can It Work Against Brain Tumors?
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Enrollment is open for a clinical trial that is using CAR T technology for the first time in people with glioblastoma. This new more powerf…
The Surprising Connection Between Male Infertility and Family Cancer Risk
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute have found a surprising trend in families with male infertility: an increased risk of certain cance…
Support Opportunities Available for Annual Meeting, DEI Summit
AACI members are invited to support the 2024 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting by purchasing an ad in the digital meeting program. Support opportunities are also available for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclu…
Cancer Administrators Convene in Philadelphia
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Jefferson
The Association of Cancer Center Administrators welcomed over 400 attendees to its inaugural meeting in Philadelphia, March 17-19. The co…
Construction Begins on New Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building
UK Markey Cancer Center
The University of Kentucky has broken ground on the new UK Cancer and Advanced Ambulatory Building. The 550,000-square-foot facility will become the new home of the UK …
Clinic Focuses on Immunotherapy Side Effect Management
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
A new clinic at OSUCCC – James and Pelotonia Immuno-Oncology Institute aims to help …
Fox Chase Opens First New Jersey Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Fox Chase Cancer Center is welcoming patients to its newly opened office in Voorhees, New Jersey. The site is the first that Fox Chase has opened in the …
Cold Spring Harbor, Northwell Extend Affiliation Agreement
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory-Northwell Health affiliation agreement, first signed in 2015, has been updated with the aim to bring cutting-edge …
PCLI Webinar | On the Frontlines of Cancer Care: Exploring Urgent Care Models in Oncology
Supported by Advarra
AACI's Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host "On the Frontlines of Cancer Care: Exploring Urgent Care Models in Oncology" on Thursday, May 9 at 1:00 pm easte…
16th Annual AACICRI Meeting
The 16th Annual AACI CRI Meeting will be held June 24-26 at Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, IL.
The Cancer Prevention Research Conference
The American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, and Cancer Research UK are holding a new annual conference on prevention research, June 25-27, in Boston.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summit
In partnership with the American Cancer Society and the Cancer Center DEI Network, AACI will hold the 2024 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summit on October 19-20 in conjunction with the 2024 …
2024AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting
The 2024 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting will be held October 20-22 at Loews Chicago Downtown Hotel in Chicago, IL. A virtual registration option is also available to those who cannot attend in person.
Loggers Recognized as National Palliative Care Leader
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Elizabeth Loggers, MD, PhD, has been recognized as an Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. The…
Sparano Selected as OncLive Giant of Cancer Care
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
Joseph A. Sparano, MD, was selected as the 2024 OncLive Giant of Cancer Care in Breast Cancer. The Giants of Cancer Care program honors the accomplishments …
Wetter Recognized for Exemplary Leadership in Cancer Equity Initiatives
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
David W. Wetter, PhD, senior director for cancer health equity science at Huntsman Cancer Institute, has been awarded the Society of Behavioral Me…
Ragin Awarded AACR Lectureship
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health
Camille Ragin, PhD, MPH, associate director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Fox Chase Cancer Center, received the American Association for Cancer Resea…
NCI Renews Comprehensive Designation for Georgetown Lombardi
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
The National Cancer Institute has awarded its most prestigious designation—"Comprehensive" Cancer Center status—to Georgetown University’s Lomba…
New Study to Find Out What Drives Cancer in Asian Americans
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
UC San Francisco researchers have received $12.45 million from the National Cancer Institute to lead the first long-term study of cancer am…
Grant Funds Study of Novel Drug for Immunotherapy Treatment of Melanoma
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
With a $3.4 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute, UF Health Cancer Center researchers will study how a novel small-molecule dr…
$3.3 Million Awarded to Develop Risk-Based Approach to Thyroid Cancer Survivorship Care
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Do all thyroid cancer survivors need the same level of follow-up care and monitoring? With a new $3.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institut…
$2.7 Million Grant to Explore Hypoxia Impact on Blood Stem Cells
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
Indiana University School of Medicine scientists are on a mission to understand why hematopoietic stem cells exhibit better…
Stoyanova Receives DOD Award
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tanya Stoyanova, PhD, was awarded an Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award from the Department of Defense to develop new approaches to detect and tr…
$5 Million for Blood Cancer Immunotherapies
Siteman Cancer Center
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has awarded Washington University researchers at Siteman Cancer Center a $5 million grant to support trials in cell-based immunotherap…
Clinical and Translational Researcher Leads Phase I Clinical Trials
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University
Karmanos Cancer Institute welcomes Wasif Saif, MD, MBBS, as the new leader of the Phase I Clinical Trials Multidisciplinary Team and co-leader…
New Vice Chair of Research Announced
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Cedars-Sinai Cancer has selected radiation oncology physicist Indrin Chetty, PhD, as the new vice chair of Research and director of the Medical Physics Division in the Depa…
Thoracic Chair Tapped as Chief Strategy Officer, Senior VP of Business Development and Outreach
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has appointed Sai Yendamuri, MD, MBA, FACS, as chief strategy officer and senior vice president of Business De…
Blind Named Associate Director for DEI
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Ray Blind, PhD, has been named associate director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. He is a nationally recognized investig…
Merad Named Dean for Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, has been appointed dean for Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. S…
Castillo Named DEI Associate Director
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center has named Eliseo F. Castillo, PhD, as associate director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. He has bee…
New Leadership for Office of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Interim Physician-in-Chief David Tom Cooke, MD, is now associate director of the center’s Office of Inclusion, Diversi…
Nanotechnology Expert to Lead NanoSTAR Institute
University of Virginia Cancer Center
Evan A. Scott, PhD, an expert in the use of nanotechnology to understand and fight disease, will head up the University of Virginia’s Institute for Nanosca…
New Radiation Oncology Leader Announced
Siteman Cancer Center
Sana D. Karam, MD, PhD, will lead radiation oncology at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, beginni…
Proximity to a Cancer Center Contributes to Cancer Stage at Diagnosis
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University
Location, race and insurance status play a significant part in the odds of a patient being diagnosed with early-stage or l…
Quadruple Therapies and the Future of Multiple Myeloma Treatment
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami
The treatment landscape for multiple myeloma is shifting rapidly. Over the last decade, options have evolved from double to triple to…
Research Shows Muscle, Fat Strongly Linked to Survival in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and five partner institutions are shedding light on how body composition at the time of diagn…
Widening Inequality Seen Where Cancer Clinical Trials Are Available
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
A new study shows that opportunities to join a cancer clinical trial have remained scarce in certain counties considered to be socially vulnerable, w…
New Therapeutic Target in Advanced Prostate Cancer Uncovered
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Jefferson
New research has uncovered a previously unknown and unexpected mechanism of active Stat5 signaling pathway as an inducer of androgen rece…
New Treatment May Enable More Patients With High Risk Blood Cancers to Receive Stem Cell Transplants
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami
A new treatment approach using an older drug may enable more patients with high-risk blood cancers to receive transplanted stem cells…
Strengthening CAR T Therapy to Work Against Solid Tumors
Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
Researchers at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown that a breakthrough therapy for treating blood cancers can be adapted …
CAR T Cell Therapy for Pediatric Brain Cancer Warrants Further Study
Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine
Novel therapeutic approaches are needed for children with diffuse midline glioma (DMG) and other recurrent high-grade cen…
mRNA Vaccine Triggers Fierce Immune Response to Fight Malignant Brain Tumor
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
In a first-ever human clinical trial of four adult patients, an mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida quickly reprogrammed the i…
New Immunotherapy Offers Hope to Patients With Metastatic Lung Cancer
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center –James Cancer H…
Prostate Cancer Study: More Health Benefits From Plant-Based Diet
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
A study of more than 2,000 men with localized prostate cancer found that eating a primarily plant-based diet was associated with a 47 perce…
Immune Boosting Agent Plus Personalized Cancer Vaccine Supercharges Immune Defense Against Malignant Brain Tumors
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators have pinpointed a combination immunotherapy treatment that enhances the immune response f…
Scientists Identify Protein That Controls CAR T Longevity
Stanford Cancer Institute
Scientists at Stanford and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have identified a protein, FOXO1, that improves the survival and function of CAR T cells, which may…
Curing Colorectal Cancer Through a Microscope
The University of Arizona Cancer Center
Researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center have been working for more than two years with international researchers to uncover the compound …