AACR Awards explained

The American Association for Cancer Research gives several annual awards for significant contributions to the field of cancer research.

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research

This award recognizes prodigious scientists that have made profound contributions to the field of cancer research.

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research

This award recognizes the outstanding research of investigators under the age of 40.^[1]

This award has not been given since 2016.
2016: Franziska Michor
2015: Christopher R. Vakoc
2014: Nima Sharifi
2013: Roger S. Lo
2012: Yibin Kang
2011: Nathanael S. Gray
2010: Joshua T. Mendell
2009: Victor Velculescu
2008: Arul Chinnaiyan
2007: Kornelia Polyak
2006: Ivan Dikic
2005: Gregory J. Hannon
2004: Xiaodong Wang
2003: none
2002: Todd R. Golub
2001: Scott W. Lowe
2000: Nikola P. Pavletich
1999: John Kuriyan
1998: Michael C. Dean
1997: Tyler Jacks
1996: Carol W. Greider
1995: Eric S. Lander
1994: Igor B. Roninson
1993: Tom Curran
1992: Elizabeth Robertson
1991: Richard C. Mulligan
1990: Ronald M. Evans
1989: Bert Vogelstein
1988: Webster K. Cavenee
1987: Peter M. Blumberg
1986: Mariano Barbacid
1985: Lance A. Liotta
1984: Charles D. Stiles
1983: Susan Astrin
1982: Stuart A. Aaronson
1981: Yung-Chi Cheng
1980: Malcolm A. S. Moore

AACR Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research

This award is given for achievements in clinical research.

2019: Susan L. Cohn^[2]
2018: Johann S. de Bono
2017: Judy E. Garber
2016: John C. Byrd
2015: Elizabeth M. Jaffee
2014: John F. DiPersio
2013: Hagop M. Kantarjian
2012: Lawrence H. Einhorn
2011: Ching-Hon Pui
2010: Henry T. Lynch
2009: W. Marston Linehan
2008: Joseph R. Bertino
2007: Kenneth C. Anderson
2006: Merrill J. Egorin
2005: Jimmie C. Holland
2004: Clara D. Bloomfield
2003: David S. Alberts
2002: Lee M. Nadler
2001: Rainer F. Storb
2000: Waun Ki Hong
1999: John Mendelsohn
1998: Bernard Fisher
1997: Ronald Levy
1996: Samuel A. Wells Jr.

AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology

This award is given for major contributions to the field of cancer immunology.^[3]

AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research

This award is given to scientists for have made significant discoveries in cancer prevention.^[4]

2014: Graham A. Colditz
2013: John P. Pierce
2012: Jack Cuzick
2011: Andrew J. Dannenberg
2010: John D. Groopman
2009: Mark W. Schiffman
2008: Frank L. Meyskens, Jr.
2007: Leslie Bernstein
2006: Stephen S. Hecht
2005: Scott M. Lippman
2004: David S. Alberts
2003: Waun Ki Hong

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship

This award recognizes successful scientists dedicated to international collaborations.^[5]

AACR Team Science Award

This award is given to promote collaboration to further breakthroughs in cancer research.^[6]

2018: Genomic Approaches to Preventing and Treating Asian-Prevalent Cancers Team"

Patrick Tan, Steven G. Rozen, Sen-Yung Hsieh, Chiea Chuen Khor, Narong Khuntikeo, Soon Thye Lim, Choon Kiat Ong, Chawalit Pairojkul, See-Tong Pang, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Bin Tean Teh

2017: International Liquid Biopsy Initiative Team"

Luis A. Diaz, Nishant Agrawal, Chetan Bettegowda, Frank Diehl, Peter Gibbs, Stanley R. Hamilton, Ralph H. Hruban, Hartmut Juhl, Isaac Kinde, Kenneth Kinzler, Martin Nowak, Nickolas Papadopoulos, David Sidransky, Jeanne Tie, Victor E. Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein

2016: Women's Health Initiative Team:

Ross L. Prentice, Garnet L. Anderson, Bette Caan, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Rebecca D. Jackson, Charles Kooperberg, JoAnn E. Manson, Electra D. Paskett, Jacques E. Rossouw, Sally A. Shumaker, Marcia L. Stefanick, Cynthia Ann Thomson, Jean Wactawski-Wende

2015: Designing AR Inhibitors Team:

Charles L. Sawyers, Michael E. Jung, Howard Scher

2014: Duke University/Johns Hopkins, and NCI Malignant Brain Tumor Team:

Darell D. Bigner, Bert Vogelstein, Ira Pastan, Daniel Barboriak, Oren J. Becher, Thomas J. Cummings, Annick Desjardins, Luis A. Diaz, Allan Friedman, Henry S. Friedman, Matthias Gromeier, Sridharan Gururangan, Yiping He, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Chien-Tsun Kuan, Roger E. McLendon, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Katherine B. Peters, Tulika Ranjan, B. K. Ahmed Rasheed, John H. Sampson, Victor E. Velculescu, Gordana Vlahovic, Jason A. Watts, Hai Yan, Michael R. Zalutsky

2013: Johns Hopkins Pancreatic Cancer Sequencing Team in the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins University:

Ralph H. Hruban, N. Volkan Adsay, Peter J. Allen, Michael A. Choti, Luis A. Diaz, James R. Eshleman, Michael G. Goggins, Joseph M. Herman, Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue, Scott E. Kern, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Alison P. Klein, David S. Klimstra, Anirban Maitra, Alan K. Meeker, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Victor E. Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Laura DeLong Wood

2012: The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and Royal Marsden Hospital: Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit and Drug Development Units:

Bissan Al-Lazikani, Udai Banerji, Julian Blagg, Ian Collins, Johann De Bono, Sue Eccles, Michelle Garrett, Swen Hoelder, Keith Jones, Stan Kaye, Spiros Linardopoulos, Richard Marais, Flo Raynaud, Caroline Springer, Rob van Montfort, Paul Workman

2011: Seattle HPV Research Team:

Janet R. Daling, Denise A. Galloway, James Hughes, Nancy B. Kiviat, Laura Koutsky, Margaret M. Madeleine, Constance Mao, Barbara McKnight, Peggy L. Porter, Stephen M. Schwartz, Hisham K. Tamimi, Long-fu Xi

2010: Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Research Team:

Michael J. Eck, Jeffery Engelman, Nathanael Gray, Daniel Haber, Pasi A. Janne, Bruce E. Johnson, Susumu Kobayashi, Eunice Kwak, Neal Lindeman, Thomas J. Lynch, Shyamala Maheswaran, Matthew L. Meyerson, Lecia V. Sequist, Jeffery Settleman, Daniel G. Tenen, Mehmet Toner, Kwok-Kin Wong

2009: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Team:

Dario Campana, Cheng Cheng, James R. Downing, William E. Evans, Melissa M. Hudson, Sima Jeha, Charles Mullighan, Ching-Hon Pui, Susana C. Raimondi, Mary V. Relling, Raul C. Ribeiro

2008: University of California San Francisco, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center:

Donna G. Albertson, Jane Fridyland, Joe W. Gray, Ajay Jain, Anne H. Kallioniemi, Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi, Robert Nordmeyer, Norma J. Nowak, Daniel Pinkel, Antoine Sniders, Damir Sudar, Frederick M. Waldmann

2007: University of Michigan-Brigham and Women's Hospital Team:

Xuhong Cao, Arul Chinnaiyan, Saravana Dhanasekaran, Rohit Mehra, James Montie, Kenneth Pienta, Robin Rasor, Daniel Rhodes, Rajal Shah, Scott A. Tomlins, Sooryanarayana Varambally, John Wei, Francesca Demichelis, Charles Lee, Sven Perner, Mark A. Rubin

Notes and References

Web site: AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20141202032916/http://www.aacr.org/RESEARCH/AWARDS/PAGES/OUTSTANDING-ACHIEVEMENT-AWARD___8470D6.ASPX. dead. 2 December 2014. 2 December 2014.
Web site: Scientific Award Winner Detail. www.aacr.org. 2019-12-22. 2019-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20191001212146/https://www.aacr.org/Research/Awards/Pages/AwardRecipients-Scientific-Detail.aspx%3FAWARDID%3D5. dead.
Web site: AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology: Winners . Aacr.org . 2016-12-03.
Web site: AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Prevention Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20141202072312/http://www.aacr.org/RESEARCH/AWARDS/PAGES/PREVENT-CANCER-FOUNDATION-AWARD___8470D6.ASPX. dead. 2 December 2014. 2 December 2014.
Web site: AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship . Aacr.org . 2016-12-03.
Web site: AACR Team Science Award . Aacr.org . 2016-12-03 . 2016-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203123224/http://www.aacr.org/Research/Awards/PAGES/TEAM-SCIENCE-AWARD-___8470D6.ASPX#.WEHmQ6IrK-o . dead .