List of fellows of the AACR Academy explained

The American Association for Cancer Research elects classes of fellows to recognize influential scientists in the field of cancer research.

Six fellows were appointed to Vice President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative Blue Ribbon Panel. Several are members of the National Academy of Sciences, several have won a Lasker Award, several have won a Nobel Prize, several are HHMI Investigators, and several are past presidents of the AACR.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Year electedNameInstitution
2013Karen H. Antman, MDBoston University School of Medicine
2013David Baltimore, PhDCalifornia Institute of Technology
2013Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, PhDInstitute Pasteur
2013Paul Berg, PhDStanford University School of Medicine
2013Joseph R. Bertino, MDThe Cancer Institute of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2013J. Michael Bishop, MDUniversity of California, San Francisco
2013Mina Bissell, PhDLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2013Elizabeth Blackburn, PhDSalk Institute
2013Sydney Brenner, MBChB, DPhilDeceased (1927-2019)
2013Angela Hartley Brodie, PhDDeceased (1934-2017)
2013Mario R. Capecchi, PhDUniversity of Utah
2013Webster K. Cavenee, PhDLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California San Diego
2013Martin Chalfie, PhDColumbia University
2013Zhu Chen, MD, PhDNational People's Congress
2013Aaron J. Ciechanover, DSc, MDTechnion-Israel Institute of Technology
2013Bayard D. Clarkson, MDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2013Donald S. Coffey, PhDDeceased (1932-2017)
2013Stanley N. Cohen, MDStanford University School of Medicine
2013Suzanne Cory, PhDWalter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; University of Melbourne
2013Carlo M. Croce, MDOhio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
2013Tom Curran, PhDChildren's Mercy Hospital
2013Brian J. Druker, MDOregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute
2013Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhDMedical University of South Carolina
2013Martin J. Evans, PhDCardiff University
2013Emmanuel Farber, MD, PhDDeceased (1918-2014)
2013Napoleone Ferrara, MDMoores Cancer Center; University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center
2013Isaiah J. Fidler, DVM, PhDUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2013Bernard Fisher, MDDeceased (1918-2019)
2013Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr., MDNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
2013Emil Frei, MDDeceased (1924-2013)
2013Elaine Fuchs, PhDRockefeller University
2013Judy E. Garber, MD, MPHCenter for Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
2013Walter Gilbert, PhDBioVentures Investors
2013Alfred G. Gilman, MD, PhDDeceased (1941-2015)
2013Carol W. Greider, PhDJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2013Roger C. L. Guillemin, MD, PhDThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies
2013John B. Gurdon, DPhilThe Wellcome Trust; Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute
2013William N. Hait, MD, PhDJanssen Research & Development, LLC
2013Leland H. Hartwell, PhDArizona State University Biodesign Institute
2013Avram Hershko, MD, PhDTechnion-Israel Institute of Technology
2013James F. Holland, MDDeceased (1928-2017)
2013Jimmie C. Holland, MDDeceased (1925-2018)
2013Waun Ki Hong, MDDeceased (1942-2019)
2013Leroy E. Hood, MD, PhDInstitute for Systems Biology
2013H. Robert Horvitz, PhDMassachusetts Institute of Technology
2013Susan Band Horwitz, PhDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
2013R. Timothy Hunt, PhDFormerly affiliated with Cancer Research UK
2013Tony Hunter, PhDSalk Institute
2013Tyler Jacks, PhDDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013Peter A. Jones, DSc, PhDVan Andel Research Institute
2013V. Craig Jordan, DSc, PhDUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2013Y. W. Kan, DSc, MDUniversity of California, San Francisco
2013Mary-Claire King, PhDUniversity of Washington School of Medicine
2013Eva Klein, MD, PhDKarolinska Institute
2013George Klein, MD, PhDDeceased (1925-2016)
2013Alfred G. Knudson Jr., MD, PhDDeceased (1922-2016)
2013Brian K. Kobilka, MDStanford University School of Medicine
2013Margaret L. Kripke, PhDUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2013Philip Leder, MDDeceased (1934-2019)
2013Robert J. Lefkowitz, MDDuke University Medical Center
2013Arnold J. Levine, PhDInstitute for Advanced Study
2013Lawrence A. Loeb, MD, PhDUniversity of Washington School of Medicine
2013Tak W. Mak, PhDPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto
2013Lynn M. Matrisian, PhDPancreatic Cancer Action Network
2013Frank McCormick, PhDUniversity of California, San Francisco
2013John Mendelsohn, MDDeceased (1936-2019)
2013Donald Metcalf, MDDeceased (1929-2014)
2013Enrico Mihich, MDDeceased (1928-2016)
2013Beatrice Mintz, PhDFox Chase Cancer Center
2013Luc Montagnier, MDPasteur Institute
2013Harold L. Moses, MDVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
2013Paul M. Nurse, PhDFrancis Crick Institute
2013Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MDUniversity of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
2013Arthur B. Pardee, PhDDeceased (1921-2019)
2013Martine J. Piccart, MD, PhDInstitute Jules Bordet
2013Bruce A.J. Ponder, PhDCancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute
2013Richard J. Roberts, PhDNew England Biolabs, Inc.
2013Irwin A. Rose, PhDDeceased (1926-2015)
2013Janet D. Rowley, MDDeceased (1925-2013)
2013Frederick Sanger, PhDDeceased (1918-2013)
2013Alan C. Sartorelli, PhDDeceased (1931-2015)
2013Andrew V. Schally, PhDUniversity of Miami
2013Phillip A. Sharp, PhDMassachusetts Institute of Technology
2013Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhDSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2013Osamu Shimomura, PhDDeceased (1928-2018)
2013Dennis J. Slamon, MD, PhDUniversity of California Los Angeles
2013Oliver Smithies, DPhilDeceased (1925-2017)
2013Michael B. Sporn, MDGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
2013Louise C. Strong, MDUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2013Takashi Sugimura, MDToho University; National Cancer Center
2013John E. Sulston, PhDDeceased (1942-2018)
2013Jack W. Szostak, PhDMassachusetts General Hospital
2013Roger Y. Tsien, PhDDeceased (1952-2016)
2013Arthur C. Upton, MDDeceased (1923-2015)
2013George F. Vande Woude, PhVan Andel Research Institute
2013Bert Vogelstein, MDLudwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2013Peter K. Vogt, PhDThe Scripps Research Institute
2013Daniel D. Von Hoff, MDTranslational Genomics Research Institute
2013Geoffrey M. Wahl, PhDThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies
2013James D. Watson, DSc, PhDCold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2013Lee W. Wattenberg, MDDeceased (1921-2014)
2013Robert A. Weinberg, PhDLudwig Center for Molecular Oncology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013John H. Weisburger, PhDDeceased (1921-2014)
2013Jane Cooke Wright, MDDeceased (1919-2013)
2013Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhDUniversity of California San Francisco
2013Harald zur Hausen, DSc, MDGerman Cancer Research Center
2014Jerry Adams, PhDWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
2014James P. Allison, PhDUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2014Mariano Barbacid, PhDCentro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas
2014Jose Baselga, MD, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2014Stephen B. Baylin, MDJohns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
2014Günter Blobel, MD, PhDDeceased (1936-2018)
2014David Botstein, PhDPrinceton University, Calico
2014Joan Brugge, PhDHarvard Medical School
2014Lewis C. Cantley, PhDWeill Cornell Medical College
2014Pierre Chambon, MDUniversity of Strasbourg
2014Hans Clevers, MD, PhDUniversity of Utrecht
2014James E. Darnell Jr., MDThe Rockefeller University
2014Titia de Lange, PhDThe Rockefeller University
2014Vincent T. DeVita Jr., MDYale Medical School
2014Lawrence H. Einhorn, MDIndiana University School of Medicine
2014Stephen J. Elledge, PhDBrigham and Women’s Hospital
2014Ronald M. Evans, PhDSalk Institute for Biological Studies
2014Andrew Fire, PhDStanford University School of Medicine
2014Emil J. Freireich, MDUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2014Robert C. Gallo, MDUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine
2014Douglas Hanahan, PhDSwiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research
2014Richard O. Hynes, PhDMassachusetts Institute of Technology
2014William Kaelin, Jr., MDDana–Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School
2014Kenneth W. Kinzler, PhDJohns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
2014Richard Kolodner, PhDLudwig Institute for Cancer Research
2014Ronald Levy, MDStanford University School of Medicine
2014Frederick Pei Li, MDDeceased (1940-2015)
2014David M. Livingston, MDDana–Farber Cancer Institute
2014Paul A. Marks, MDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2014Peter Nowell, MDDeceased (1928-2016)
2014Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, PhDMax Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
2014 Sir Richard Peto, FRS University of Oxford
2014 Charles L. Sawyers, MDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2014 Sir Michael Stratton, MBBS, PhDWellcome Trust Sanger Institute
2014 Axel Ullrich, PhDMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry
2014 Inder Verma, PhDSalk Institute for Biological Sciences
2014 Irving Weissman, MDStanford University School of Medicine
2014 Owen Witte, MDUniversity of California, Los Angeles
2015 Kenneth C. Anderson, MD Dana–Farber Cancer Institute
2015 Carlos L. Arteaga, MD Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
2015 Anton J.M. Berns, PhD Netherlands Cancer Institute
2015 Bruce A. Chabner, MD Massachusetts General Hospital
2015 Ronald A. DePinho, MD University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2015 Susan D. Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2015 Robert N. EisenmanFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2015 Douglas R. Lowy, MD National Cancer Institute
2015 Carol L. Prives, PhDColumbia University
2015 Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD National Cancer Institute
2015 Craig B. Thompson, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2016 Bruce Alberts, PhD University of California, San Francisco
2016 Clara D. Bloomfield, MD Deceased (1942-2020)
2016 Thomas R. Cech, PhD University of Colorado, Boulder
2016 John E. Dick, PhD University of Toronto
2016 Joe W. Gray, PhD Oregon Health & Science University
2016 Rudolf Jaenisch, MD Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
2016 Eric S. Lander, PhD The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
2016 Sir David P. Lane, PhD Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
2016 Henry T. Lynch, MD Deceased (1928-2019)
2016 Joan Massagué, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2016 Joseph Schlessinger, PhD Yale School of Medicine
2017 Sir Adrian P. Bird, PhDUniversity of Edinburgh
2017 Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhDMax Planck Institute for Infection Biology
2017 Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MDColumbia University
2017 Nancy E. Davidson, MDUniversity of Washington
2017 Vishva M. Dixit, MDGenentech
2017 Jennifer A. Doudna, PhDUC Berkeley
2017 Carl H. June, MDUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2017 Michael Karin, PhDUC San Diego
2017 Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhDDuke University School of Medicine
2017 Tomas Lindahl, MD, FRSFrancis Crick Institute
2017 Paul L. Modrich, PhDDuke University Medical Center
2017 Karen H. Vousden, PhDFrancis Crick Institute
2018Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRSUniversity of California, San Francisco
2018René Bernards, DPhilNetherlands Cancer Institute
2018Bruce A. Beutler, MDUT Southwestern Medical Center
2018Michael A. Caligiuri, MDCity of Hope National Medical Center
2018Chi Van Dang, MD, PhDLudwig Institute for Cancer Research
2018Gary Gilliland, MD, PhDFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2018Laurie H. Glimcher, MDDana–Farber Cancer Institute
2018Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MDJohns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
2018Richard D. Klausner, MDJuno Therapeutics
2018Roger D. Kornberg, PhDStanford University School of Medicine
2018Arthur D. Levinson, PhD
2018Norman E. Sharpless, MDNational Cancer Institute
2019Frederick R. Appelbaum, MDFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2019Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhDNYU Langone Medical Center
2019Lisa M. Coussens, PhDKnight Cancer Institute; Oregon Health & Science University
2019George Q. Daley, MD, PhDHarvard Medical School
2019Gerard Evan, PhDUniversity of Cambridge
2019Gordon J. Freeman, PhDDana–Farber Cancer Institute
2019Levi A. Garraway, MD, PhDEli Lilly and Company
2019Melvyn Greaves, PhDInstitute of Cancer Research
2019Philip D. Greenberg, MDFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2019Daniel Haber, MD, PhDHarvard Medical School
2019Jules A. Hoffmann, PhDUniversity of Strasbourg
2019Tasuku Honjo, MD, PhDKyoto University
2019Scott W. Lowe, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2019Elaine Mardis, PhDNationwide Children's Hospital
2019Larry Norton, MDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2019Moshe Oren, PhDWeizmann Institute of Science
2019Robert D. Schreiber, PhDWashington University in St. Louis
2019Arlene H. Sharpe, MD, PhDHarvard Medical School
2019Louis M. Staudt, MD, PhDNational Cancer Institute
2019Bruce William Stillman, PhDCold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2019Zena Werb, PhDUniversity of California, San Francisco
2019Eric F. Wieschaus, PhDPrinceton University
2020Myles A. Brown, MDDana–Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard Medical School
2020Judith Campisi, PhDBuck Institute for Research on Aging
2020Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhDUniversity of Michigan
2020Alan D. D'Andrea, MDDana–Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard Medical School
2020Mark M. Davis, PhDStanford University School of Medicine
2020Gregory J. Hannon, PhDUniversity of Cambridge
2020Rakesh K. Jain, PhDHarvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
2020Maria Jasin, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2020Robert S. Langer, ScDMassachusetts Institute of Technology
2020Bert W. O'Malley, MDBaylor College of Medicine
2020Drew Mark Pardoll, MD, PhDJohns Hopkins University
2020Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhDHarvard Medical School
2020Peter J. Ratcliffe, FRSUniversity of Oxford
2020Antoni Ribas, MD, PhDUniversity of California Los Angeles Medical Center
2020Gregg L. Semenza, MD, PhDJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2020Charles Swanton, MD, PhDThe Francis Crick Institute and University College London Cancer Institute
2020David A. Tuveson, MD, PhDCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
2020Michael Wigler, PhDCold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2020Sir Gregory Winter, CBE, FRS, FMedSciTrinity College
2021Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhDGeorgetown University Medical Center
2021Frances Arnold, PhDCalifornia Institute of Technology
2021Allan Balmain, PhD, FRSE, FRSUniversity of California, San Francisco
2021Anna D. Barker, PhDLaurence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine
2021Mary C. Beckerle, PhDUniversity of Utah
2021Shelley L. Berger, PhDUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
2021John D. Carpten, PhDUniversity of Southern California
2021Lieping Chen, MD, PhDYale University School of Medicine
2021Don W. Cleveland, PhDUniversity of California, San Diego
2021Sara A. Courtneidge, PhDOregon Health & Science University
2021Albert de la Chapelle, MD, PhDdeceased
2021George D. Demetri, MDDana-Farber Cancer Institute
2021Philip C. Hanawalt, PhDStanford University
2021Curtis C. Harris, MDNational Cancer Institute
2021Nancy H. Hopkins, PhDMassachusetts Institute of Technology
2021Guillermina Lozano, PhDUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2021Shigekazu Nagata, PhDOsaka University
2021Aviv Rezev, PhDGenentech, Inc
2021Martine F. Roussel, PhDSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2021Ton N. Schumacher, PhDThe Netherlands Cancer Institute, Oncode Institute
2021M. Celeste Simon, PhDUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
2021Tadatsugu Taniguchi, PhDThe University of Tokyo
2021Xiaodong Wang, PhDNational Institute of Biological Sciences
2021Eileen P. White, PhDRutgers, The State University Of New Jersey
2021Yosef Yarden, PhDWeizmann Institute of Science
2022Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, PhD, MD (hc)University of Oslo
2022Otis Webb Brawley, MDJohns Hopkins University
2022Peter J. Campbell, MBBCh, PhDWellcome Sanger Institute
2022Neal G. Copeland, PhDThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2022Luis Alberto Diaz Jr., MDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2022James R. Downing, MDSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital
2022Connie J. Eaves, OC, FRSC, FRS, CorrFRSEBritish Columbia Cancer Research Center
2022Denise A. Galloway, PhDFred Hutchinson Cancer Center
2022Patricia A. Ganz, MDUniversity of California Los Angeles
2022K. Christopher Garcia, PhDStanford University
2022Jennifer R. Grandis, MDUniversity of California San Francisco
2022James R. Heath, PhDInstitute for Systems Biology
2022Nancy A. Jenkins, PhDThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2022Thomas J. Kelly, MD, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2022Crystal L. Mackall, MDStanford University School of Medicine
2022Alex Matter, MDAgency for Science, Technology, and Research
2022Ira Mellman, PhDGenentech Inc.
2022Gordon B. Mills, MD, PhDOregon Health and Science University
2022Nikola P. Pavletich, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2022Cecil B. Pickett, PhDBiogen Inc.
2022Jennifer A. Pietenpol, PhDVanderbilt University
2022Terence H. Rabbitts, FRS, FMedSciInstitute of Cancer Research
2022Neal Rosen, MD, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2022Varda Rotter, PhDWeizmann Institute of Science
2022Alexander Y. Rudensky, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2022Yang Shi, PhDLudwig Institute for Cancer Research
2022Margaret A. Shipp, MDHarvard Medical School
2022Yu Shyr, PhDVanderbilt University Medical Center
2022Maxine F. Singer, PhDCarnegie Institution for Science
2022Hamilton O. Smith, MDJ. Craig Venter Institute
2022Suzanne L. Topalian, MDJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2022Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhDJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2022Jane E. Visvader, PhDWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
2023Carolyn R. Bertozzi, PhDStanford University
2023Stephen J. Chanock, MDNational Cancer Institute
2023George Coukos, MD, PhDLudwig Institute for Cancer Research
2023Hugues de Thé, MD, PhDCollege de France
2023Julian Downward, PhDThe Francis Crick Institute
2023Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBAUniversity of California San Francisco
2023Keith T. Flaherty, MDHarvard Medical School
2023P. Andrew Futreal, PhDThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2023Judy Lieberman, MD, PhDHarvard Medical School
2023Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc)Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital
2023Luis F. Parada, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2023Dana Pe’er, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2023Charles M. Perou, PhDUniversity of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
2023Helen Piwnica-Worms, PhDThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2023Thomas M. Roberts, PhDHarvard Medical School
2023Erkki Ruoslahti, MD, PhDSanford Burnham Prebys
2023Michel Sadelain, MD, PhDMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2023Kevan M. Shokat, PhDUniversity of California, Berkeley
2023Andreas Strasser, PhDWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
2023Jean Y. J. Wang, PhDUniversity of California San Diego School of Medicine
2023Robert A. Winn, MDVirginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
2023Jedd Wolchok, MD, PhDWeill Medical College of Cornell University
2023Catherine J. Wu, MDHarvard University

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-01-19 . AACR names 2024 fellows of AACR Academy . 2024-06-14 . The Cancer Letter . en-US.
  2. Web site: American Association for Cancer Research Announces 2018 Class of Fellows of the AACR Academy. April 3, 2018. February 7, 2019.
  3. Web site: Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Faculty Recognized at 2018 AACR Annual Meeting - Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA. www.dana-farber.org. April 19, 2018. February 7, 2019.
  4. Web site: AACR announces 2018 class of fellows of AACR Academy – The Cancer Letter. cancerletter.com. 6 April 2018 . 2020-04-21.
  5. Web site: AACR Announces 2019 Class of Fellows of the AACR Academy - The ASCO Post. www.ascopost.com. 2020-04-21.