The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is an American nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its sister organization is the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation.[1]
History
Pamela Ohashi, AACR's Tumor Immunotherapy Program director, participated in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force convened by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).[2]
In the first half of 2021, AACR received four grants from Pfizer:[3]
- 2021 Annual Meeting ($25,000)
- Conference on Science of Cancer Health Disparities ($10,000)
- Evolving Tumor Microenvironment in Cancer Progression: Mechanisms and Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities ($5,000)
- 2021 Scientist-Survivor Program ($10,000)
Organization
AACR is a member organization of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA[4] and a partner of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer.[5] It has previously provided funding to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.[6]
AACR has signed memoranda of understanding with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).[7]
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pamela Ohashi | Director, Tumor Immunotherapy Program[2:1] | COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force, Providence Therapeutics |
| Ronald DePinho | Fellow (2015)[8] | MD Anderson Cancer Center, Third International Vatican Conference |
| James Watson | Fellow (2013)[9] | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Human Genome Project |
Funding
AACR has received funding from:[10]
- AbbVie
- American Cancer Society
- Amgen
- Astellas Pharma
- AstraZeneca
- BeiGene
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
- Colon Cancer Coalition
- Daiichi-Sankyo
- Doreen H. Putrah Cancer Research Foundation
- Eli Lilly
- Exelixis
- FUJIFILM VisualSonics
- Gilead Sciences
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
- Incyte
- Irving Weinstein Foundation
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals
- Kite Pharma
- Merck
- Novartis
- Novocure
- Pezcoller Foundation
- Pfizer[3:1]
- Promega
- Prostate Cancer Foundation
- Sanofi Genzyme
- Science
- Science Translational Medicine
- Seagen
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)[11]
- St. Baldrick's Foudation
- Sygnature Discovery
- Taiho Oncology
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals
- WuXi AppTec
External links
About the AACR Foundation. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.aacr.org/about-the-aacr/about-the-aacr-foundation/ ↩︎
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. (2022, March 10). COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force. Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2023.04.27-230206/https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-life-science-industries/en/covid-19-therapeutics-task-force ↩︎ ↩︎
US Medical, Scientific, Patient and Civic Organization Funding Report: Q1-Q2 2021. (2021, September 27). Pfizer. https://web.archive.org/web/20230503211316/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23787007/pfizer-2021-report.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎
List of Members. (2022, March 4). Alliance for a Stronger FDA. http://archive.today/2022.07.08-045902/https://www.strengthenfda.org/members ↩︎
Cancer Immunotherapy Partnerships and Collaborations. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230327191240/https://www.sitcancer.org/aboutsitc/partnerships#champions ↩︎
Benz Jr., E. J., Paresky, S. S., Dana III, C. A., & Morse, R. P. 2012 Honor Roll of Donors. PageTurnPro; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220813072451/https://www.pageturnpro.com/Dana-Farber-Cancer-Institute-and-The-Jimmy-Fund/49214-2012-Honor-Roll-of-Donors/sdefault.html#page/76 ↩︎
Office of the Commissioner. (2023, October 16). Non-Profit and Other MOUs. Food and Drug Administration. https://web.archive.org/web/20231028062431/https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-memoranda-understanding/non-profit-and-other-mous ↩︎
Ronald A. DePinho, MD. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved December 20, 2024, from https://www.aacr.org/professionals/membership/aacr-academy/fellows/ronald-a-depinho-md/ ↩︎
James D. Watson, PhD. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved December 20, 2024, from https://www.aacr.org/professionals/membership/aacr-academy/fellows/james-d-watson-phd/ ↩︎
Supporters. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved January 29, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.05.11-051652/https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2021/supporters/ ↩︎
