The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Marta Luksza, PhD, has received a 2023 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. Dr. Luksza and team will use approaches from m…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered a trio of immune cells within tumor niches that are associated with immunoth…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center When Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, PhD, MPH, at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, learned about LGBTQIA+ communities in New Mexico, she became i…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center In an oral presentation at ASCO23, Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, reported that an AI-derived digital pathology tool was able to identify whic…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina There’s one question that Jennifer Dahne, PhD, co-director of the remote and virtual trials program at the South Carolina Clinical …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center A novel study led by medical oncologists at the Gastrointestinal Center at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is shedding light on factors that m…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center has been accredited by the Smoking Treatment Accreditation & Recognition (STAR) program, a tobacco treatment initiative funded thro…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center To assist cancer survivors between the ages of 18–39, Rina Fox, PhD, MPH, University of Arizona Cancer Center member, has spent several years developing…

Siteman Cancer Center Researchers from Siteman Cancer Center have developed a technology to study tumor growth in another dimension, establishing a new method in mouse models of glioblastoma t…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Shannon La Cava, PsyD, has been named as the new director of the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, bringing a wealth of experience in me…

Stanford Cancer Institute The Stanford Cancer Institute welcomes Pauline Funchain, MD. She will join in August as an associate professor of medicine/medical oncology. Dr. Funchain offers addit…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has appointed Crystal Rodriguez-Dabney, Esq., as chief diversity officer and senior vice president. In her lea…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Duke Cancer Institute Chief Patient Experience and Safety Officer Thomas LeBlanc, MD, MA, MHS, FAAHPM, FASCO, has been designated chair of the A…

AACI is currently seeking nominations for the 2023 Public Service Award, which will be presented during the 2023 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting on Monday, October 2, at the Salamander Washington DC. One Re…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University A new study led by Winship Cancer Institute researcher Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, has found that women; racial and ethnic minorities; and individuals…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Experts are concerned about rapidly rising rates of HPV-related throat and mouth can…

Stony Brook Cancer Center A major challenge in the management of advanced ovarian cancer is the detection and treatment of micrometastases within the intraperitoneal cavity. To address this cl…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center A new therapy is on the horizon for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who have run out of treatment options. Results from an international clinical tri…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center In an international study co-led by UCLA, scientists have shown that a new targeted therapy drug can extend the amount of time people with a subtype of…

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Melody K. Schiaffino, PhD, MPH, is the new associate director for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Moores Cancer Center. She is a health services researcher…

The AACI Physician Clinical Leadership Initiative (PCLI) will host "Seismic Shift or Small Step Forward? Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Cancer Care and Research" at 1:00 pm eastern time on…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, deputy director and professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been appointed treasurer of t…

UK Markey Cancer Center A recent UK Markey Cancer Center study sheds light on Appalachian Kentucky’s alarming cancer burden, revealing striking disparities compared to non-Appalachian Kentucky…

Moffitt Cancer Center Xavier Avat has joined Moffitt Cancer Center as the new chief business officer. He will be responsible for leading the cancer center’s business development strategies and…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina The National Cancer Institute has awarded LoxiGen, Inc., a startup led by Ozgur Sahin, PhD, a three-year Fast-Track Small Business …

A bill to address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improv…

AACI’s Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) convened its 15th annual meeting June 26-28, in Rosemont, IL. More than 500 colleagues attended in person and 118 abstracts were submitted for presentation –…

At Integra Connect, we connect providers, payers, and life sciences with the experiences, outcomes, and costs of cancer they need to understand to improve care, embrace scientific advancements, manag…

AACI congratulates this year's Distinguished Scientist, Cancer Health Equity, and Champion for Cures award recipients, selected by the AACI Board of Directors. The awards will be presented in person …

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine S. Gail Eckhardt, MD, FASCO, will join Baylor College of Medicine as associate dean for experimental therapeutics and ass…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Rogel Cancer Center a $37 million grant over five years, renewing its designation as a comprehensive …

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina MUSC Hollings Cancer Center Director Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, was inducted as a fellow into the Royal College of Physicians, an accola…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has appointed two oncologists to key executive leadership roles. Thomas George, MD, FACP, has been nam…

Stanford Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute recently awarded nearly $10 million to a collaboration between Stanford University, the University of California, San Francisco, and UC …

Siteman Cancer Center Siteman Cancer Center launched a prostate cancer screening initiative along with an educational campaign to address the racial disparity in prostate cancer. The campaign …

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have launched a Phase II clinical trial that they hope will improve both survival and quality o…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Andreana Holowatyj, PhD, MSCI, has received the National Cancer Institute’s Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award to support her ongoing investigation…

Stanford Cancer Institute The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford Medicine have announced a collaboration on a project to potentially plan, build, and…

Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine Karen Mustian, PhD, MPH, a longtime leader at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, has been promoted to associate director of population science. She joined the Un…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A new $3.9 million grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow resea…

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Due to changes in U.S. Census reporting, researchers have found that Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders between the ages…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to find a more …

A report published last month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) Cancer Spectrum shares the results of an AACI survey on the impact of COVID-19 on cancer clinical trials offices. …

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Distinguishing side effects of cancer treatment from potential metastatic recurrence can be difficult. In a Q&A, Hanna Hunter, MD, medical director of cancer …

The University of Kansas Cancer Center In the United States, cancer is among the most expensive medical conditions to treat. National costs for cancer care were estimated to be $190.2 billion …

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Kalyani Sonawane, PhD, and a team of researchers from South Carolina and Texas decided to qu…

UK Markey Cancer Center A UK Markey Cancer Center research team identified an existing cancer drug that shows promise as a treatment for the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer. The…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center is proud to announce that Sanjay S. Reddy, MD, FACS, has been appointed to the Marvin S. Greenberg, MD, Chair in Pancreatic Cance…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center With a $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), investigators from the newly NCI-designated UF Health Cancer Center and the Unive…

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Karin Gaensler, MD, continues her pursuit of a therapeutic cancer vaccine with the development of TriLeukeVax, an engineered autologous leu…

In partnership with the American Cancer Society and the Cancer Center DEI Network, AACI will hold the second Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summit on Saturday, September 30, in conjunction wi…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has opened a new radiation oncology center with expanded capabilities to provide advanced radiat…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University A new study led by a Winship Cancer Institute researcher demonstrates for the first time that applying the same radiation therapy dose to the heart…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center are shedding light on how Body Mass Index (BMI) impacts treatment response, risk of recurrence,…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Analysis of circulating human papillomavirus (HPV) tumor DNA and tumor DNA fragment (tumor tissue–modified viral [TTMV]-HPV DNA) using a commercially …

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center An analysis finds that up to millions of dollars could be saved annually on cancer immunotherapy treatments across the Veterans Health Administration…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Cedars-Sinai has named Lali Medina-Kauwe, PhD, as the inaugural holder of the Carol Moss Foundation Chair in Medical Discovery. Support from the foundation will enable Dr. …

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Jennifer Erdrich, MD, MPH, was recently awarded a $1.3 million Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) from the National Can…

AACI invites you to promote your cancer center by purchasing an ad in the 2023 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting digital program book. The program book offers an excellent opportunity to showcase your center …

Siteman Cancer Center A team of researchers from Siteman Cancer Center is developing a new imaging technology that could directly reduce the number of unnecessary surgeries for rectal cancer a…

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher, Erin Bantum, PhD, has been re-elected to serve another three-year term on the Nati…

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center A surprising finding from USC reveals key details about how cancer cells metastasize and suggests new therapeutic approaches for halting their spread. Th…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO, presidential endowed chair of cancer research at Huntsman Cancer Institute, received approval by the U.S. Food an…

Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine Using a new approach, Yale Cancer Center researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found a new way to substantially improve the effectiveness of C…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions are developing a strategy to predict the respons…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have confirmed that a large number of genetic variants of unknown significance are in fact …

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Maria C. Russell, MD, has been named chief quality officer for Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. She joined the Emory faculty in 2012 a…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for the Study of Obesity will lead a $1.2 million, multiorganization, three-year re…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Researchers continue to refine and improve targeted drug therapies that have changed…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Giving patients with operable pancreatic cancers a three-pronged combination immunotherapy treatment consisting of the pan…

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Fibroblast cells play key roles in the repair of damaged tissue and in pathological scarring. Now, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have unco…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer New research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators could warrant reconsideration of current screening guidelines to include a poorly recognized cause of Lynch syndrome, th…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah The Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity at Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah, in partnership with the Montan…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD, received a grant from the National Cancer Institute for "Intersectional Genetics-Based Biosensors for Dormant Cancer C…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center David Alberts, MD, a founding member of the University of Arizona Cancer Center and a past member of AACI’s Board of Directors, passed away on July 29 a…

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, director of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, is a senior author of a recently published study identifyi…

Joann B. Sweasy, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center, has been elected by AACI's membership to serve as vice president/president-elect of the AACI Board of Directors. Three new b…

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved the University of Chicago Medicine’s plans to build an $815 mil…

This is legislation to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage under State plans under the Medicaid program for annual lung cancer screening with no cost sharing for individual…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Researchers have found a potential drug candidate that improved outcomes for patients with diffuse midline glioma or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of omidubicel, a new and potentially life-saving stem cell treatment option for adult and…

Siteman Cancer Center Siteman Cancer Center has earned a Merit Extension Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), recognizing continued excellence in cancer care, research, training, pr…

Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center Afreen Shariff, MD, has been selected by the Association of Community Cancer Centers as a 2023 Innovator Award recipient for her work on the eff…

Karmanos Cancer Institute, in Detroit, has named Boris C. Pasche, MD, PhD, FACP, president and chief executive officer. Dr. Pasche assumes the role Joseph Uberti, MD, PhD, served on an interim basis …

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD, has been appointed president of City of Hope Los Angeles and National Medical Center, after serving 24 years at Memorial…

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Saiful Huq, PhD, FAAPM, FInstP, received the William D. Coolidge Gold Medal Award from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine for his distinguished career and …

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Cancer Center were awarded more than $7.6 million over fou…

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators are spearheading a project, funded by a five-year, $11.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, to advance scientific knowledge…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer research centers conducting clinical trials could enroll more patients from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups by placing greater emphasi…

Stony Brook Cancer Center Daniel Canals, PhD, has received a grant from the Long Island League to Abolish Cancer (LILAC) for the purchase of two cutting-edge instruments that enable him and co…

Stanford Cancer Institute Oliver Gevaert, PhD, and colleagues recently developed an artificial intelligence model that assesses stained images of glioblastoma tissue to predict the aggressiven…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Deep-learning technology developed by a team of Johns Hopkins engineers and cancer researchers can accurately predict canc…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute identified potential new treatment options for people with endometrial cancer. The study discovered…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD, as associate chief medical officer. She joins the center from Johns…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A research team co-led by UCLA investigators has shown that an immunotherapy drug combination can be an effective second-line therapy for patients with…

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Mutations in a genetic region that regulates RNA stability could influence prostate cancer outcomes and drug resistance, according to new work from researchers in…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center Ramzi Salloum, PhD, a cancer implementation science researcher with a focus on tobacco control, has been named associate director for community outre…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, has been named chair, and Brian Brown, PhD, vice chair, of a newly established Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy at th…