UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute received a five-year, $11.48 million federal grant to cre…

Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Matthew Carpenter, PhD, co-leader of the Cancer Control Research Program at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, was recently honored with the Jo…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Joseph Sparano, MD, deputy director of The Tisch Cancer Institute, was selected as recipient of the 2024 AACR-Joseph H. Burchenal Award for Outstanding Achi…

LSU Health New Orleans is actively recruiting cancer researchers to become part of an emerging NCI-Designated Cancer Center for the state of Louisiana, which has some of the highest incidence, mortal…

Patient research advocate Anne Marie Mercurio will present the opening keynote at 12:00 pm central time on Monday, June 24, during the 16th Annual AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Meeting in R…

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center The UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center Continuing Umbrella for Research Experience (CURE) program will, for the first time, include middle sch…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health Prior research has shown that delays in initiating cancer therapy are increasing, and these delays can lead to not only worse outcomes for patients, but …

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center The results from a research partnership between GE HealthCare and Vanderbilt University Medical Center utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to enable safer an…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center Through a single-arm study of 141 cancer patients, supported by a grant from the Merck Foundation Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care, Univ…

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Gita Suneja, MD, MS, has been named the first senior director of Programs to Enhance Diversity at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. Suneja, a r…

LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center The Gulf South Clinical Trials Network has been named a spoke in the ARPA-H Customer Experience Hub, one of three regional hubs that comprise ARPANET-H—a nationwi…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center A new treatment approach that combines a targeted therapy drug with hormone therapy significantly increased the amount of time a person with stage 2 or…

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park's latest slate of promotions includes Julia Faller, DO, as chief medical officer. Aleodor "Doru" Andea, MD, MBA, is chief of dermatopathol…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Benyi Li, MD, PhD, has received a nearly $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to develop a short peptide-based therapy for prosta…

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Lillian Gelberg, MD; Roger Lo, MD, PhD; and Jeffrey Saver, MD, have been elected to the Association of American Physicians in recognition of their exceptiona…

University of Illinois Cancer Center University of Illinois Cancer Center member Ameen Salahudeen, MD, PhD, was recently named to the third cohort of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Early Inve…

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine are seeking a dynamic leader with strong credentials in clinical medicine and clinical, translational, or health se…

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center City of Hope has announced results from a pioneering Phase I CAR T cell therapy trial for the treatment of glioblastoma. This is the largest trial to d…

AACI meetings bring together cancer center leadership with national cancer research and advocacy groups, industry, and government health agencies.

The Latest News From North America's Leading Academic Cancer Centers

Acting as a network for research leaders, Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) promotes the efficient operation of clinical research facilities at AACI cancer centers.

AACI meetings bring cancer centers together to discover solutions to common challenges. AACI also shares event announcements as a benefit to members.

This three-day meeting offers AACI members an opportunity to network with cancer center colleagues, national cancer research and advocacy groups, industry, and government health agencies to develop s…

The CRI annual meeting is designed to improve the clinical research process; understand the global impact of conducting clinical research in the United States, Canada, and abroad; discuss trends in c…

Comprehensive Cancer Center St. Jude Children's Research Hospital New research by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital clarifies the genomic landscape of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. The…

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Experts at University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have conducted the first study evaluating the effectiveness of a targeted drug for patie…

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Human Genome Sequencing Center i…

AACI extends its gratitude to the cancer center colleagues who attended the 2024 AACI Leadership Diversity and Development Workshop, March 12-13. The workshop drew nearly 100 attendees from 85 cancer…

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC used a new statistical method to pinpoint the genetic underpinnings of the link between red and proce…

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University Monitoring levels of DNA shed by tumors and circulating in the bloodstream could help doctors accurately assess how gastro…

Catchment Area Research and Data Science (CARDS) will host a webinar titled "Communicating Catchment Area Data Using R" at 1:00 pm eastern time on Wednesday, April 17. The webinar will be moderated b…

University of Florida Health Cancer Center Six UF Health Cancer Center researchers have received funding from the Florida Cancer Innovation Fund for research projects that promote cancer innov…

Stony Brook Cancer Center A team of Stony Brook University researchers developed a new method for image-guided radionuclide therapy that uses a two-step process with specially-modified antibod…

Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University The Champions and Friends of Dunwoody Country Club have given $1 million in new gifts to Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University to endow a ne…

On Tuesday, March 19, AACI held its annual spring Government Relations (GR) Forum at 101 Constitution in Washington, DC. The meeting gave AACI government relations representatives and sustaining memb…

The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Cancer Center & Research Institute (CCRI) seeks highly qualified candidates for the combined position of Associate Director of Cancer Clinical …

In January 2024, the Biden Cancer Moonshot delivered six codes to report navigation services for payment. The Cancer Moonshot team recently hosted a Q&A during which several resources were shared…

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai A novel treatment for polycythemia vera, a potentially fatal blood cancer, demonstrated the ability to control overproduction of red blood cells, the …

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Some oropharynx cancer patients may qualify for fewer radiation treatments, according to a new study from experts at the University of Michigan Healt…

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) seeks an innovative, collaborative, mission-aligned and strategic leader to serve in the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Hospital Transformation. Repo…

The College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and NCI-designated Hollings Cancer Center are seeking applicants of exceptional potential and emerging scholarship for the position…

UK Markey Cancer Center A recent UK Markey Cancer Center study uncovers a critical pathway involved in immune evasion by breast cancer cells. The study addresses a crucial gap in the understan…

The University of Arizona Cancer Center The results of a recent study co-led by a University of Arizona Cancer Center researcher suggest that novel therapeutic molecules known as proteolysis t…

Stanford Cancer Institute A Stanford Medicine study identifies an easily measured biophysical property that can identify Type 2 diabetics at increased risk for liver cancer who don’t meet curr…

USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center A new study has revealed a key genetic variant contributing towards the increased risk, as well as details about the biological basis of acute lymphoblas…

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute A new cancer treatment that uses a person’s own immune cells has been approved by th…

Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health While sociodemographic, clinical, and pathological factors may affect racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes of patients with locally advanced rectal …

University of Florida Health Cancer Center University of Florida researchers have found that OpenAI’s GPT-4 performed better than the student average on seven of nine graduate-level exams in t…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing two changes to the current research data request and access policies. CMS has issued a request for information (RFI) from stakehol…

The University of Kansas Cancer Center Fariba Behbod, PharmD, PhD, has received a $930,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study a new targeted therapy option for people diagnosed…

The Division of General Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University seeks qualified candidates to fill two positions to further expand our translational research program and join the …

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…

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…

Registration is now open for the 2024 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting, which will take place October 20-22 at the Loews Chicago Downtown Hotel. Preceding the meeting, AACI will host the Diversity, Equity, a…

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…

The AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) Steering Committee, with the assistance of peer reviewers from CRI committees and volunteers, have selected three abstracts from 154 submissions for formal…

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) and the University of Washington (UW) are jointly recruiting a full-time faculty member. The position will be dual appointed with a primary faculty appo…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA) will be honored with the Cancer Research Ally Award before the 2024 AACI/AACR Hill Day, which will be held on Thursday, May 16. The aw…

AACI invites you to promote your cancer center or company by purchasing an ad in the 16th Annual AACI CRI Meeting digital program book. Your program ad may highlight a conference or a new initiative,…

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…

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…

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…