2019 Annual Report

Integrative
Cancer Science

Global
Impact

Individualized
Patient Care

Bottom row (left to right): AACR President (2019—2020) Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR; AACR Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc); AACR President (2018—2019) Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR.
Middle row (left to right): Participants preparing for the Fourth Annual AACR Annual Meeting Runners for Research 5K Walk/Run; Program Committee Chair John D. Carpten, PhD, welcomes attendees to the opening plenary session at the AACR Annual Meeting 2019; Daniel D. Karp, MD, presents the inaugural Bosarge Family Foundation-Waun Ki Hong Scholar Award for Regenerative Cancer Medicine to Alfredo Oliveros, PhD; AACR President (2018—2019) Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR, addresses attendees during the opening ceremony of the AACR Annual Meeting 2019.
Top row (left to right): AACR Annual Meeting 2019 attendees meet in AACR Central; more than 21,000 people from 71 countries attended the Annual Meeting in Atlanta.

American association for cancer research
2019 annual report

Bottom row (left to right): AACR President (2019–2020) Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR; AACR Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc); AACR President (2018–2019) Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR.
Middle row (left to right): Participants preparing for the Fourth Annual AACR Annual Meeting Runners for Research 5K Walk/Run; Program Committee Chair John D. Carpten, PhD, welcomes attendees to the opening plenary session at the AACR Annual Meeting 2019; Daniel D. Karp, MD, presents the inaugural Bosarge Family Foundation-Waun Ki Hong Scholar Award for Regenerative Cancer Medicine to Alfredo Oliveros, PhD; AACR President (2018–2019) Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR, addresses attendees during the opening ceremony of the AACR Annual Meeting 2019.
Top row (left to right): AACR Annual Meeting 2019 attendees meet in AACR Central; more than 21,000 people from 71 countries attended the Annual Meeting in Atlanta.

American association for cancer research
2019 annual report

Welcome

We are pleased to present the 2019 Annual Report of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The report highlights the AACR’s progress over the past year in support of our mission: to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication, collaboration, funding, and advocacy.

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Left to right: Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR; Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc); Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR

Table of Contents

WELCOME

PROGRESS AGAINST
CANCER IN 2019

ANNUAL
MEETING 2019

SCIENTIFIC
PUBLISHING

AACR
INTERNATIONAL

HONORING
SCIENTIFIC
ACHIEVEMENT

SCIENCE AND
EDUCATION

SCIENTIFIC REVIEW
AND GRANTS
ADMINISTRATION

POLICY AND
ADVOCACY

MEMBERSHIP

LEADERSHIP

AACR
FOUNDATION

FINANCIAL
STATEMENT

THE AACR IN 2020: A LOOK AHEAD