NCI/CRCHD Highlights
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The 102nd Annual AACR Annual Meeting was held on April 2-6, 2011, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. CRCHD attended the meeting in support of its long-standing partnership with the American Association for Cancer Research and Minorities in Cancer Research (AACR-MICR). AACR-MICR commits to preventing and treating cancer in diverse populations, as well as advancing the professional needs and careers of minority scientists. Click here for the agenda of MICR events.
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Drs. Deborah Duran, Mary Ann Van Duyn, Rina Das, Nelson Aguila, and Emmanuel Taylor represented staff from the National Cancer Institute Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities Immediate Office of the Director and participated in a discussion with trainees and grantees as a part of the MICR activity itinerary.
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Drs. Carmen Moten and John Ojeifo participated in the Professional Advancement Reception and Roundtable as a part of MICR activities at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting. Their table presented on Grantmanship for New and Early Stage Investigators. CRCHD has a wide range of funding opportunities for all trainees along the cancer research career track. Visit our website for more information.
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NCI participated in many venues at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting. Dr. Harold E. Varmus addressed AACR attendees at the Opening Plenary Session, "The Future of Cancer Research: Challenges and Opportunities". The short presentation titled "New Directions in Cancer Research" is available as a webcast in both audio and video formats.
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Dr. Levi Garraway, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and a former CURE K08 recipient, served with Dr. Rena Pasick as co-chair of the AACR-MICR Forum, "The Long Haul: Building a Sustainable Research Career". The webcast is available here for paid users only. Dr. Levi Garraway is the in-coming MICR Council Chair for the 2012 Annual Meeting.
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AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research awarded their Sixth Annual Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship to Guillermina Lozano, Ph.D., Chair of Genetics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.
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AACR has made available more than 100 video interviews with conference attendees as well as teleconference audio recordings for free through the AACR Video app. Click the link above to download the app now and learn about recent developments and discoveries in basic and translational cancer research.
Photos from the 102nd AACR Annual Meeting
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In the Field
Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, M.D., M.P.H.
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Adeyinka Laiyemo was awarded the "Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award" at the 102nd AACR Annual Meeting. Read more about him here.
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Maria Elena Martinez, Ph.D., a CRCHD U01-funded grantee, served as Chair for the MICR Council at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting. Click here for more information about the MICR Council members.
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The Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved will be held on September 18-21, 2011, in Washington, DC. Please make plans to attend.
More Photos from AACR
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