AACR Annual Report 2020

Welcome

We are pleased to present the 2020 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 all cancers through research, education, communication, collaboration, research funding, and science policy and advocacy—despite unprecedented challenges faced this year.

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Left to right: AACR Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc); 2019–2020 AACR President Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR; and 2020–2021 AACR President Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, FAACR.

Welcome

We are pleased to present the 2020 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 all cancers through research, education, communication, collaboration, research funding, and science policy and advocacy—despite unprecedented challenges faced this year.

Left to right: AACR Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc); 2019–2020 AACR President Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR; and 2020–2021 AACR President Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, FAACR.

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Table of Contents

WELCOME

THE AACR AND COVID‑19

FIGHTING RACIAL INEQUITIES AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

PROGRESS AGAINST
CANCER IN 2020

AACR ANNUAL MEETING 2020

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 2021: A LOOK AHEAD