Having received two AACR research grants at critical points in her career, Eunyoung Choi, PhD, shared the impact of these grants as she progressed through the academic ranks to become an associate professor.
Supported by a 2016 AACR-QuadW Foundation Sarcoma Research Fellowship, Joanna Przybyl, PhD, showed how ctDNA levels correlated with treatment response in leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer, and uncovered the potential utility of this liquid biopsy approach to other sarcomas.
Costas Lyssiotis, PhD, received the 2013 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Pathway to Leadership Grant, 2016 AACR-Bayer Innovation and Discovery Award, and 2017 AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research. Dr. Lyssiotis shares how these three AACR grants helped him and his team discover several mechanisms by which metabolites support tumor growth, immune evasion, and resistance to therapy in pancreatic cancer.
Marco Ruella, MD, received the AACR-Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology Fellowship in Clinical Cancer Research in 2015. Dr. Ruella shared how an AACR Fellowship helped lay the foundation for dual CAR T-cell therapy.
Raymond E. Moellering, PhD, a recipient of the 2008 AACR Centennial Predoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research, shared how the grant given to him by the AACR as a doctoral candidate encouraged him to work at the interface of chemistry, biology, and cancer.
Yuanyuan Fu, PhD, discussed the impact of receiving the 2022 AACR-Merck Cancer Disparities Fellowship on her career and research on colorectal cancer disparities in Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders.
W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, formerly of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and now director of the National Cancer Institute, shares the impact on her career and her research of two AACR-supported research grants that she received during her academic career.
As we continue our celebration of 30 years of impact of the AACR Research Grants Program, we share how recipient of a 2022 Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers Career Development Award, in partnership with Pelotonia and the AACR, Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH is seeking to make a difference in the lives of women from low and middle-income countries.
As we continue our celebration of 30 years of impact of the AACR Research Grants Program, we feature recipient of the 2022 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research, Dr. Christina Curtis. Dr. Curtis shares the impact of her AACR Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Foundation / Carol’s Crusade for a Cure Foundation Career Development Award on her research.
A career development award from the AACR enabled Eddy Yang, MD, PhD, to investigate combinations of targeted treatments in triple negative breast cancer. Now the chair of radiation medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Dr. Yang shares how the grant came at a pivotal time in his career.