MICR Programs and Activities During the AACR Annual Meeting 2025
MICR will present various programs and activities during the AACR Annual Meeting 2025, which is taking place April 25-30, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. MICR members and annual meeting registrants are invited to participate in these activities. Contact micr@aacr.org with any questions.
Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
The Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards program provides funds for the participation of early-career, meritorious minority scientists in the AACR Annual Meeting. Since its inception in 1985, the Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards program has supported more than 1,000 early-career underrepresented minority investigators from both minority-serving institutions and the larger bodies of universities, colleges, and research institutes. Learn more.
Minority and Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar Awards
The AACR is very pleased to administer this important program, which since 1997 has provided funds for the participation of full-time minority faculty and faculty of Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) at the AACR Annual Meeting. Recipients of this award are scientists who are working at the level of assistant professor or above who are engaged in meritorious basic, clinical, or translational cancer research. Learn more.
AACR-MICR Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship
The AACR-MICR Jane Cook Wright Lectureship recognizes an outstanding scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the field of cancer research and who has, through leadership or by example, furthered the advancement of minority investigators in cancer research. Learn more.
AACR Professional Development Series
MICR has collaborated with the AACR Science Education and Advancement Committee, Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Council, and the Associate Member Council to present a series of professional development sessions that will take place during the AACR Annual Meeting 2025. These exciting and interactive sessions are available to Annual Meeting registrants free of charge and provide important skills to investigators at all stages in their careers. Learn more.
MICR Town Hall
The MICR Town Hall Meeting provides an opportunity for the MICR Council to present its members, agenda, and programs to MICR members and Annual Meeting participants. This meeting gives participants a chance to share ideas, voice concerns, and express views on a variety of related topics that assist the Council in fulfilling its mission.
Minorities in cancer research (MICR) Meet and Greet
This informal networking event provides an opportunity for the MICR leadership to meet and network with members and conference attendees, share information and answer questions about MICR programs, activities, and award opportunities, and discuss other topics of interest. All Annual Meeting attendees are welcome!
MICR Career development Forum
This interactive forum will feature a panel of exemplary former and current MICR Council Members, who will candidly address questions and concerns from the moderators and audience. Among the many topics, we will hear how the panelists each relied on their perseverance, talent, drive, mentors, and peers to navigate career paths. They will share past and current strategies to overcome obstacles and adversity to not only achieve but surpass career aspirations. Lastly, we will come together to share inspiration and build collective strength in preparation for the uncertainty and challenges that lie ahead.
MICR Scientific sYMPOSIUM
Over the past 25-years, the science of cancer health disparities research has evolved from first-generation studies that focused on describing population group differences in cancer incidence and mortality to transdisciplinary translational studies that investigate the contribution of biological, behavioral, clinical, and social drivers to cancer care outcomes. Findings from previous and ongoing investigations provide important insights about the complex ways in which these drivers contribute to disparities in cancer risk and outcomes. While comparisons of racial and ethnic group differences using self-identified categories have been instrumental in identifying populations that are at risk for poor outcomes following diagnosis and treatment, concerns have been raised about using self-identified race/ethnicity in biomedical research. The objective of this session is to review the advantages and disadvantages of using self-identified race/ethnic categories in cancer disparities research and identify best practices for monitoring and addressing the burden of cancer risk across different populations in light of methodologies and instruments that potentially have greater precision in basic, clinical, and population-based research studies.