American Association for Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research , or AACR for short , is a scientific organization that deals with all aspects of cancer research. It is based in Philadelphia . It was founded in 1907 by eleven doctors and scientists.
activities
Congresses
Annual conferences that attract more than 18,000 participants as well as thematically limited specialist meetings are organized.
Trade journals
The AACR publishes a number of professional journals:
- Cancer Discovery , founded in 2011, Impact Factor 2014 = 19,453
- Cancer Research , founded in 1941, impact factor 2014 = 9.329
- Clinical Cancer Research , founded in 1995, impact factor 2014 = 8.722
- Molecular Cancer Therapeutics , founded in 2001, Impact Factor 2014 = 5.683
- Molecular Cancer Research , founded in 2002, impact factor 2014 = 4,380
- Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention , founded in 1991, Impact Factor 2014 = 4.125
- Biomarkers & Prevention
- Cancer Prevention Research , founded in 2008, impact factor 2014 = 4,444
- Cancer Immunology Research
In addition, the magazine Cancer Today publishes a medium that is aimed at cancer patients and caregivers.
Awards
The AACR gives various awards to cancer researchers, the most prestigious being the AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research .
history
The presidents of the AACR since 1907
Source:
- 1907-09 James Ewing
- 1909-11 Harvey R. Gaylord
- 1911-12 Leo Loeb
- 1912-13 Ernest E. Tyzzer
- 1913-14 Gary N. Calkins
- 1914-15 S. Burt Wolbach
- 1915-16 H. Gideon Wells
- 1916-17 Harvey Gaylord
- 1917-18 Francis Carter Wood
- 1918-19 Edwin R. LeCount
- 1919-20 H. Gideon Wells
- 1920-21 Robert B. Greenough
- 1921-22 James B. Murphy
- 1922–23 Willi Meyer
- 1923-24 William Duane
- 1924-25 Erwin F. Smith
- 1925-26 Channing Simmons
- 1926-27 Burton T. Simpson
- 1927-28 Alfred Scott Warthin
- 1929-29 JF Schamberg
- 1929-30 Frank B. Mallory
- 1930-31 CC Little
- 1931-32 Francis Carter Wood
- 1932-33 Edward B. Krumbhaar
- 1933-34 Ward J. MacNeal
- 1934-35 Millard C. Marsh
- 1935-36 Eloxious T. Bell
- 1936-37 William H. Woglom
- 1937-38 James Ewing
- 1938-39 George HA Clowes
- 1939-40 CC Little
- 1940-41 Burton T. Simpson
- 1941–42 Carl Voegtlin
- 1942-46 Shields Warren
- 1946-47 Wiiliam U. Gardner
- 1947-48 John J. Bittner
- 1948–59 Charles Brenton Huggins
- 1949-50 Joseph C. Aub
- 1950-51 Edmund V. Cowdry
- 1951–52 Paul E. Steiner
- 1952-53 Stanley P. Reimann
- 1953-54 Harold P. Rusch
- 1954-55 Austin M. Brues
- 1955-56 Howard B. Andervont
- 1956–57 Albert Tannenbaum
- 1957-58 Jacob Furth
- 1958-59 Harold L. Stewart
- 1959–60 Theodore S. Hauschka
- 1960-61 Murray J. Shear
- 1961-62 Thelma B. Dunn
- 1962–63 Alfred Gellhorn
- 1963-64 Arthur C. Upton
- 1964–65 Paul Zamecnik
- 1965-66 Joseph H. Burchenal
- 1966-67 Henry S. Kaplan
- 1967-68 Lloyd W. Law
- 1968-69 Chester M. Southam
- 1969–70 Abraham Cantarow
- 1970–71 James F. Holland
- 1971–72 Emil Frei III
- 1972-73 Emmanuel Farber
- 1973-74 Michael B. Shimkin
- 1974-75 Van R. Potter
- 1975-76 Charlotte Friend
- 1976-77 Elizabeth C. Miller
- 1977-78 C. Gordon Zubrod
- 1978-79 Hugh J. Creech
- 1979-80 Paul P. Carbone
- 1980-81 Bayard D. Clarkson
- 1981-82 Sidney Weinhouse
- 1982-83 Gerald C. Mueller
- 1983–84 Gertrude Belle Elion
- 1984-85 Arthur B. Pardee
- 1986-87 Alan C. Sartorelli
- 1987-88 Enrico Mihich
- 1988-89 Lawrence A. Loeb
- 1989-90 Harris Busch
- 1990-91 I. Bernard Weinstein
- 1991-92 Harold L. Moses
- 1992-93 Lee W. Wattenberg
- 1993-94 Margaret L. Kripke
- 1994-95 Edward Bresnick
- 1995-96 Joseph R. Bertino
- 1996-97 Louise C. Strong
- 1997-98 Donald S. Coffey
- 1998-99 Webster K. Cavenee
- 1999–00 Daniel D. Von Hoff
- 2000-01 Tom Curran
- 2001-02 Waun Ki Hong
- 2002–03 Susan Band Horwitz
- 2003-04, Karen H. Antman
- 2004-05, Lynn M. Matrisian
- 2005-06 Peter A. Jones
- 2006-07 Geoffrey M. Wahl
- 2007-08 William N. Hait
- 2008-09 Raymond N. DuBois
- 2009-10 Tyler Jacks
- 2010-11 Elizabeth Blackburn
- 2011-12 Judy E. Garber
- 2012–13 Frank McCormick
- 2013-14 Charles L. Sawyers
- 2014-15 Carlos L. Arteaga
- 2015-16 José Baselga
- 2016-17 Nancy E. Davidson
- 2017–18 Michael A. Caligiuri
- 2018–19 Elizabeth M. Jaffee
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c website of the AACR , accessed on February 18, 2016
- ^ Presidents of the AACR ; Retrieved September 3, 2015.