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Webinar Resources

Recordings and slides are now available for AACI's recent webinars on the use of spatial data to analyze cancer center catchment areas, repurposing surplus cancer medications, and providing cancer care in underserved rural and urban communities.

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2024 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting

Meeting Program Now Available

The 2024 AACI/CCAF Annual Meeting will be held October 20-22 at the Loews Chicago Hotel. Learn more about meeting sessions, supporters, and award recipients in the digital meeting program book.

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Save the Dates

2025 AACI Meetings

Save the dates for AACI's 2025 meetings.

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Support

2025 AACI Support Opportunities

There are many ways to support AACI's 2025 events, from program ads and branded to tote bags to coffee breaks, receptions, and exhibits.

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Latest News

AACI Update
October 2024

AACI Commentary
September 2024

AACI Annual Report
2023 Report

AACI: 1959 to 2021
The History of the Association of American Cancer Institutes

Our Mission

Accelerating Progress Against Cancer

The Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) represents over 100 premier academic and freestanding cancer centers in the United States and Canada. AACI is accelerating progress against cancer by enhancing the impact of academic cancer centers and promoting cancer health equity.

CRI

Clinical
Research

Acting as a network for research leaders, Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) promotes the efficient operation of clinical research facilities at AACI cancer centers.

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Public Policy

Public
Policy

The AACI Government Relations Forum facilitates an improved understanding of policy issues as they pertain to cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship.

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Meetings & Events

Meetings & Events

AACI meetings bring cancer centers together to discover solutions to common challenges. AACI also shares event announcements as a benefit to members.
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Recent Headlines

Call for Abstracts: CADEx Conference

Call for Abstracts: CADEx Conference

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AACI Steering Committees Seeking Nominations

AACI Steering Committees Seeking Nominations

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Ebert to Serve as Dana-Farber President and CEO

Ebert to Serve as Dana-Farber President and CEO

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Meet the President

As director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Robert A. Winn, MD, is leading the nation in establishing a 21st-century model of equity for cancer science and care, in which the community is informing and partnering with Massey on its research to best address the cancer burden and disparities of those the cancer center serves, with a local focus but global impact.

As a pulmonologist, Dr. Winn is committed to community-engaged research centered on eliminating health disparities. He is a principal investigator on several community-based projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the NCI, including the All of Us Research Program, an NIH precision medicine initiative. Dr. Winn has nearly 20 years’ commitment to Veterans Affairs health services and held appointments at the Denver VA and Jesse Brown VA in Chicago, where he established the first multidisciplinary pulmonary nodule clinic. His current basic science research, which has been supported by multiple NIH and Veterans Affairs Merit awards, focuses on the molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches for human models of lung cancer.

In addition to his role as AACI president, Dr. Winn is the chair of the National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; a fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy; and a member of the Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society and LUNGevity Foundation.

The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Dr. Winn has received the National Cancer Institute Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities CURE Program Lifetime Achievement Award; the AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship; the inaugural AACI Cancer Health Equity Award; and the Prevent Cancer Foundation Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Laurel Award for Increasing Health Equity.
 

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Presidential Initiative

The AACI Presidential Initiative allows the president of AACI's Board of Directors to formalize a special project of broad interest and value to AACI members during their two-year term.

Dr. Winn’s AACI Presidential Initiative aims to develop and promote inclusive excellence by examining methods through which AACI members can foster partnerships with like-minded organizations, government agencies, and other institutions – regionally, nationally, and globally. 

Activities proposed for the Inclusive Excellence Initiative focus on collaborative efforts to create opportunities for research, training and education, and patient navigation. The initiative will also support the continued facilitation of AACI’s annual Leadership Diversity and Development Workshop and the annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summit in partnership with the Cancer Center DEI Network and the American Cancer Society.

 

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