AACI/AACR Hill Day

Cancer Research is Saving Lives

Registration is now open for the 2024 AACI/AACR Hill Day, which will take place in Washington, DC, on Thursday, May 16. Your participation in Hill Day is critical to sharing our message with our legislators in Washington: that stable, predictable funds are needed to advance cancer research and care at our nation’s cancer centers.

AACI is encouraging each cancer center to send at least one representative to Washington to advocate on your center’s behalf. 

Who Can Attend?
  • Cancer center directors
  • Physician-scientists
  • Administrators
  • Government relations representatives
  • Public relations staffers
  • Patient advocates and others who have benefited from treatment at an AACI cancer center

Hill Day participants must be from an AACI member institution or a member of AACR. 

AACI has reserved a room block for Hill Day attendees at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. If you need hotel accommodations, please reserve your room at the time of registration using the link provided in your confirmation email. 

If you have any questions, please contact AACI Senior Government Relations Manager Jaren Love.

Cancer Research Ally Award

Nominations are being accepted for the annual Cancer Research Ally Award, which will be presented before the 2024 AACI/AACR Hill Day. This award recognizes two members of Congress (one Democrat and one Republican) for their support of and advocacy for cancer research. This year’s award will be presented at a Hill Day reception on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, May 15.

Cancer Research Ally Award recipients and Hill Day speakers offer unique perspectives on the value of funding for the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, while promoting the important work at AACI cancer centers. Past recipients have included Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL); Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO); and Representatives Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), and Fred Upton (R-MI).

The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 15. To submit a nomination or for more information, please contact AACI Senior Government Relations Manager Jaren Love.