"The AACR maintains a strong commitment to enhancing the educational and training opportunities available to the next generation of cancer researchers," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), AACR's chief executive officer.
"Our primary mission is to promote the exchange of knowledge and new ideas among the scientists on the front lines of the quest for the prevention and cure of cancer," Foti added. "These awards seek to improve the inclusiveness of cancer research, so that no pool of potential talent goes untapped."
The Minority Scholar Awards are supported generously by a grant from the Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch of the National Cancer Institute and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
A committee of the AACR Minorities in Cancer Research Council administers both of these award programs.
There are 11 AACR-WICR Brigid G. Leventhal Scholars in 2005. The WICR Council sponsors the awards with the generous support of a grant from AstraZeneca.
Editors Note: The names, affiliations and, where applicable, abstract titles of all Scholar Award winners' research projects are listed in the AACR Web site, www.aacr.org .
Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research is a professional society of more than 24,000 laboratory, translational, and clinical scientists engaged in all areas of cancer research in the United States and in more than 60 other countries. AACR's mission is to accelerate the prevention and cure of cancer through research, education, communication, and advocacy. Its principal activities include the publication of five major peer-reviewed scientific journals: Cancer Research; Clinical Cancer Research; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; Molecular Cancer Research; and Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. AACR's Annual Meetings attract more than 15,000 participants who share new and significant discoveries in the cancer field. Specialty meetings, held throughout the year, focus on the latest developments in all areas of cancer research.