AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research

official
Organizer
American Association for Cancer Research
Why it counts
Awarded annually since 2004 by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR, Philadelphia), to individuals who have made significant fundamental contributions to cancer research through a single discovery or a body of work
Held
annual, recipient announced by the AACR in March/April and honored at the AACR Annual Meeting in April; year = award year

Reigning winners

AACR Lifetime Achievement Award recipient · 2020

YearAACR Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
2020 Phillip Sharp
2019 Emil J. Freireich Jr.
2018 Joseph R. Bertino
2017 Mina Bissell
2016 Robert Weinberg
2015 Mario Capecchi