Call for Nominations: American Association for Cancer Research Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research

Call for Nominations: American Association for Cancer Research Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research Nomination Deadline: 4:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 26, 2013. The Award The American Association for Cancer Research established this award in 2007 in honor of Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), for her exemplary leadership of the AACR as its chief executive officer; for her sustained, outstanding work in fostering research, scholarly communications, education and training, science policy and public education; and for her extraordinary dedication and contributions to the conquest of cancer. This award recognizes a true champion of cancer research, an individual who embodies the sustained commitment of Margaret Foti to the prevention and cure of cancer. The award is given to an individual whose leadership and extraordinary achievements in cancer research or in support of cancer research have made a major impact on the field. Such achievements include contributions to the acceleration of progress in cancer research, raising national or international awareness of cancer research, or other demonstrations of a sustained commitment to the conquest of cancer. The Eighth Annual Award will be presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014, in San Diego, CA, USA (April 5-9, 2014). The recipient must be present to receive the award unless otherwise unable to do so because of health restrictions or other ser...
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