AACR's Special Program for High School Students is organized by the AACR Science Education Committee to provide unique and lively exchanges between students and distinguished cancer researchers. The program consists of three excellent opportunities for student exposure to the world of cancer research:
- special presentations by eminent scientists and a cancer survivor on the latest research advances in the field;
- a guided tour of the poster and exhibit areas; and
- a networking session in which the students interact with both junior and senior scientists, present posters or exhibits of their school projects, learn about job opportunities and summer internships, and get to know each other.
The Special Program for High School Students will take place 9:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Monday, April 7, in Room 714 in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Awards for Undergraduate Students is a special program designed to inspire young science students to enter the field of cancer research. Through this program, AACR continues its commitment to promoting the education and training of the next generation of scientists and to facilitating and nurturing their careers in cancer research or cancer-related biomedical science. Since the Science Education Awards were founded in 1997, they have been supported by generous annual contributions from a distinguished AACR member, Dr. Thomas J. Bardos. Dr. Bardos' contributions have been matched by those of AACR. The Board of Directors of AACR expresses its deep appreciation for the foresight, leadership, and generosity of Dr. Bardos in encouraging the creation of these Science Education Awards program, and in sustaining the program for the past seven years.
The names and affiliations of the 20 AACR Science Education Award recipients are listed below.
2002-2003 AACR-THOMAS J. BARDOS SCIENCE EDUCATION AWARDEES
Sara E. Clark, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
Rowena Cua, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Erika A. Danna, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
Phillip J. Gray, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
Lorena Hernandez, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
Sadhana Jackson, Hampton University, Hampton Virginia
Ryan H. Shanks, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina
Jennifer C. Shih, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Marc A. Soares, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Traci J. Speed, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
2003-2004 AACR-THOMAS J. BARDOS SCIENCE EDUCATION AWARDEES
Divya Babbar, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Yasmin Daniel, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Nicole D. Gaskins, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dana L. Goldner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts
Nancy Huynh, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Kevin W. Jenkins, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michelle M. Kim, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Brian S. Robinson, University of California, Davis, Canada
Skeetora D. Taylor, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
Joy K. Zartman, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Many of these students will become Student Members of AACR and, from this early stage in their educational development, will be inspired to pursue careers in cancer research.
Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is a professional society of more than 20,000 laboratory and clinical scientists engaged in cancer research in the United States and 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 meeting attracts more than 15,000 participants who share new and significant discoveries in the cancer field, and the AACR's specialty meetings throughout the year focus on all the important areas of basic, translational and clinical cancer research.