AACR
CEO Margaret Foti Receives Cancer Service Award
“I’m deeply honored to receive this special recognition from the Association of American Cancer Institutes,” Foti said. “The AACI is a vitally important organization in the cancer field. As an effective advocate for the nation’s cancer centers, AACI advances the cancer research agenda and facilitates progress against this terrible disease.”
“Under Dr. Foti’s leadership, the American Association for Cancer Research has become the largest scientific organization in the world focused on every aspect of high-quality, innovative cancer research,” said AACI President H. Shelton Earp III, M.D. “The Distinguished Service Award recognizes her outstanding contributions to the progress of cancer research at the nation’s cancer centers and her commitment to fostering the exchange of knowledge and new ideas among scientists dedicated to cancer research.”
Foti
has dedicated her career to cancer research and the AACR. Progressing
through several key editorial and management roles at the AACR, she was
appointed to her current position of CEO in 1982 by the AACR’s Board of
Directors. In addition, she serves as Secretary-Treasurer and CEO of the
AACR Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer and Managing Editor
of Cancer Research. During
Foti’s tenure, AACR membership has grown to more than 24,000 scientists
residing in more than 70 countries.
“Dr.
Foti’s accomplishments at AACR are numerous and her exceptional
stewardship of AACR has contributed significantly to the
In addition to serving as Managing Editor of Cancer Research, the most highly cited cancer journal in the world, Foti and the AACR have launched four additional high-quality journals: Clinical Cancer Research; Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention; Molecular Cancer Therapeutics; and Molecular Cancer Research—all of which are prestigious publications in the cancer field, contributing over 26,000 scientific pages to the scientific literature every year.
Among
her many outside professional activities, Foti has served as a Board
member, and later as President, of the National Coalition for Cancer
Research; member of the Advisory Board of the Friends of Cancer Research;
Board member of the Translational Genomics Institute (TGen); Medical
Advisory Board Member of the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation;
member of the Council of the European Association for Cancer Research; and
Board member of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. She has also
served as President of the Council of Science Editors and of the Society
for Scholarly Publishing, and has served in various capacities for the
International Federation of Science Editors, the General Motors Cancer
Research Foundation, the European Life Science Editors Association, the
American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association, among others.
She has also been a consultant to a number of nonprofit organizations and
has lectured widely at academic institutions in the
Foti
has received many national and international awards for her contributions
to cancer research including: the American Association for Cancer
Research, the City of Paris for her contributions to the field of
oncology; the Cino del Duca Award for raising public awareness globally;
the Community Caring Award from the William S. Graham Foundation for
Melanoma Research; and the American Society of Clinical Oncology for her
work in advancing clinical cancer research.
For her work she has also been awarded Honorary Memberships in the
Japanese Cancer Association and the European Association for Cancer
Research, and an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the
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The
mission of the American Association for Cancer Research is to prevent and
cure cancer. Founded in 1907, AACR is the world’s oldest and largest
professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research. The
membership includes more than 24,000 basic, translational, and clinical
researchers; health care professionals; and cancer survivors and advocates
in the
