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ASCO and Conquer Cancer are deeply saddened by the death of oncology luminary, health equity champion, and ASCO Humanitarian Award honoree Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCCP, FRCP (London), on January 21, 2024.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Merit Awards.  

These distinguished awards recognize first authors on top-ranking abstracts selected for presentation at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, January 25–27, 2024, in San Francisco, California. The following 32 oncology professionals are recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community:    

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Merit Awards.

These distinguished awards recognize first authors on top-ranking abstracts selected for presentation at the ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, January 18–20, 2024, in San Francisco, California. The following 28 oncology professionals are recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community:

The holidays are upon us, which means Mariah Carey has come out of hibernation, Alvin and the Chipmunks still want their hula hoop, and people in Miami are singing about snow in 70-degree weather. But, for those of you who can’t stand one more strain of Jingle Bell Rock on your long road trip to visit family, we have just the thing.

Initiative is part of the Winn Awards with the goal of increasing diversity in clinical trials and advancing equitable cancer research

​​ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, together with the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (​BMS Foundation​) and the national cancer cooperative groups today announced the first group of oncology physicians ​who ​have been selected for the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials: Clinical Investigator Leadership Award powered by Conquer Cancer’s EveryGrant® (Winn CILA-Onc: asco.org/winn-cila).

Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, supports the Oncology Summer Internship (OSI) program through the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Learn how this initiative is helping to promote a more equitable oncology workforce and build the next generation of oncology professionals.

ASCO’s OSI program continues to thrive.