News | Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation

Alexandria, Va. - Conquer Cancer^®, the ASCO Foundation, welcomes two new members to its Board of Directors in 2020. National health care policy leader and urologist, Richard J. Boxer, MD, FACS, and global pharmaceutical developer and immuno-oncology expert Amy Peterson, MD, will help guide Conquer Cancer in its support of funding breakthrough research for every type of cancer.

Alexandria, Va. - Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation is proud to announce Rebecca DeBoer, MD, MA, and Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, as recipients of the 2020 Conquer Cancer-Bristol-Myers Squibb Global Oncology Young Investigator Award (GO YIA): Implementation Science to Address Oncology Care in Low- and Middle-income Countries (LMICs).  These GO YIA grants support early-career researchers with projects focused on developing and implementing training models for primary care physicians and identifying sustainable resources to address oncology care in LMICs.

Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Quality Care Symposium Merit Awards. Conquer Cancer Merit Awards recognize oncology fellows’ and trainees’ high-quality research submitted in abstracts to an ASCO-sponsored or cosponsored meeting. Awardees will present their research at the Symposium, taking place Sept.

CHICAGO, IL (June 3, 2019) – Gateway for Cancer Research℠, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding transformational cancer research, announces a scientific partnership with Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation to establish the Gateway Discovery Grant Program.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting Merit Awards. These distinguished awards support oncology trainees who are first authors on abstracts selected for  presentation at the ASCO Annual Meeting. This year, Conquer Cancer will recognize 125 recipients with Merit Awards at the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting, having already awarded 33 symposia-specific Merit Awards in 2019.

The second Integra Connect Golf Classic benefitting ASCO’s Conquer Cancer Foundation raised more than $1 million to support cancer research. The event took place March 31 - April 1, 2019, at the PGA Resort & Spa in Palm Beach, Florida.