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CHOP Cancer Researchers Win 2021 AACR Team Science Award
April 9, 2021 GMT
John M. Maris, MD
PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Twelve researchers in the Cancer Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have won the 2021 Team Science Award from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The award, presented annually at the AACR Annual Meeting for collaborative scientific advancements, recognizes the significant contributions to the pediatric cancer research community made by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation-Stand Up 2 Cancer Pediatric Dream Team. The Team is led by CHOP physician-scientist John M. Maris, MD and co-leader Stanford University immunologist and pediatric oncologist Crystal L. Mackall, MD, and supported by a multi-disciplinary group of researchers across 10 North American centers.