The William L. McGuire Memorial Lectureship
2024 Lecturer: Laura J. van 't Veer
Previous winners:
2024: Laura J. van 't Veer, PhD, professor and Angela and Shu Kai Chan Endowed Chair in Cancer Research in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the director of applied genomics and leader of the Breast Oncology Program for the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
2023: Jack Cuzick, PhD, John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and Head of the Cancer Prevention Unit at the Centre for Prevention, Detection and Diagnosis at Queen Mary University of London. Watch Dr. Cuzick's lecture.
2022: Jeffrey M. Rosen, PhD, distinguished service professor of molecular and cellular biology and the coleader of the breast cancer program at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine. Watch Dr. Rosen's lecture.
2021: Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health at the University of Chicago Medicine. Watch Dr. Olopade's lecture.
2020: Mary-Claire King, PhD, American Cancer Society Professor of Genome Sciences and Medical Genetics at the University of Washington in Seattle.
About the Lectureship
Dr. William L. McGuire, along with Dr. Charles A. Coltman, founded the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium® in 1977. The William L. McGuire Memorial Lectureship was established in 1992 to commemorate the significant contributions of Dr. McGuire to oncology medicine. His research played a major role in introducing estrogen receptor assays on breast tumor tissue as a guide to treatment decisions for women with breast cancer. Breast cancer patients everywhere now receive these tests.
The lecturer is selected by the SABCS® McGuire Award Committee from persons through a nomination process. The selection is based on the following criteria:
• Lecturers are respected figures with an internationaln reputation
• They have made significant contributions to the field of breast cancer research.
• They are known as skilled presenters.
• They present a topic of high current interest related to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer or to the study of its underlying mechanisms.
AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research
2024 Winner: Steffi Oesterreich
Read the press release announcing her award
The AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research has been established to recognize outstanding science that has inspired or has the potential to inspire new perspectives on the etiology, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of breast cancer.
Watch the lecture from 2023 winner Kornelia Polyak of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research
- Funded by The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
2024 Winner: Christina Curtis
Read the press release announcing her award
The AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research is presented to an investigator no more than 50 years of age whose novel and significant work that has had or may have a far-reaching impact on the etiology, detection, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of breast cancer.
Watch the lecture from 2023 winner Alana L. Welm, MD, of the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City.