The AACR Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research is intended to honor an individual in any subfield or sector of cancer research and cancer-related sciences who has contributed significantly to the education and training of cancer researchers and other professionals at all career levels, especially of early-career and early-stage investigators.
The award serves to honor Dr. Von Hoff’s sustained and extraordinary accomplishments as a dedicated and inspirational educator as well as his sustained innovative thinking about how to accelerate advances in cancer science and medicine. His personal tutelage and professional guidance of young clinical fellows and junior clinical faculty have contributed not only to their professional background and training, but also to their ability to apply learned principles to improve the care of countless cancer patients around the world.
Among many examples of his long-term impact in cancer research has been his seminal contributions to the inception and establishment of the AACR/ASCO Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop as the premier workshop dedicated to educating oncologists on the principles of effective clinical trial designs and therapeutic interventions for the treatment of cancer.
The concept of this workshop has also been globally adapted to similar workshops in Europe as well as Australia, which has drawn attendance from individuals from India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and many other countries within Southeast Asia. Collectively, more than 4,400 young clinical investigators have been trained through these workshops for the benefit of cancer patients worldwide.