Mission The mission of the American Association for Cancer Research is to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication, and collaboration.
Description Founded in 1907, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world’s first and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research and its mission to prevent and cure cancer. AACR membership includes more than 40,000 laboratory, translational, and clinical researchers; population scientists; other health care professionals; and patient advocates residing in 120 countries. The AACR marshals the full spectrum of expertise of the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, biology, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer by annually convening more than 30 conferences and educational workshops, the largest of which is the AACR Annual Meeting with more than 21,900 attendees.
AACR has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 106 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The AACR employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).
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Overall, 47% of employees would recommend working at AACR to a friend. This is based on 106 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
31% of job seekers rate their interview experience at AACR as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at AACR.