Andrew P. Feinberg, Foreign Adjunct Professor within the Translational Psychiatry research group at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, has been awarded the 2026 AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research.
Andrew P. Feinberg, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Epigenetics at Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, Engineering and Public Health receives the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) G.H.A. Clowes Award 2026.
The award recognizes Feinberg's pioneering work in establishing the key role of epigenetic alterations in cancer. His research demonstrated that epigenetic changes, where methyl groups latch on to DNA, contribute to the growth and progression of tumors. AACR notes that his contributions "…established the epigenome as a central driver of cancer biology, identified causal epigenetic mechanisms for cancer risk and progression, and laid the foundation for new approaches to cancer detection, prevention, and therapeutic intervention."
As part of the award, Feinberg delivered a lecture on "Epigenetic mechanisms of cancer progression" at the AACR annual meeting in San Diego on April 20th.
