Join CMCA

Membership Benefits

Stay Inspired. Stay Informed.

As a member institution, your entire marcom staff will have year-long access to career-building tools and resources, exclusive networking opportunities and more. Once your website registration is approved, complete payment to access all CMCA member benefits.

Your Institutional Membership Includes

Access to Our Network

Whether you have a challenge to solve or you’re simply looking for new ideas, CMCA gives you instant access to cancer marketers and communicators at the nation’s leading cancer centers.

Job Board

Find your next opportunity—or team member. Because our members are specialized in their careers, the CMCA job board makes it easy to find experienced, qualified marcom professionals.

Professional Development Resources

Explore best practices, learn new techniques and discover lessons learned from other cancer centers through our blog, newsletters and webinars.

Exclusive Member Portal

Through the member-only portal, you can access the job board, affinity groups, member directory, webinars, newsletters and a message board to connect with colleagues nationwide.

Conference Discounts

Take advantage of a discount to the only conference that brings together development, marketing and communications professionals working in cancer research and care.

Affinity Groups

Stay up to date on key issues in your specific area of expertise and network within your specialization by joining our affinity groups.

Hear From Our Members

“Recently our team began a new project that involves educating our researchers about how to use social media and how it can be beneficial to their work. I reached out to the members of [the CMCA digital strategies] affinity group to ask if anyone else had taken on this type of project, and many of my colleagues sent over ideas, presentations, tips and lessons learned from their own organizations. This has been incredibly helpful as we begin to build out this new program!”

Megan Peters
Digital Communications Manager, The University of Kansas Cancer Center

“I have benefited greatly, both professionally and personally, through my participation on the CMCA Steering Committee, as well as by networking through the affinity groups and attending the annual NACCDO-CMCA Conference. I highly recommend being part of this valuable organization.”

Javier De Jesus
Associate Director, Digital Communications, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Membership Eligibility

CMCA membership is reserved for marketing and communications professionals employed directly by academic cancer centers that are designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) or members of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI). Professionals who work for hospitals or health systems affiliated with or branded in partnership with these centers—but who are not employed by the centers themselves—are not eligible for CMCA membership.

CMCA members include professionals who work in public relations, media relations, marketing, event planning, physician relations, graphic design and publications, web design and content management, business development, marcom strategy and leadership, physician relations and other related communications functions.

Membership Dues

CMCA membership dues are a flat rate of $695 per institution per year. With this cancer center-based membership model, institutions may sign up an unlimited number of relevant marketing and communications professionals under their cancer center account. All individual members are then eligible for the discounted member rate for our annual conference and other year-round membership benefits. Note that membership dues are nonrefundable and nontransferable.