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Members of the AACR Board of Directors for 2024–2025.The AACR thanks its officers and members of the board of directors for their vision, their wisdom, and their hard work in support of the AACR’s mission.
President
Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
President-Elect
Keith T. Flaherty, MD, FAACR
Massachusetts General Cancer Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Treasurer
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR
City of Hope
Duarte, California
Past President
Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR
Yale Cancer Center
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Chief Executive Officer
Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John M. Carethers, MD
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California
Johann S. de Bono, MD ChB, MSc, PhD
Institute of Cancer Research
London, United Kingdom
Mikala Egeblad, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD
NYU Langone Health Perlmutter Cancer Center
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York
Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Crystal Mackall, MD, FAACR
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford, California
Electra D. Paskett, PhD
James Cancer Hospital
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland
Katerina A. Politi, PhD
Yale Cancer Center
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Jean-Charles Soria, MD, PhD
Amgen
Thousand Oaks, California
Jedd Wolchok, MD, PhD, FASCO, FAACR
Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York
Catherine J. Wu, MD, FAACR
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Timothy A. Yap, MBBS, PhD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Eighty-eight cents of every dollar raised by the AACR Foundation goes to support lifesaving cancer science. The AACR thanks the officers and trustees of the Foundation for their efforts to maximize the impact of donations on the lives of cancer patients.
President and Chairman
Stephen D. Ryan
Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group
Pittsford, New York
Secretary-Treasurer and CEO
Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Founding Chairman of the Board and President Emeritus
Bayard D. Clarkson, MD, FAACR
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Christiana Bardon, MD, MBA
BioImpact Capital
Boston, Massachusetts
Thomas Bown II
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
James V. Buzzitta, MD
Hughes Management, LC
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR
City of Hope
Duarte, California
Lauretta Chrys
Boston, Massachusetts
Katie Coleman
Buda, Texas
Nancy E. Davidson, MD, FAACR
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
Bill Day
Citizen Media Group
Philadelphia, PA
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, FAACR
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Faye Florence, Esq.
Attorney, Non-Profit Board Member
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Cathy Fraser, MBA
WelbeHealth
Rochester, Minnesota
Tonya Hallett
Amazon Global Delivery Services
Brentwood, Tennessee
Justine Hastings, PhD
Auger
Bellevue, Washington
Richard A. Heyman, PhD
Vividion Therapeutics
Metacrine, Inc.
ORIC Pharmaceuticals
Del Mar, California
Michael E. Jesanis
Sunapee, New Hampshire
Steven A. Johnson, MD, FACS
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
John E. Leonard, PhD
Vaccinex, Inc.
Carlsbad, California
Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR
Yale Cancer Center
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Gladys Monroy, PhD, JD
Intellectual Property Consultant
Atherton, California
Nancy Reyda
Denver, Colorado
Rachael Ringer
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP
New York, New York
Anil K. Rustgi, MD
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbia University
New York, New York
Ajit Singh, PhD
Flagship Pioneering and Harbinger Health
Palo Alto, California
Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Nancy Staisey, PhD
Health Care Consultant
Lewes, Delaware
Gary Steele, Col. (Ret.)
Retired U.S. Army Officer
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
José Baselga, MD, PhD, FAACR †
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, FAACR
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH, FAACR
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Tyler Jacks, PhD, FAACR
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sherry Lansing
The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Los Angeles, California
Laurence J. Marton, MD
Palo Alto, California
Frank McCormick, PhD, FAACR
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Charles L. Sawyers, MD, FAACR
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
† Deceased
Education and Training Committee
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR
Exhibits Committee
Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD
Finance and Audit Committee
Anna D. Barker, PhD, FAACR
Global Affairs Committee
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR
Nominating Committee
Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD
Publications Committee
Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD, FAACR
Satellite Educational Symposia Committee
Steven T. Rosen, MD
Evan Y. Yu, MD
Heather A. Wakelee, MD
Science Education and Career Advancement Committee
Brian M. Rivers, PhD
Science Policy and Government Affairs Committee
Chair
Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD
Vice Chair
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
Special Conferences Committee
Chair
Timothy A. Yap, MD, PhD
Cochairs
Ryan B. Corcoran, MD, PhD
Christina Curtis, PhD
Scarlett L. Gomez, PhD, MPH
Charles W.M. Roberts, MD, PhD
Tellers Committee
Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, FAACR
Annual Meeting Program Committee
Chairs
Paul S. Mischel, MD, FAACR
Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD
Cochairs
Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH
Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Benjamin F. Cravatt, PhD
Edna Cukierman, PhD
Kristen Dahlgren
Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD, FAACR
Anjee Davis, MPPA
Jayesh Desai, MD
Maximilian Diehn, MD, PhD
Christopher R. Flowers, MD
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD
Todd R. Golub, MD, FAACR
Mithat Gönen, PhD
Benjamin Haibe-Kains, PhD
A. John Iafrate, MD, PhD
Jakob Nikolas Kather, MD
Christopher I. Li, MD, PhD
David C. Lyden, MD, PhD
Nicholas E. Navin, PhD
Nickolas Papadopoulos, PhD
Electra D. Paskett, PhD, MSPH, FAACR
Ravi B. Patel, MD, PhD
Barbara Pistilli, MD
Katerina A. Politi, PhD
Lynne-Marie Postovit, PhD
Katayoun Rezvani, MD, PhD
Sun Young Rha, MD, PhD
Charles W.M. Roberts, MD, PhD
Diane M. Simeone, MD
Peter K. Sorger, PhD
Julie Sutcliffe, PhD
Naoko Takebe, MD, PhD
Daniel S.W. Tan, PhD
Katsuya Tsuchihara, MD, PhD
Marcel R.M. van den Brink, MD, PhD
Colin D. Weekes, MD, PhD
Monte M. Winslow, PhD
Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD
Annual Meeting Clinical Trials Committee
Jayesh Desai, MD
Ecaterina Ileana Dumbrava, MD
Annual Meeting Education Committee
Chair
Edna Cukierman, PhD
Cochairs
Benjamin Haibe-Kains, PhD
A. John Iafrate, MD, PhD
Electra D. Paskett, PhD, MSPH, FAACR
AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD, FAACR
AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Blood Cancer Research Committee
Ravindra Majeti, MD, PhD
AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Committee
Danette L. Daniels, PhD
AACR Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Award Committee
Lee W. Jones, PhD
AACR Clinical Cancer Research Awards Committee
Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD, FAACR
AACR Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research Committee
Ramesh K. Ramanathan, MD
AACR-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology Committee
Ton Schumacher, PhD, FAACR
AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research Committee
Angela M. DeMichele, MD
AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Committee
Kevin D. Cassel, DrPH
AACR James S. Ewing-Thelma B. Dunn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pathology in Cancer Research Committee
Kurt A. Schalper, MD, PhD
AACR Laboratory Research Award Committee
J. Alan Diehl, PhD
AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research Committee
William Pao, MD, PhD
AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship Committee
José G. Treviño, II, MD
AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research Committee
Joyce A. O’Shaughnessy, MD
AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship Committee
Tyler Jacks, PhD, FAACR
AACR-St. Baldrick’s Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pediatric Cancer Research Committee
Jason T. Yustein, MD
AACR Team Science Award Committee
Michael B. Yaffe, MD, PhD
AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research Committee
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, FAACR
AACR-WICR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship Committee
Jill P. Mesirov, PhD
Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Giulio F. Draetta, MD, PhD
AACR Cancer Progress Report Steering Committee
Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR
AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism Judging Panel
Chair
Clifton Leaf, MS
CoChair
Ron Winslow, BA
AACR Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange (GENIE®) Steering Committee
Kenneth L. Kehl, MD, MPH
Aging and Cancer: Stress and Other Risk Factors Task Force
Chair
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR
CoChairs
Electra D. Paskett, PhD, MSPH, FAACR
Sheila A. Stewart, PhD
Cancer Data Science Task Force
Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc
Cancer Molecular Imaging and Theranostics Task Force
Kayvan R. Keshari, PhD
David R. Piwnica-Worms, MD, PhD
Julie L. Sutcliffe, PhD
Exploratory IND/Biomarker Driven Clinical Trials Task Force
Chair
Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, FAACR
Cochair
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR
Lung Cancer Task Force
Chair
Charles Swanton, MD, FAACR
Precision Combination Therapies Task Force
Chair
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR
CoChairs
Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD, FAACR
Albert C. Koong, MD, PhD
Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, FAACR
Trust in Science Task Force
William S. Dalton, MD, PhD
Asian/Asian American/Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders Task Force
William Pao, MD, PhD
Cancer Evolution Working Group
Laura M. Heiser, PhD
Cancer Immunology Working Group
Catherine J. Wu, MD
Cancer Prevention Working Group
Marcia Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD
Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group
Lori S. Friedman, PhD
Hematologic Malignancies Working Group
Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, FAACR
Pathology in Caner Research Working Group
Massimo Loda, MD
Pediatric Cancer Working Group
Meredith S. Irwin, MD
Population Sciences Working Group
Paul A. Scheet, PhD
Radiation Science and Medicine Working Group
Quynh-Thu Le, MD
Tumor Microenvironment Working Group
Edna Cukierman, PhD
