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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
Philip D. Greenberg, MD, FAACR
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
President-Elect
Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR
Yale Cancer Center
Yale University
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Treasurer
William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Raritan, New Jersey
Past President
Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR, FAIO
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Portland, Oregon
Chief Executive Officer
Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD
The Tisch Cancer Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
New York, New York
John M. Carethers, MD
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California
John D. Carpten, PhD, FAACR
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Luis A. Diaz Jr., MD, FAACR
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Susan M. Galbraith, MBBChir, PhD,
MRCP, FRCR, FMedSci
AstraZeneca
Cambridge, England
Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
Ira Mellman, PhD, FAACR
Genentech Inc.
South San Francisco, California
Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCO, FSSO
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York
William Pao, MD, PhD
Pfizer
New York, New York
Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland
Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Boston, Massachusetts
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil
Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jedd Wolchok, MD, PhD, FASCO, FAACR
Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York
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
Burrage Capital
MPM Capital
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Thomas Bown II
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
James V. Buzzitta, MD
Hughes Management, LC
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Lauretta Chrys
Boston, Massachusetts
Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR, FAIO
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon
Nancy E. Davidson, MD, FAACR
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington
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
Philip D. Greenberg, MD, FAACR
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR
Johnson & Johnson Global External Innovation
Raritan, New Jersey
Tonya Hallett
Amazon Global Delivery Services
Brentwood, Tennessee
Richard A. Heyman, PhD
Vividion Therapeutics
Metacrine, Inc.
ORIC Pharmaceuticals
Del Mar, California
Michael E. Jesanis
Sunapee, New Hampshire
Eleanor D. Kress, MBA, JD
Wilmington Trust Retirement and Institutional Services Co.
New York, New York
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
Anil K. Rustgi, MD
Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, New York
Ajit Singh, PhD
Artiman Ventures
Palo Alto, California
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
Bylaws Committee
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR
Continuing Medical Education Committee
Steven T. Rosen, MD
Education and Training Committee
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR
Exhibits Committee
Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD
Finance and Audit Committee
Cheryl L. Willman, MD
International Affairs Committee
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR
Nominating Committee
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR
Publications Committee
Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD, FAACR
Satellite Educational Symposia Committee
Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, Cochair
Steven T. Rosen, MD, Cochair
Evan Y. Yu, MD, Cochair
Science Education and Career Advancement Committee
Brian M. Rivers, PhD
Science Policy and Government Affairs Committee
Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD
Special Conferences Committee
Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, FAACR
Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD
Tellers Committee
Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD
Annual Meeting Program Committee
Keith T. Flaherty, MD, FAACR, Chair
Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc, Chair
Cochairs
Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD
John M. Carethers, MD
June M. Chan, DSc
Bruce E. Clurman, MD, PhD
Frederic J. de Sauvage, PhD
James V. DeGregori, PhD
Olivier Delattre, MD, PhD
Susan M. Domchek, MD
Jane C. Figueiredo, PhD
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD
Cyrus M. Ghajar, PhD
Irene M. Ghobrial, MD
Raphael Gottardo, PhD
Susan Halabi, PhD
James R. Heath, PhD, FAACR
F. Stephen Hodi, MD
David G. Huntsman, MD
Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH
David M. Hyman, MD
Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue, MD, PhD
Cigall Kadoch, PhD
T. Peter Kingham, MD
Shivaani Kummar, MD
Tak W. Mak, PhD, FAACR
Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH
Daniel K. Nomura, PhD
Rushika M. Perera, PhD
David R. Piwnica-Worms, MD, PhD
Charles W.M. Roberts, MD, PhD
Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH
John H. Stewart, IV., MD, MBA
Elizabeth M. Swisher, MD
Phuoc T. Tran, MD PhD
Marcel R.M. van den Brink, MD, PhD
Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD, FAACR
Paul Workman, PhD
Annual Meeting Clinical Trials Committee
Shivaani Kummar, MD
Timothy A. Yap, MD, PhD
Annual Meeting Education Committee
Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD, FAACR, Chair
Cochairs
John M. Carethers, MD
Irene M. Ghobrial, MD
Cigall Kadoch, PhD
Marcel R.M. van den Brink, MD, PhD
AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, PhD
AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Blood Cancer Research Committee
Faith E. Davies, MD
AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Committee
Chudi O. Ndubaku, PhD
AACR Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Award Committee
B. Lee Green, PhD
AACR Clinical Cancer Research Awards Committee
Suzanne L. Topalian, MD, FAACR
AACR Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research Committee
Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD
AACR-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology Committee
Crystal L. Mackall, MD, FAACR
AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research Committee
Nicholas C. Turner, MD, PhD
AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Committee
Scarlett L. Gomez, PhD, MPH
AACR Ewing-Dunn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pathology in Cancer Research Committee
Roy A. Jensen, MD
AACR Laboratory Research Award Committee
Jonathan Chernoff, MD, PhD
AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research Committee
Patricia LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR
AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship Committee
Valerie Odero-Marah, PhD
AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research Committee
Hope S. Rugo, MD
AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship Committee
Louis M. Staudt, MD, 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
Felix Y. Feng, MD
AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translation and Clinical Cancer Research Committee
Andrew P. Futreal, PhD, FAACR
AACR-WICR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship Committee
Carmen E. Guerra, MD
Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Robert D. Schreiber, PhD, FAACR
AACR Cancer Progress Report Steering Committee
Philip D. Greenberg, MD, FAACR
AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism Judging Panel
Clifton Leaf, MS
AACR Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange (GENIE) Steering Committee
Philippe Bedard, MD, FRCPC
Aging and Cancer: Stress and Other Risk Factors Task Force
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR
COVID-19 and Cancer Task Force
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, FAACR
Exploratory IND/Biomarker Driven Clinical Trials Task Force
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR
Racial Inequities in Cancer Research Task Force
John M. Carethers, MD
Melissa B. Davis, PhD
Hematologic Malignancies Task Force
Jonathan D. Licht, MD
Pathology in Cancer Research Task Force
Massimo F. Loda, MD
Precision Combination Therapies Task Force
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR
Trust in Science Task Force
William S. Dalton, MD, PhD
Cancer Evolution Working Group
Anna D. Barker, PhD, FAACR
Jeffrey P. Townsend, PhD
Cancer Immunology Working Group
Kunle Odunsi, MD
Cancer Prevention Working Group
Adriana Albini, PhD
Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group
Mary M. Mader, PhD
Pediatric Cancer Working Group
E. Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Population Sciences Working Group
Lorelei A. Mucci, ScD, MPH
Radiation Science and Medicine Working Group
Fei-Fei Liu, MD
Tumor Microenvironment Working Group
Mikala Egeblad, PhD