Leadership

AACR Officers and Directors

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.

Officers

President

Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR

Yale Cancer Center
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

President-Elect

Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Treasurer

William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Johnson & Johnson Global External Innovation
Raritan, New Jersey

Past President

Philip D. Greenberg, MD, FAACR

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Chief Executive Officer

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)

American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Board of Directors

John M. Carethers, MD

University of California San Diego
San Diego, California

John D. Carpten, PhD, FAACR

City of Hope
Duarte, California

Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc

Stanford University
Stanford, California

Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD

Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee

William Pao, MD, PhD

Revelio Therapeutics, Inc.
New York, New York

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

Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD

Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Jean-Charles Soria, MD, PhD

Amgen
Thousand Oaks, California

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

Catherine J. Wu, MD, FAACR

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

AACR Foundation Officers and Trustees

Eighty-five 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.

Officers

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

Trustees

Christiana Bardon, MD, MBA

BioImpact Capital
Boston, 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, MD (hc), FAACR, FAIO

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

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbia University
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

Trustees Emeriti

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

Standing Committee Chairs

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

Anna D. Barker, PhD, FAACR

Global Affairs Committee

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR

Nominating Committee

Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD, FAACR

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

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD

Special Conferences Committee

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

Annual Meeting Committee Chairs

Annual Meeting Program Committee

Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR
Matthew G. Vander Heiden, MD, PhD

Cochairs

Cory Abate-Shen, PhD
Alberto Bardelli, PhD
Philippe L. Bedard, MD
Robert G. Bristow, MD, PhD
Andrea Califano, Dr, FAACR
Caroline Chung, MD
Hyun Cheol Chung, MD, PhD
John L. Cleveland, PhD
David W. Craig, PhD
Benjamin F. Cravatt, PhD
Elisabeth de Vries, MD, PhD
Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH
Jill Feldman, MA
Annie A. Huang, MD, PhD
Melissa M. Hudson, MD
Anthony M. Joshua, MBBS, PhD
Yibin Kang, PhD
Carlo C. Maley, PhD
Ignacio Melero, MD, PhD
Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD
Naoko Ohtani, MD, PhD
Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH
Maria Rescigno, PhD
Kurt A. Schalper, MD, PhD
Mara H. Sherman, PhD
Stefani Spranger, PhD
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD
Michael A. Teitell, MD, PhD
Ashok R. Venkitaraman, MBBS, PhD
E. John Wherry III, PhD, FAACR
Johnathan R. Whetstine, PhD
Michael B. Yaffe, MD, PhD
Qin Yan, PhD
Ying Yuan, PhD

Annual Meeting Clinical Trials Committee

Jayesh Desai, MD
Ryan B. Corcoran, MD, PhD

Annual Meeting Education Committee

Matthew G. Vander Heiden, MD, PhD

Cochairs

Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH
Elisabeth de Vries, MD, PhD
Carlo C. Maley, PhD
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD
Michael B. Yaffe, MD, PhD

Scientific Achievement Award Committee Chairs

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

Ignacio Melero, MD, PhD

AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research Committee

Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD

AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Committee

Claradina Soto, PhD

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

John D. Carpten, PhD, FAACR

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

Sofia D. Merajver, MD, PhD

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

Specialty Committee Chairs

AACR Cancer Progress Report Steering Committee

Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR

AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism Judging Panel

Clifton Leaf, MS

Vice Chair

Ron Winslow, BA

AACR Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange (GENIE®) Steering Committee

Philippe L. Bedard, MD, FRCPC

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