AACR Annual Report 2021

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Officers and Directors Foundation Officers and Trustees Committee Chairs Task Force Chairs Scientific Working Group Chairs

Leadership
Members of the AACR Board of Directors for 2021.

Officers and Directors

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
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

President-Elect
Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR

Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Portland, Oregon

Treasurer
William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Johnson & Johnson External Innovation
Raritan, New Jersey

Past President
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, FAACR

UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Chief Executive Officer
Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)

American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Board of Directors

Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD

The Tisch Cancer Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
New York, New York

John D. Carpten, PhD, FAACR

Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD, AGAF, FASGE

University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Luis A. Diaz Jr., MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Keith T. Flaherty, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Silvia Chiara Formenti, MD

Weill Cornell Medicine
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York

Elaine Fuchs, PhD, FAACR

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Susan M. Galbraith, MBBChir, PhD, MRCP, FRCR, FMedSci

AstraZeneca
Cambridge, England

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD

Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut

Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington

Ira Mellman, PhD

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

Martine F. Roussel, PhD, FAACR

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Charles Swanton, FRCP, PhD, FMedSci, FRS, FAACR

The Francis Crick Institute and UCL Cancer Institute
London, England

Suzanne L. Topalian, MD

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Baltimore, Maryland

AACR Foundation Officers and Trustees

AACR Foundation Officers and Trustees

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.

Officers

Chair and President
Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, FAACR

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

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

Burrage Capital
MPM Capital
Cambridge, Massachusetts

James V. Buzzitta, MD

Hughes Ventures, LLC & Hughes Management, LC
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Portland, Oregon

Lauretta Chrys

Citizens Financial Group
Boston, Massachusetts

Nancy E. Davidson, MD, FAACR

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington

Faye Florence, Esq.

Attorney, Non-Profit Board Member
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Cathy Fraser

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH, FAACR

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Johnson & Johnson External Innovation
Raritan, New Jersey

Tonya Hallett

Amazon Global Delivery Services
Brentwood, Tennessee

Richard A. Heyman, PhD

Vividion Therapeutics
Del Mar, California

Eleanor D. Kress

Wilmington Trust Retirement and Institutional Services Co.
New York, New York

John E. Leonard, PhD

Vaccinex Inc.
Carlsbad, California

Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR

The Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

Laurence J. Marton, MD

Consultant, Board Member, Advisor
Palo Alto, California

Gladys Monroy, PhD, JD

Intellectual Property Consultant
Atherton, California

Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, FAACR

UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Anil K. Rustgi, MD

Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive
Cancer Center
New York, New York

Stephen D. Ryan

Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group
Pittsford, 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

David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Trustees Emeriti

José Baselga, MD, PhD, FAACR

Deceased (1959–2021)
AstraZeneca
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, FAACR

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Tyler Jacks, PhD, FAACR

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Sherry Lansing

The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Los Angeles, 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

Committee Chairs

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Continuing Medical Education Committee
Steven T. Rosen, MD

Education and Training Committee
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR

Exhibits Committee
Edward Chu, MD

Finance and Audit Committee
Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., MD

International Affairs Committee
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR

Nominating Committee
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR

Publications Committee
Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD

Science Policy and Government Affairs Committee
George D. Demetri, MD, FAACR

Special Conferences Committee
Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, FAACR
Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD

Tellers Committee
Natasha Kyprianou, MBBS, PhD

Annual Meeting Committee Chairs

Annual Meeting Program Committee
Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD, Chair
Sarah-Jane Dawson, MBBS, PhD, Vice Chair
Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson, MD, Vice Chair
Daniel Gomez, MD, Vice Chair
Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Helen E. Heslop, MD, Vice Chair
Katherine A. Janeway, MD, Vice Chair
Carl H. June, MD, FAACR, Vice Chair
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Augusto C. Ochoa, MD, Vice Chair
Woong-Yang Park, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Varda Rotter, PhD, Vice Chair
Yu Shyr, PhD, Vice Chair
Mariana Carla Stern, PhD, Vice Chair
Danny R. Welch, PhD, Vice Chair
Cheryl L. Willman, MD, Vice Chair
Timothy A. Yap, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Annual Meeting Clinical Trials Committee
Julie R. Brahmer, MD, Chair
Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD, Chair

Annual Meeting Education Committee
Roger S. Lo, MD, PhD, Chair

Satellite Educational Symposia Committee
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR
Steven Dubinett, MD

Scientific Achievement Award Committee Chairs

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Paul Workman, PhD

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Committee
Philip Jones, PhD

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pediatric Cancer Research Committee
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD

AACR Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Award Committee
Steven M. Dubinett, MD

AACR-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology Committee
Helen E. Heslop, MD

AACR Clinical Cancer Research Awards Committee
Cornelis J. M. Melief, MD, PhD

AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research Committee
Jenny C. Chang, MD

AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Committee
Mariana Carla Stern, PhD

AACR Laboratory Research Award Committee
Alec C. Kimmelman, MD, PhD
AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research Committee
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR

AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship Committee
John H. Stewart, IV, MD

AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research Committee
Ramon E. Parsons, MD, PhD

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship Committee
Elaine Fuchs, PhD, FAACR

AACR Team Science Award Committee
Nilofer S. Azad, MD

AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translation and Clinical Cancer Research Committee
Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulou, MD

AACR-WICR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship Committee
Nada Jabado, MD, PhD

Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Maria Rescigno, PhD

Specialty Committee Chairs

AACR Cancer Progress Report Steering Committee
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR

AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report Steering Committee
John D. Carpten, PhD, FAACR

AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism Judging Panel
Clifton Leaf, MS

AACR Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange (GENIE) Steering Committee
Charles L. Sawyers, MD, FAACR

Scientific Task Force Chairs

Scientific Task Force Chairs

Eliminating Racial Inequities in Cancer Research Task Force
John M. Carethers, MD
Melissa B. Davis, PhD

Hematologic Malignancies Task Force
Jonathan D. Licht, MD

Pathology Task Force
Massimo F. Loda, MD

Precision Combination Therapy Task Force
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR

Scientific Working Group Chairs

SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP CHAIRS

Cancer Evolution Working Group
Frank H. Laukien, PhD
Charles Swanton, MBPhD, FAACR

Cancer Immunology Working Group
Sandra Demaria, MD

Cancer Prevention Working Group
Adriana Albini, PhD

Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group
Joachim Rudolph, PhD

Pediatric Cancer Working Group
Katherine A. Janeway, MD

Population Sciences Working Group
Andrew T. Chan, MD

Radiation Science and Medicine Working Group
Silvia C. Formenti, MD

Tumor Microenvironment Working Group
Theresa A. Guise, MD

Membership

AACR Foundation