2017 AACR Annual Report

AACR Officers and Directors

The AACR thanks its officers and members of the board of directors for their vision, their wisdom, and their tireless efforts on behalf of the cancer research community.

Officers

President

Michael A. Caligiuri, MD

City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California

President Elect

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland

Treasurer

William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Johnson & Johnson Global External Innovation
Raritan, New Jersey

Past President

Nancy E. Davidson, MD, FAACR

Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington

Chief Executive Officer

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)

American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Board of Directors

Cory Abate-Shen, PhD

Columbia University Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
New York, New York

Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS

Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California
San Francisco, California

Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD

New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, New York

Karen Cichowski, PhD

Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

George D. Demetri, MD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Levi A. Garraway, MD, PhD

Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis, Indiana

Philip D. Greenberg, MD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Patricia M. LoRusso, DO

Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut

Richard M. Marais, PhD

Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
Manchester, England

Elaine R. Mardis, PhD

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

Gordon B. Mills, MD, PhD

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Edith A. Perez, MD

Genentech, Inc.
South San Francisco, California

Martine J. Piccart, MD, PhD, FAACR

Jules Bordet Institute
Brussels, Belgium

Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Lillian L. Siu, MD

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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

Vice Chair

William H. Mears Jr.

Brown Brothers Harriman Trust Co. LLC
Richmond, Virginia

Secretary-Treasurer and CEO

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)

American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founding Chair of the Board and President Emeritus

Bayard D. Clarkson, MD, FAACR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Executive Director of the AACR Foundation

Mitchell R. Stoller

American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Trustees

Beverly W. Aisenbrey

Retired, Frederic W. Cook & Co.
New York, New York

Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, FAACR

UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

James V. Buzzitta, MD

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

Michael A. Caligiuri, MD

City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California

Nancy E. Davidson, MD, FAACR

Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
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

Nance Guilmartin

Author, Consultant
Ipswich, Massachusetts

William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Johnson & Johnson Global External Innovation
Raritan, New Jersey

Richard A. Heyman, PhD

Metacrine, Inc.; ORIC Pharmaceuticals
Del Mar, California

Wen-Jen Hwu, MD, PhD

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Tyler Jacks, PhD, FAACR

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland

V. Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc, FAACR

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Eleanor D. Kress

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

Sherry Lansing

The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Los Angeles, California

Lindy Li

Community Activist and Entrepreneur
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John E. Leonard, PhD

Vaccinex Inc.
Carlsbad, California

Laurence J. Marton, MD

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Gladys Monroy, PhD, JD

Intellectual Property Consultant
Atherton, California

John E. Oxendine

Blackstar Management
Boca Raton, Florida

Anil K. Rustgi, MD

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Stephen D. Ryan

Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group
Pittsford, New York

Charles L. Sawyers, MD, FAACR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Ellen V. Sigal, PhD

Friends of Cancer Research
Washington, D.C.

Geoffrey M. Wahl, PhD, FAACR

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

Trustees Emeriti

José Baselga, MD, PhD, FAACR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, FAACR

The Salk Institute
La Jolla, California

Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS, FAACR

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Committee Chairs

Standing Committee Chairs

Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Interception Committee

Avrum Spira, MD

Career Development Committee

Kathleen W. Scotto, PhD

Continuing Medical Education Committee

A. William Blackstock, Jr., MD

Education and Training Committee

Elaine R. Mardis, PhD

Exhibits Committee

Eric P. Winer, MD

Finance and Audit Committee

Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., MD

International Affairs Committee

Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS, FAACR

Nominating Committee

Karen E. Knudsen, PhD

Publications Committee

Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD

Science Policy and Government Affairs Committee

George D. Demetri, MD

Special Conferences Committee

William C. Hahn, MD, PhD

Tellers Committee

Appointment pending

Annual Meeting Committee Chairs

Annual Meeting Program Committee

Elaine R. Mardis, PhD

Annual Meeting Clinical Trials Committee

Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD
Louis M. Weiner, MD

Annual Meeting Education Committee

Ross L. Levine, MD
Obi Lee Griffith, PhD
Patrick Hwu, MD
Nada Jabado, MD, PhD

Satellite Educational Symposia Committee

George D. Demetri, MD

Scientific Achievement Award Committee Chairs

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Committee

Anton J. M. Berns, PhD, FAACR

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Committee

Gregory L. Verdine, PhD

AACR Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Award Committee

Christine B. Ambrosone, PhD

AACR-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology Committee

Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD

AACR Clinical Cancer Research Awards Committee

Edith A. Perez, MD

AACR Distinguished Lecture on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Committee

Electra D. Paskett, PhD, MPH

AACR Laboratory Research Award Committee

Cory Abate-Shen, PhD

AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research Committee

Waun Ki Hong, MD, FAACR

AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship Committee

Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD

AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research Committee

Laura J. Esserman, MD

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship Award Committee

Scott W. Lowe, PhD

AACR Team Science Award Committee

David P. Carbone, MD, PhD

AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research Committee

Raymond N. DuBois, MD, PhD, FAACR

AACR-WICR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship Award Committee

Elisabeth de Vries, MD, PhD

Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research Committee

Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD

Specialty Committee Chairs

AACR Cancer Progress Report Steering Committee

Michael A. Caligiuri, MD

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

Task Force Chairs

Cancer Epigenome Task Force

Peter A. Jones, PhD, DSc, FAACR

Surgical Oncology Task Force

Monica Morrow, MD

Scientific Working Group Steering Committee Chairs

Scientific Working Group Chairs

Cancer Immunology Working Group

Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD

Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group

Melissa M. Vasbinder, PhD

Molecular Epidemiology Working Group

Melissa L. Bondy, PhD

Pediatric Cancer Working Group

Crystal Mackall, MD

Radiation Science and Medicine Working Group

David R. Gius, MD, PhD

Tumor Microenvironment Working Group

Valerie M. Weaver, PhD