AACR Annual Report 2020

AACR 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
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, FAACR

UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

President-Elect
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR

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

Treasurer
William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Johnson & Johnson External Innovation
Raritan, New Jersey

Past President
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR

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

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

American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Board of Directors

Adriana Albini, PhD

Fondazione Multi Medica Onlus
Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS)
Milano, Italy

Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

René Bernards, PhD, FAACR

Netherlands Cancer Institute and Utrecht University
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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

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

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

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD

Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut

Carl H. June, MD, FAACR

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Edison T. Liu, MD

The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine

Ira Mellman, PhD

Genentech Inc.
South San Francisco, California

Martine F. Roussel, PhD

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

Beverly W. Aisenbrey

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

Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, FAACR

UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Christiana Bardon, MD, MBA

Burrage Capital
MPM Capital
Cambridge, Massachusetts

James V. Buzzitta, MD

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

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

Nance Guilmartin

Author, Consultant
Ipswich, Massachusetts

William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Johnson & Johnson External Innovation
Raritan, New Jersey

Richard A. Heyman, PhD

Metacrine, Inc.
ORIC Pharmaceuticals
PMV Pharmaceuticals
Del Mar, California

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR

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

John E. Leonard, PhD

Vaccinex Inc.
Carlsbad, California

Lindy Li

Community Activist and Entrepreneur
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

John E. Oxendine

Blackstar Management
Boca Raton, Florida

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

Ellen V. Sigal, PhD

Friends of Cancer Research
Washington, D.C.

Ajit Singh, PhD

Artiman Ventures
Palo Alto, California

Nancy Staisey, PhD

Health Care Consultant
Lewes, Delaware

David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR

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

Geoffrey M. Wahl, PhD, FAACR

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

Trustees Emeriti

José Baselga, MD, PhD, FAACR

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
Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, FAACR

Publications Committee
Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD

Science Education and Career Advancement Committee
Kathleen W. Scotto, PhD

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

Special Conferences Committee
William C. Hahn, MD, PhD

Tellers Committee
Roy A. Jensen, MD

Annual Meeting Committee Chairs

Annual Meeting Program Committee
Charles Swanton, FRCP, PhD, FMedSci, FRS, FAACR, Chair
Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, FAACR, Vice Chair
Heather R. Christofk, PhD, Vice Chair
Melissa B. Davis, PhD, Vice Chair
Keith T. Flaherty, MD, Vice Chair
Ricky W. Johnstone, PhD, Vice Chair
Karen E. Knudsen, MBA, PhD, Vice Chair
Quynh-Thu Le, MD, Vice Chair
Jean-Charles Soria, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Louis M. Staudt, MD, PhD, FAACR, Vice Chair
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR, 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
René Bernards, DPhil, FAACR

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Committee
Michael E. Jung, PhD

AACR Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Award Committee
Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD

AACR-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology Committee
E. John Wherry III, PhD

AACR Clinical Cancer Research Awards Committee
Elizabeth M. Swisher, MD

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

AACR Distinguished Lecture on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Committee
Gerardo Colón-Otero, MD

AACR Laboratory Research Award Committee
Alan D. D’Andrea, MD, FAACR
AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research Committee
Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, FAACR

AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship Committee
Kimlin T. Ashing, PhD

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

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship  Committee
Tony Hunter, PhD, FAACR

AACR Team Science Award Committee
Electra D. Paskett, PhD, MPH

AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Lecia V. Sequist, MD

AACR-WICR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship Committee
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR

Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research Committee
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, FAACR

Specialty Committee Chairs

AACR Cancer Progress Report Steering Committee
Antoni Ribas, MD, 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

Task Force Chairs

Task Force Chairs

Hematologic Malignancies Task Force
Jonathan D. Licht, MD

Pathology Task Force
Massimo F. Loda, MD

Scientific Working Group Chairs

Scientific Working Group Chairs

Cancer Immunology Working Group
Sandra Demaria, MD

Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group
Philip Jones, PhD

Molecular Epidemiology Working Group
Jennifer A. Doherty, PhD

Pediatric Cancer Working Group
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD

Radiation Science and Medicine Working Group
Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, PhD

Tumor Microenvironment Working Group
Theresa A. Guise, MD

Membership

AACR Foundation