Members of the AACR Board of Directors for 2016–2017.

AACR Officers and Directors

AACR Officers at the Annual Business Meeting of Members during the AACR Annual Meeting 2016 (left to right): 2016-2017 Treasurer William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR; 2015-2016 Past President Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, FAACR; 2016-2017 President-Elect Michael A. Caligiuri, MD; 2016-2017 President Nancy E. Davidson, MD; Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc); and 2016-2017 Past President José Baselga, MD, PhD, FAACR.

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

Nancy E. Davidson, MD

Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington

President-Elect

Michael A. Caligiuri, MD

James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio

Treasurer

William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Global Head
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Raritan, New Jersey

Past President

José Baselga, MD, PhD, FAACR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Chief Executive Officer

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)

American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Board of Directors

James P. Allison, PhD, FAACR

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

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

Ronald M. Evans, PhD, FAACR

Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

Levi A. Garraway, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Scott M. Lippman, MD

University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, California

Patricia M. LoRusso, DO

Yale Cancer Center
New Haven, Connecticut

Guillermina Lozano, PhD

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

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

Edith A. Perez, MD

Genentech, Inc.
South San Francisco, California

Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

M. Celeste Simon, PhD

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

AACR Foundation Officers and Trustees

Members of the AACR Foundation Officers and Trustees for 2016–2017.

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

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee

José Baselga, MD, PhD, FAACR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, FAACR

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

Michael A. Caligiuri, MD

James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio

Nancy E. Davidson, MD

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

Janssen Research & Development LLC
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

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

John E. Leonard, PhD

Vaccinex Inc.
Carlsbad, California

Laurence J. Marton, MD

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Frank McCormick, PhD, FAACR

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Gladys Monroy, PhD, JD

Intellectual Property Consultant
Atherton, CA

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

Committee Chairs

Kathleen W. Scotto, PhD, chair of the AACR Career Development Committee.

Standing Committees

Cancer Prevention Committee
Co-Chairs:

Ernest T. Hawk, MD, MPH
Scott M. Lippman, MD

Career Development Committee
Chair:

Kathleen W. Scotto, PhD

Continuing Medical Education Committee
Chair:

A. William Blackstock, Jr., MD

Education and Training Committee
Chair:

Elaine Mardis, PhD

Finance and Audit Committee
Chair:

Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., MD

International Affairs Committee
Chair:

Frank McCormick, PhD, FAACR

Nominating Committee
Chair:

Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD

Publications Committee
Chair:

Levi A. Garraway, MD, PhD

Science Policy and Government Affairs Committee
Chair:

George D. Demetri, MD

Special Conferences Committee
Chair:

Ramon E. Parsons, MD, PhD

ANNUAL MEETING Committees

Program Committee
Chair:

Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD

Clinical Trials Committee
Co-Chairs:

Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD
Lillian L. Siu, MD

Education Committee
Co-Chairs:

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD
Carlos M. Caldas, MD, PhD
Charles W.M. Roberts, MD, PhD
Gad Getz, PhD
Josep Tabernero, MD, PhD

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD COMMITTEES

AACR Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Award Committee
Chair:

Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Committee
Chair:

Dale L. Boger, PhD

AACR Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Awards Committee
Chair:

David B. Solit, MD

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

Thomas A. Sellers, PhD, MPH

AACR Distinguished Lecture on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Committee, Funded by Susan G. Komen®
Chair:

John M. Carethers, MD

AACR Laboratory Research Award Committee
Chair:

David M. Livingston, MD, FAACR

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Chair:

Michelle M. Le Beau, PhD

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

Laurie Glimcher, MD

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

Guillermina Lozano, PhD

AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research Committee, Funded by Susan G. Komen®
Chair:

Matthew J. Ellis, MD, PhD

Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research Committee
Chair:

Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship Award Committee
Chair:

Elaine Fuchs, PhD, FAACR

AACR Team Science Award Committee
Chair:

Patricia M. LoRusso, DO

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

José Baselga, MD, PhD, FAACR

AACR-WICR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship Award Committee
Chair:

Sara A. Courtneidge, PhD

Task Force Chairs

Peter A. Jones, PhD, DSc, FAACR, chair of the AACR Cancer Epigenome Task Force.

Task Force Chairs

Cancer Epigenome Task Force
Chair:

Peter A. Jones, PhD, DSc, FAACR

Surgical Oncology Task Force
Chair:

Monica Morrow, MD

AACR Project GENIE Steering Committee
Chair:

Charles L. Sawyers, MD, FAACR

Scientific Working Group Chairs

Left to right: Susan E. Hankinson, ScD, 2016-2017 chair of the AACR Molecular Epidemiology Working Group (MEG); Jo L. Freudenheim, PhD, 2016-2017 MEG past chair; and Melissa L. Bondy, PhD, 2016-2017 MEG chair-elect.

Scientific Working Group Chairs

Cancer Immunology Working Group
Chair:

Patrick Hwu, MD

Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group
Chair:

Steven K. Davidsen, PhD

Molecular Epidemiology Working Group
Chair:

Susan E. Hankinson, ScD

Pediatric Cancer Working Group
Chair:

Garrett M. Brodeur, MD

Radiation Science and Medicine Working Group
Chair:

Theodore S. Lawrence, MD, PhD

Tumor Microenvironment Working Group
Chair:

Johanna A. Joyce, PhD

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