2018 Annual Report

AACR Officers and Directors

2017-2018 AACR President Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR, hands the gavel to incoming (2018-2019) President Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR, during the presidential transfer of power ceremony, which took place during the Annual Business Meeting of Members at the AACR Annual Meeting 2018.

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
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR

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

President-Elect
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD

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

Treasurer
William N. Hait, MD, PhD, FAACR

Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Raritan, New Jersey

Past President
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR

City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, California

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

Adriana Albini, PhD

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

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

René Bernards, PhD, FAACR

Netherlands Cancer Institute and Utrecht University
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Karen Cichowski, PhD

Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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

Carl H. June, MD, FAACR

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Edison T. Liu, MD

The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine

Gordon B. Mills, MD, PhD

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

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

David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Cancer Center
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

AACR Foundation Officers and Trustees

Mitchell R. Stoller, Executive Director of the AACR Foundation, thanks supporters of the AACR at the Partners in Progress Reception during the AACR Annual Meeting 2018.

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

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

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Vice Chairman
William H. Mears Jr., JD, CPA

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 Chairman 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.
Cortlandt Manor, 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, FAACR

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

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

Sherry Lansing

The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Los Angeles, California

John E. Leonard, PhD

Vaccinex Inc.
Carlsbad, California

Lindy Li

Community Activist and Entrepreneur
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Laurence J. Marton, MD

Consultant, Board Member, Advisor
Palo Alto, CA

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

Anil Sethi

Ciitizen
Palo Alto, California

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 H. Blackburn, PhD, FAACR

The Salk Institute
La Jolla, California

Tyler Jacks, PhD, FAACR

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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

AACR
Committee
Chairs

AACR Science Education and Career Advancement Committee Chair Kathleen W. Scotto, PhD (left), presents an AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Scholar Award to undergraduate student Leah V. Dodds during the AACR Annual Meeting 2018.

Standing Committee Chairs

Continuing Medical Education Committee
A. William Blackstock, Jr., MD

Education and Training Committee
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD

Exhibits Committee
Edward Chu, MD

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

International Affairs Committee
Frank McCormick, PhD, FAACR

Nominating Committee
José Baselga, MD, PhD, 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
Cory Abate-Shen, PhD

Tellers Committee
Appointment pending

Annual Meeting Committee Chairs

Annual Meeting Program Committee
John D. Carpten, PhD, Chair
Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, FAACR, Vice Chair
Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Todd R. Golub, MD, Vice Chair
Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, Vice Chair
Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, Vice Chair
Richard M. Marais, PhD, Vice Chair
Aviv Regev, PhD, Vice Chair
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Brian M. Rivers, PhD, Vice Chair
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, Vice Chair
Annual Meeting Clinical Trials Committee
Nilofer S. Azad, MD
Louis M. Weiner, MD

Annual Meeting Education Committee
Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, Chair
Christina Curtis, PhD, Cochair
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD, FAACR, Cochair
Lisa A. Newman, MD, Cochair
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, Cochair

Satellite Educational Symposia Committee
George D. Demetri, MD

Scientific Achievement Award Committee Chairs

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Benjamin G. Neel, MD, PhD

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Committee
Ruth Nussinov, PhD

AACR Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Award Committee
Adriana Albini, PhD

AACR-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology Committee
Ellen Puré, PhD

AACR Clinical Cancer Research Awards Committee
Michael A. Carducci, MD

AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research Committee
Vered Stearns, MD

AACR Distinguished Lecture on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities Committee
Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH

AACR Laboratory Research Award Committee
Anna M. Wu, PhD
AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research Committee
Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, FAACR

AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Memorial Lectureship Committee
Brian M. Rivers, PhD

AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research  Committee
Lajos Pusztai, MD, DPhil

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship  Committee
Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, FAACR

AACR Team Science Award Committee
Luis A. Diaz, MD

AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research Committee
Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD

AACR-WICR Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship Committee
Caroline Dive, PhD

Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research Committee
Michael B. Kastan, MD, PhD, FAACR

Specialty Committee Chairs

AACR Cancer Progress Report Writing Committee
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, 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

Massimo Loda, MD, chair of the AACR Pathology Task Force.                 

Task Force Chairs

AACR Pathology Task Force
Massimo Loda, MD

AACR Hematologic Malignancies Task Force
Jonathan Licht, MD

Scientific Working Group Steering Committee Chairs

Julian Blagg, DPhil, chair of the Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group Steering Committee.

SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP CHAIRS

Cancer Immunology Working Group
Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, MD, PhD

Chemistry in Cancer Research Working Group
Julian Blagg, DPhil

Molecular Epidemiology Working Group
Ellen L. Goode, PhD, MPH

Pediatric Cancer Working Group
Crystal Mackall, MD

Radiation Science and Medicine Working Group
David R. Gius, MD, PhD

Tumor Microenvironment Working Group
Yibin Kang, PhD