Board of Directors
John D. Carpten, PhD, FAACR
(2021-2025)Professor and Chair, Department of Translational Genomics
Royce and Mary Trotter Chair in Cancer Research
Professor, Department of Urology
Co-director, Institute for Translational Genomics
Director, USC Molecular Genomics Core
Co-leader, NCCC Translational and Clinical Sciences Program
PI-CaRE2 Health Equity Center at USC
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
John M. Carethers, MD
(2023-2026)Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
University of California San Diego
Christina Curtis, PhD, MSc
(2022-2025)Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Biomedical Data Science
Director, Breast Cancer Translational Research
Co-director, Molecular Tumor Board
Stanford University
Investigator, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Stanford, California
Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD
(2024-2027)Professor of Medicine
Walter B. Wriston Professor of Pancreatic Cancer Research, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine
Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York
Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD
(2023-2026)Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology
Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research
Co-leader, Translational Research and Interventional Oncology Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Electra D. Paskett, PhD
(2024-2027)Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Department of Internal Medicine
Distinguished Professor, College of Medicine
Professor, Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Deputy Director for Population Sciences and Community Outreach
Founding Director, Center for Cancer Health Equity
James Cancer Hospital
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH
(2023-2026)Professor and Martin D. Abeloff, MD, Scholar in Cancer Prevention
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Katerina A. Politi, PhD
(2024-2027)Professor of Pathology
Co-Leader, Cancer Signaling Networks
Scientific Director, Center for Thoracic Cancers
Yale Cancer Center
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD
(2023-2026)Global Head, Translational Clinical Oncology
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Jean-Charles Soria, MD, PhD
(2024-2027)Senior Vice President of Oncology, Global Development
Amgen
Thousand Oaks, California
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD
(2022-2025)Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
Ted Williams Investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil
(2022-2025)Director, Abramson Cancer Center
Vice Dean and Vice President of Cancer Programs
Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jedd Wolchok, MD, PhD, FASCO, FAACR
(2023-2026)Director, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Catherine J. Wu, MD
(2024-2027)Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
Lavine Family Chair for Preventative Cancer Therapies
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
View the list of past board members.