Program Committee
The Program Committee consists of a chairperson, co-chairpersons, Scientific Review Committee and numerous subcommittees. The chairperson, co-chairpersons, and Scientific Review Committee plan and schedule the invited sessions for the Annual Meeting. The subcommittees, along with the chairperson, co-chairpersons, and Scientific Review Committee, review and schedule all proffered abstracts submitted for presentation at the Annual Meeting.
Benjamin G. Neel, Chairperson
Co-Chairpersons
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Alex A. Adjei
Kenneth C. Anderson
John Blenis
Myles A. Brown
Hans Clevers
Lisa M. Coussens
Alan D. D'Andrea
James R. Downing
Dwight Gary Gilliland
Stephen B. Gruber
Ernest T. Hawk
Chanita Hughes-Halbert
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Jos Jonkers
Marc Ladanyi
Jonathan D. Licht
Elaine Mardis
Joan Massagué
Pamela S. Ohashi
David Piwnica-Worms
William R. Sellers
Lillian L. Siu
Gregory L. Verdine
Karen H. Vousden
Michael B. Yaffe
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Program Committee Members
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Kari K. Alitalo
James P. Allison
Samuel Aparicio
Trevor K. Archer
Scott A. Armstrong
Carlos L. Arteaga
Karen M. Basen-Engquist
Susan E. Bates
Shelley L. Berger
Deborah J. Bowen
Andrea Califano
Gabriel Capella
Junjie Chen
Karlene A. Cimprich
Christopher H. Contag
Robert A. Copeland
William S. Dalton
Faith Davies
Ralph J. DeBerardinis
Johann S. De Bono
Yves A. DeClerck
Farrokh Dehdashti
E. G. Elisabeth de Vries
John E. Dick
Zigang Dong
Daniel Durocher
James J. Farrell
Adolfo Ferrando
Carl G. Figdor
Keith Thomas Flaherty
Levi A. Garraway
Anna R. Giuliano
Lucy A. Godley
Nathanael S. Gray
Douglas Hanahan
Lee J. Helman
Dawn Hershman
Sandra J. Horning
Thomas J. Hudson
David G. Huntsman
Patrick Hwu
Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue
Peter K. Jackson
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Rakesh K. Jain
Leisa Johnson
Yibin Kang
Rama Khokha
Douglas A. Lauffenburger
Emma M. Lees
Mark A. Lemmon
Christoph Lengauer
Judith S. Leopold
Ross L. Levine
Paul J. Limburg
Guillermina Lozano
Susan Lutgendorf
Richard M. Marais
John M. Maris
Matthew A. Marx
Paige A. McDonald
Alexander Meissner
Sarah J. Nelson
Yuri E. Nikiforov
Electra D. Paskett
Chinthalapally V. Rao
Timothy R. Rebbeck
Gad Rennert
Andrea L. Richardson
Rafael Rosell
Eric H. Rubin
Owen J. Sansom
Charles L. Sawyers
Judith S. Sebolt-Leopold
Rosalind Anne Segal
Kevin M. Shannon
Reuben J. Shaw
Yu Shyr
Avrum E. Spira
Sheila A. Stewart
Toshiyasu Taniguchi
David A. Tuveson
Nicholas K. Tonks
Matthew G. Vander Heiden
Victor E. Velculescu
Jane E. Visvader
Jeffrey L. Wrana
Joanna B. Wysocka
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Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Subcommittees
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Cell Growth Signaling Pathways
Michael F. Olson, Co-Chairperson
Alex Toker, Co-Chairperson
Gen-Sheng Feng
Philip W. Hinds
Senthil K. Muthuswamy
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Cell Death
Douglas R. Green, Co-Chairperson
Sally A. Kornbluth, Co-Chairperson
Jayanta Debnath
Gerard I. Evan
Laura Soucek
Andreas Strasser
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Molecular Genetics
Charis Eng, Chairperson
Katherine L. Nathanson
Kenneth Offit
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Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes
James DeCaprio, Chairperson
Laura D. Attardi
Dean W. Felsher
Jon C. Aster |
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Gene Regulation and
Transcription Factors
Ari M. Melnick, Chairperson
Trevor K. Archer
Jason Carroll
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Epigenetics
Alexander Meissner, Chairperson
Manel Esteller
Mathieu Lupien
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Cell Cycle
Helen M. Piwnica-Worms,
Chairperson
Randall W. King
Andrew Koff
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DNA Damage and Repair
Toshiyasu Taniguchi, Chairperson
Anindya Dutta
Karen M. Vasquez |
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Metabolism and Cancer
Navdeep S. Chandel, Chairperson
Brendan D. Manning
Pere Puigserver
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Oncogenomics
Stephen B. Gruber, Chairperson
Derek Chiang
Thomas J. Hudson
Lars Zender
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Bioinformatics and
Computational Molecular Biology
X. Shirley Liu, Chairperson
Dana Pe'er
Paul T. Spellman
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Innovative Technologies for
Cancer Research
Garry P. Nolan, Chairperson
Samuel Aparicio |
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microRNAs and Other
Non-Coding RNAs
George A. Calin, Chairperson
Eva M. Hernando
Joshua Mendell |
Cancer Systems Biology
James E. Ferrell, Chairperson
Gordon B. Mills |
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Cellular Stress Responses
Jonathan Chernoff, Chairperson
Anton M. Bennett
J. Alan Diehl
Gary L. Johnson
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Tumor Biology (TB) Subcommittees
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Cell Culture and Animal Models of Cancer
Ben Z. Stanger, Chairperson
Kenneth E. Hung
Pier Paolo Pandolfi
David A. Tuveson
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Stem Cell Biology/Cancer Stem Cells/Developmental Oncobiology
Max S. Wicha, Chairperson
Nicholas Barker
Catriona H. M. Jamieson
Diane M. Simeone
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Tumor Adhesion
Mary M. Zutter, Chairperson
David A. Cheresh
Vivek Mittal
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Tumor Metastasis
Sheila A. Stewart, Chairperson
David Glenn DeNardo
Jean-Paul Thiery
Yibin Kang
Sandra S. McAllister
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Angiogenesis, Vasulogenesis,
Microcirculation and Cellular Microenvironment
Robert S. Kerbel, Chairperson
Denise A. Chan
Sunyoung Lee |
Tumor Microenvironment
Rama Khokha, Chairperson
Yves A. DeClerck
Katherine N. Weilbaecher
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In Vivo Imagining
Christopher H. Contag, Chairperson
Kevin M. Brindle
Gary D. Luker
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Pediatric Cancer - Basic Science
John Crispino, Chairperson
Scott A. Armstrong
Kimberly Stegmaier |
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Radiation Biology
J. Martin Brown, Chairperson
Daphne A. Haas-Kogan
Marianne Koritzinsky |
Migration and Invasion
Jos Jonkers, Chairperson
Valerie G. Brunton
Laura Machesky
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Carcinogenesis (CG) Subcommittees
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Carcinogenesis – Chemical, Viral, and Radiation
Maura L. Gillison, Chairperson
James C. Alwine
Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff
Adam B. Glick
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Cancer Chemistry (CH) Subcommittees
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Drug Discovery and Design
Rima S. Al-Awar, Chairperson
Nathanael S. Gray
Melissa M. Vasbinder
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Structural and Chemical Biology
Stephen Neidle, Chairperson
Frank Sicheri |
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Proteomics, Metabolomics
and Biological Mass Spectrometry
Forest M. White, Chairperson
Teresa W. M. Fan
Michael Gillette |
Chemical Aspects of Carcinogenesis
Susan Kadlubar, Chairperson
Curtis C. Harris |
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Imaging Agents and Radiotherapeutics
Robert H. Mach, Chairperson
David A. Scheinberg |
Drug Discovery
Basar Bilgicer, Chairperson
John Petersen
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Clinical Research (CL) Subcommittees
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Translational Research - Molecular Biology in the Clinic
Ethan Dmitrovsky, Chairperson
John C. Byrd
Manuel Hidalgo
Ross L. Levine
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Phase I Clinical Trials and Clinical Pharmacology
Jan H.M. Schellens, Chairperson
Ezra E.W. Cohen
Patricia M. LoRusso
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Phase II and Phase III Adult Clinical Trials (Organ Site-Specific)
Howard I. Scher, Chairperson
Christopher J. Logothetis
Lynn Schuchter |
Pediatric Cancer - Clinical Investigations
Smita Bhatia, Chairperson
Lisa Diller |
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Clinical Research in the Elderly
Arash Naeim, Chairperson |
Clinical Research in Minorities and Medically Underserved Populations
Lisa A. Newman, Chairperson |
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Biostatistics in Clinical Trials
Yu Shyr, Chairperson |
Ethics in Clinical Trials
Lowell E. Schnipper, Co-Chairperson
Walter Wolf, Co-Chairperson
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Radiation Oncology
Stephen M. Hahn, Chairperson
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Supportive Care and Survivorship Research
David F. Cella, Chairperson
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Molecular Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Prediction
Ming-Sound Tsao, Chairperson
John V. Heymach
Jonathan J. Keats
Andrea L. Richardson
Rafael Rosell
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Regulatory Science and Policy
Kenneth C. Anderson, Chairperson
Susan E. Bates
William S. Dalton
Eric H. Rubin
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Clinical Trials in Progress
Gary Schwartz, Chairperson
F. Stephen Hodi
Fadlo R. Khuri
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Endocrinology (EN) Subcommittees
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Molecular and Preclinical
Endocrinology
Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, Chairperson
Cathrin Brisken
Karen E. Knudsen
Qianben Wang |
Clinical Endocrinology
Vincent L. Cryns, Chairperson
Steven I. Sherman |
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Epidemiology (EP) Subcommittees
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Epidemiology Methodology
Melissa L. Bondy, Chairperson
William F. Anderson
Jonine L. Bernstein
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Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics (ET) Subcommittees
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Drug Discovery
Steven Grant, Chairperson
Lee D. Arnold
Ricky W. Johnstone
Homer L. Pearce
Brian L. West
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New Molecular Targets
Craig M. Crews, Chairperson
Julian Downward
Michael A. White
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Mechanisms of Drug Action
Marina Y. Konopleva, Chairperson
Wilson H. Miller, Jr.
Brent R. Stockwell
Paul Workman |
Drug Resistance
Karen Cichowski, Chairperson
Trever G. Bivona
David B. Solit
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Pharmacology, Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics
Edward Chu, Chairperson
M. Eileen Dolan
Matthew P. Goetz
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Small Molecule Therapeutic Agents
James E. Bradner, Co-Chairperson
John S. Lazo, Co-Chairperson
Stephen A. Munk
Aaron D. Schimmer |
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Biological Therapeutic
Agents
Robert H. Vonderheide, Chairperson
Douglas T. Fearon
Sachdev Sidhu
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Gene and Vector-based Therapies
Luigi Naldini, Chairperson
Carl H. June
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Preclinical Radiotherapeutics
Katherine A. Vallis, Chairperson
Philippe Lambin
Scott T. Tagawa |
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Immunology (IM) Subcommittees
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Tumor Immunobiology
James P. Allison, Chairperson
Frances R. Balkwill
Naoto Hirano
Lewis L. Lanier
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Cancer Immunotherapy,
Preclinical and Clinical
George Coukos, Chairperson
Elaine Mardis
Craig L. Slingluff Jr.
Cassian Yee
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Prevention Research (PR) Subcommittees
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Preclinical Prevention Studies
Powel H. Brown, Chairperson
Andrew J. Dannenberg
Zigang Dong
Chinthalapally V. Rao
Avrum E. Spira |
Clinical Prevention Studies
Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Chairperson
Paul J. Limburg
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Behavioral and Social Science
in Cancer and Prevention Research
Deborah J. Bowen, Chairperson
Maria E. Fernandez
Anita Y. Kinney
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The Education Committee plans and organizes the comprehensive educational program that takes place at the Annual Meeting. The chairperson of the Education Committee is typically a co-chairperson on the Program Committee.
Lillian L. Siu, Chairperson
Myles A. Brown, Co-Chairperson
Stephen B. Gruber, Co-Chairperson
Jonathan D. Licht, Co-Chairperson
Cory Abate-Shen
Steven E. Artandi
Steven P. Balk
P. Leif Bergsagel
Olivier Bernard
Dean E. Brenner
Robert G. Bristow
Martin Carroll
Navdeep S. Chandel
Lewis A. Chodosh
Carlos Cordon-Cardo
E. G. Elisabeth de Vries
Phillip A. Dennis
Connie J. Eaves
Elizabeth A. Eklund
Todd A. Fehniger
Elizabeth S. Garrett-Mayer
Steven Grant
Kathy J. Helzlsouer
Maha H. Hussain |
Pasi A. Jänne
Ricky W. Johnstone
Marcelo G. Kazanietz
Larry W. Kwak
X. Shirley Liu
David Malkin
James J. Manfredi
Susan T. Mayne
Donald P. McDonnell
Cornelis J. M. Melief
Matthew L. Meyerson
Frank L. Meyskens Jr.
Victor Moreno
Katherine L. Nathanson
Ulrike Peters
Gregg L. Semenza
Piotr Sicinski
Elena M. Stoffel
Josep Tabernero
David A. Tuveson
Victor E. Velculescu
Jeffrey N. Weitzel
Junying Yuan
Leonard I. Zon
Freddy T. Nguyen, ex officio
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The Exhibits Committee works in an advisory capacity to review and approve new exhibitors and comment on the quality of the exhibits accepted at the Annual Meeting.
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Edward Chu, Chairperson
Ethan Dmitrovsky
Nicholas C. Dracopoli
Emmanuelle J. Meuillet
Patricia S. Steeg
Chris H. Takimoto
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The Local Liaison Committee functions as a local support group in the Annual Meeting venues and assists with the public outreach programs, including the Public Forum and High School Program, offered at the meeting.
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