In September 2000, the AACR Board of Directors enthusiastically approved the formation of AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) and its leadership Council to act as an advisory body to the AACR Board of Directors on issues of concern to minority investigators. A Chairperson-Elect and three new Council members are elected annually.The terms for current Council members are listed below.
MICR Council Officers
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Chair
Marcia Cruz-Correa, M.D., Ph.D. (Bio)
Associate Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
University of Puerto Rico Cancer Center
San Juan, PR
Phone: (787) 759-0306
Fax: (787) 759-0305
Email: marcia.cruz1@upr.edu
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Past Chair
Levi A. Garraway, M.D., Ph.D. (Bio)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 632-6689
Fax: (617) 582-7880
Email: levi_garraway@dfci.harvard.edu
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Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.)
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, PA
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MICR Council Members
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A. William Blackstock, M.D. (Bio)
Professor & Chairman, Rad. Oncology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston Salem, NC
Phone: (336) 713-3600
Fax: (336) 713-6565
Email: ablackst@wfubmc.edu
Council Term: 2012-2015
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Wayne D. Bowen, Ph.D. (Bio)
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology
Brown University
Providence, RI
Phone: (401) 863-3253
Fax: (401) 863-1595
Email: wayne_bowen@brown.edu
Council Term: 2011-2014
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Malcolm V. Brock, M.D. (Bio)
Associate Professor of Surgery and Oncology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Phone: (410) 955-8506
Fax: (410) 614-9884
Email: mabrock@jhmi.edu
Council Term: 2012-2015
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Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D. (Bio)
Professor and Endowed Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center
Charleston, SC
Phone: (843) 876-2421
Fax: (843) 876-2344
Email: hughesha@musc.edu
Council Term: 2011-2014
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Rick A. Kittles, Ph.D. (Bio)
Associate. Professor, Dept. of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 355-5956
Fax: (312) 413-1975
Email: rkittles@uic.edu
Council Term: 2012-2015
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Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D. (Bio)
Associate Member, Epidemiology Faculty
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA
Phone: (206) 667-7444
Fax: (206) 667-5948
Email: cili@fhcrc.org
Council Term: 2010-2013
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Rena J. Pasick, Dr.P.H. (Bio)
Associate Director, Professor
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 574-9415
Fax: (415) 502-1379
Email: rpasick@cc.ucsf.edu
Council Term: 2010-2013
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Edith A. Perez, M.D. (Bio)
Deputy Director and Serene M. & Frances C. Durling Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Jacksonville, FL
Phone: (904) 953-7283
Fax: (904) 953-1412
Email: perez.edith@mayo.edu
Council Term: 2011-2014
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Sanya Springfield, Ph.D., Ex Officio (Bio)
Chief, Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch
National Cancer Center
Bethesda, MD
Phone: (301) 496-8589
Fax: (301) 402-4551
Email: springfs@mail.nih.gov
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Miguel Villalona-Calero, M.D. (Bio)
Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH
Phone: (614) 293-7511
Fax: (614) 293-4372
Email: miguel.villalona@osumc.edu
Council Term: 2010-2013
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