Our thanks to Stephen Neidle, D.Sc., Ph.D., and Gregory L. Vedine, Ph.D., for standing for election and to the membership of CICR for participating in the election. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Neidle has been elected as CICR Chairperson-elect. Dr. Neidle will assume the office of Chairperson-elect at the AACR 101st Annual Meeting 2010, April 17-21, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
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Stephen Neidle, D.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Biology
The School of Pharmacy
University of London, England
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I have been involved with CICR and its predecessor the cancer chemistry task force, from the time of its initial formation, and have seen it develop into a strong and influential group that plays a significant role in AACR, and critically has successfully brought together chemists from a wide spectrum of interests. It is essential to maintain this breadth of vision for the future, as well as enhancing the impact and understanding of the chemical sciences among the wider cancer community.
As chair, I will emphasize the continuing strengthening of the CICR meetings program at the AACR Annual Meetings and the joint CICR/ACS meetings. I will also aim to increase our interactions with biological colleagues in AACR, and especially to enhance links and develop joint sessions with Experimental Therapeutics, with Carcinogenesis and with a number of areas of Cell and Molecular Biology where the chemical sciences play a significant role; the Young Chemists Committee, which is a considerable success. I will further encourage its development and, in particular, actively support various ways of increasing the available funding of young chemists to attend the AACR Annual Meeting; and the development of international links. The achievements of the CICR are held in high regard internationally, with a significant proportion of CICR members being from outside the USA. The AACR-EORTC international meetings are highly successful but their chemistry content is limited. I will aim to ensure that CICR develops a working relationship with the AACR-EORTC organizing committee so that there is appropriate cancer chemistry input to the program. There is also potential for establishing international CICR meetings, which would parallel existing AACR international activities, and similarly would involve partnering with international chemistry organizations from Europe and Asia; and increasing membership by enhancing awareness of CICR within the chemistry community and, in particular, ensuring appropriate publicity for its activities and for cancer chemistry.