Co-chairpersons: Harvey J. Cohen, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Judith Campisi, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA
The most recently formed AACR task force, this group is dedicated to advancement of programs featuring research into basic and clinical aspects of aging and its effects on cancer. Since its inception in July 2004, this task force is concerned with nurturing synergistic collaborations with researchers whose primary focus is on the science of aging and those who investigate the basic and clinical realms of cancer biology.
Membership of the Task Force on Aging and Cancer
Harvey Jay Cohen, M.D., Co-chair
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Judith Campisi, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, CA
Matti S. Aapro, M.D.
IMO Genolier Cancer Center; SIOG
Genolier, Switzerland
Kathy S. Albain, M.D.
Loyola University Chicago Medical Center
Maywood, IL
Lodovico Balducci, M.D.
H. Lee Moffitt CC and Research Institute
Tampa, FL
Christopher C. Benz, M.D.
The Buck Institute for Age Research
Novato, CA
Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Lyndah K. Dreiling, M.D.
Amgen Medical Affairs
Thousand Oaks, CA
William B. Ershler, M.D.
IASIA
Washington, DC
Louise Barnett Grochow, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD
Waun Ki Hong, M.D.
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Irmgard Irminger-Finger, Ph.D.
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
Peter A. Jones, Ph.D.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
H. Kim Lyerly, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Richard A. Miller, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Donna I. Regenstreif, Ph.D.
John A. Hartford Foundation
New York, NY
Richard L. Schilsky, M.D.
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Joel E. Tepper, M.D.
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Karen H. Vousden, Ph.D.
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Glasgow, Scotland
Zena Werb, Ph.D.
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Rosemary Yancik, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging
Bethesda, MD
Staff contact: Mark Mendenhall, Senior Program Administrator, (215) 440-9300 or mendenhall@aacr.org