CIMM Communications Subcommittee
Elise Alspach, PhD
(2026-2028)Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Katelyn Byrne, PhD
(2026-2028)Assistant Professor of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology
Co-Leader, Tumor Microenvironment Program
Brendan-Colson Center for Pancreatic Care
Member, Knight Cancer Institute
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon
Meisam Naeimi Kararoudi, DVM, PhD
(2025-2026)Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Ohio State University
College of Medicine
Director, CRISPR/Gene editing Core
Principal Investigator
Center for Childhood Cancer
Abigail Wexner Research Institute
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, Ohio
Abigail E. Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD
(2025-2026)Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology
Member
Tumor Microenvironment Center
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tao Wang, PhD
(2026-2028)Associate Professor
Department of Bioinformatics & Comp Biology
Department of Hematopoietic Biology & Malignancy
Institute for Data Science in Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Jelani C. Zarif, PhD
(2026-2028)Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Robert E. Meyerhoff Endowed Professor
Associate Professor of Oncology – Urologic Oncology
Member, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland