Scientific Review Committees
Research funding scientific review committees serve in the significant role of selecting recipients of AACR’s research grants for independent investigators, junior faculty and postdoctoral/clinical research fellows. For more information about AACR funding opportunities, please visit the AACR funding page.
2025-2026 AACR Basic Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Samir N. Khleif, MD
Members
Igor L. Bado, PhD
Marina Baretti, MD
Kaitlin J. Basham, PhD
Linda B. Baughn, PhD
Paula D. Bos, PhD
Sandeep Burma, PhD
Janai R. Carr-Ascher, MD, PhD
Jason S. Carroll, PhD
Eric A. Collisson, MD
Olivier Elemento, PhD
Howard Alan Fine, MD
Trevor Graham, PhD
Matthew M. Gubin, PhD
Marcia Haigis, PhD
James B. Hicks, PhD
Brendan Jenkins, PhD
Carla Koehler, PhD
Andrew Koff, PhD
Kamel Lahouel, PhD
Min Li, PhD
Jinsong Liu, MD, PhD
Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD
Shyam Nyati, PhD
Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD
Gary Patti, PhD
Elena Piskounova, PhD
Ozgur Sahin, PhD
Jason M. Sheltzer, PhD
Ulrich G. Steidl, MD, PhD
Takita Sumter, PhD
Edward William Tate, PhD
Javier F. Torres-Roca, MD
Brajendra K. Tripathi, PhD
Jun Wang, PhD
Anna Woloszynska, PhD
Guanming Wu, PhD
Youwei Zhang, PhD
Binhua Peter Zhou, MD, PhD
Shizhen “Jane” Zhu, MD, PhD
2025-2026 AACR-AORTIC-NCI Beginning Investigator Grants for Catalytic Research (BIGCAT) Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Francis Ali-Osman, DSc
Members
Stefan Ambs, PhD, MPH
Benjamin O. Anderson, MD
Rebecca J. DeBoer, MD, MA
Zodwa Dlamini, PhD
Temidayo Fadelu, MD, MPH
Pedro Fernandez, PhD
Abiola Ibraheem, MD
Elima E. Jedy-Agba, MBBCh, PhD
Johnan A.R. Kaleeba, PhD
Dinah M. Kassaman, PhD
Violet Kayamba, MBChB, PhD
Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni, MD, MSc, MPH, PhD
Angela A. McLigeyo, MBChB
Sam Miti, BSc HB, MBChB
Michael M. Mwachiro, MBChB, MPH
Atara I. Ntekim, MD
Thomas Odeny, MBChB, MPH, PhD
Naomi Oyoe Ohene Oti, MPH, RN
Lewis R. Roberts, MBChB, PhD
Oluwakemi Rotimi, PhD, MS
Adetunji T. Toriola, MD, PhD
Katherine Y. Tossas, PhD, MS
2025-2026 AACR Bladder Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD
Members
Keith Syson Chan, PhD
Alexandra Drakaki, MD
Bernie Eigl, MD
Matthew Galsky, MD
Sangeeta Goswami, MD, PhD
Kathryn Hacker Gessner, MD, PhD
Gopakumar Iyer, MD
Xue (Sean) Li, PhD
Omar Mian, MD, PhD
Rosa M. Nadal Rios, MD, PhD
Thomas Powles, MD
Francisco X. Real, MD, PhD
Sarmad Sadeghi, MD, PhD
Susan F. Slovin, MD, PhD
Alexander Z. Wei, MD
Alexandre Zlotta, MD, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Brain Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Gelareh Zadeh, MD, PhD
Members
Jezabel R. Blanco, PhD
Paul Brennan, MBBChir, PhD
Maria G. Castro, PhD
Susan M. Chang, MD
Sidi Chen, PhD
Ana C. deCarvalho, PhD
Peter B. Dirks, MD, PhD
Yi Fan, MD, PhD
Marco Gallo, PhD
Justin D. Lathia, PhD
Elizabeth Maher, MD, PhD
Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD
Jeremy N. Rich, MD, MHS, MBA
Olabisi Sanusi, MD
Tanveer Sharif, PhD
Derek A. Wainwright, PhD
Leo D. Wang, MD, PhD
Katherine E. Warren, MD
Michael Weller, PhD
Jonathan T. Yang, MD, PhD
Stephen Yip, MD, PhD
Yuan Zhu, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Breast Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Members
Andrea V. Barrio, MD
Kristy A. Brown, PhD
David W. Cescon, MD, PhD
Iona C. Cheng, PhD, MPH
Kevin J. Cheung, MD
Justin A. Colacino, PhD, MPH
Windy Dean-Colomb, MD, PhD
Suzette Delaloge, MD
Christine Desmedt, PhD
Camila O. dos Santos, PhD
Theodoros Foukakis, MD, PhD
Alessandra Gennari, MD, PhD
Andrei Goga, MD, PhD
Christy R. Hagan, PhD
Saima N. Hassan, MD, PhD
Chi-Chen Hong, PhD
Jacqueline D. Jones, PhD
Kevin M. Kalinsky, MD, MS
Mark A. LaBarge, PhD
Claudia Lanari, PhD
Kate I. Lathrop, MD
Andrea S. Llera, PhD
Jirong Long, PhD
Maryam B. Lustberg, MD
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, PhD
Dario Marchetti, PhD
Erica L. Mayer, MD, MPH
Yeon Hee Park, MD, PhD
Heather M. Parsons, MD, MPH
Linda J.Z. Penn, PhD
Barbara N. Pistilli, MD
Aleix Prat, MD, PhD
Manjeet K. Rao, PhD
Matthew J. Sikora, PhD
Jennifer Sims-Mourtada, PhD
Kalliopi P Siziopikou, MD, PhD
Alexander Swarbrick, PhD
Mylin A. Torres, MD
Jelle Wesseling, MD, PhD
Antonio C. Wolff, MD
Qin Yan, PhD
Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD
Siyuan Zhang, MD, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Natasha Kyprianou, MBBS, PhD
Members
Animesh Acharjee, PhD
Joaquin V. Arribas, PhD
Michelle S. Bradbury, MD, PhD
Luis G. Carvajal-Carmona, PhD
Javier Cortés, MD, PhD
Dean A. Fennell, FRCP, PhD
Cristina R. Ferrone, MD
Elena Garralda, MD
Lipika Goyal, MD
Madhuri Koti, DVM, MVSc, PhD
Luiz P. Kowalski, MD, PhD
Catherine E. Lai, MD, MPH
Joseph Markowitz, MD, PhD
Shannon McWeeney, PhD
John E. Moses, PhD
Kim A. Reiss, MD
Pranela Rameshwar, PhD
Amit Roshan, MD, PhD
Olivia W. Rossanese, PhD
Dörthe Schaue, PhD
Lesley K. Seymour, MD, PhD
Edward R. Smith, MD
Zsofia K. Stadler, MD
Linghua Wang, MD, PhD
Xiangshu Xiao, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Endometrial Cancer Research Grants Committee
Chair
Ursula A. Matulonis, MD
Members
Victoria L. Bae-Jump, MD, PhD
Doris M. Benbrook, PhD
Carol L. Brown, MD
Dawn R. Cochrane, PhD
Gerardo Colón-Otero, MD
Katherine C. Fuh, MD, PhD
Nita K. Lee, MD, MPH
Jennifer K. Richer, PhD
Alessandro D. Santin, MD
Melinda S. Yates, PhD
Rugang Zhang, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Donita C. Brady, PhD
Members
Ludmil B. Alexandrov, PhD
Justin M. Balko, PharmD, PhD
George A. Calin, MD, PhD
Keith Syson Chan, PhD
Juan R Cubillos-Ruiz, PhD
Zhaohui Feng, PhD
Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD
Elsa R. Flores, PhD
Saar I. Gill, MD, PhD
Florent Ginhoux, PhD
Jeremy Goecks, PhD
Christopher Kemp, PhD
Stéphanie Lheureux, MD, PhD
Corinne M. Linardic, MD, PhD
Aaron D. Schimmer, MD, PhD
Alex K. Shalek, PhD
Brent R. Stockwell, PhD
Dihua Yu, PhD
Sidi Chen, PhD
Brendan Jenkins, PhD
Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD
Philip J. Lupo, PhD, MPH
Elizabeth Maher, MD, PhD
Jonathan T. Yang, MD, PhD
Youwei Zhang, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Hematologic Malignancies Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Laura Pasqualucci, MD
Members
Stephen M. Ansell, MD, PhD
Lawrence H. Boise, PhD
Dominique Bonnet, PhD
Theodore P. Braun, MD, PhD
Alexey V. Danilov, MD, PhD
Kara L. Davis, DO
Mark A. Dawson, MBBS, PhD
Justin Eyquem, PhD, MS
Francine M. Foss, MD
Terry J. Fry, MD
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD
Lucy A. Godley, MD, PhD
Justine Kahn, MD
Yubin Kang, MD
Abner Louissaint, MD, PhD
William H. Matsui, MD
Francesco Maura, MD
Neha Mehta-Shah, MD, MSCI
Hanna K. A. Mikkola, MD, PhD
Constantine S. Mitsiades, MD, PhD
Leonidas C. Platanias, MD, PhD
Pierluigi Porcu, MD
Elizabeth A. Raetz, MD
Sarwish Rafiq, PhD
Jonathan H. Schatz, MD
Aaron D. Schimmer, MD, PhD
Stephen J. Schuster, MD
Rebecca W. Silbermann,
MD, MMS
Sonali M. Smith, MD
Corinne Summers, MD
Puja Umaretiya, MD
Sophia S. Wang, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Immuno-oncology Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Patrick Hwu, MD
Members
Judith Agudo, PhD
Leila Akkari, PhD
Marina Baretti, MD
Joshua Brody, MD
Vincenzo Bronte, MD
Tullia C. Bruno, PhD
Giulia Casorati, PhD
Aude G. Chapuis, MD
Sandra P. D’Angelo, MD
Greg M. Delgoffe, PhD
Mustafa Diken, PhD
Gianpietro Dotti, MD
Justin Eyquem, PhD, MS
Andrea Facciabene, PhD
Sourav Ghosh, PhD
Stephanie L. Goff, MD
Stephen Gottschalk, MD
Jennifer L. Guerriero, PhD
Fernando Guimaraes, PhD
Kevin J. Harrington, MD, PhD
Christian S. Hinrichs, MD
Ping-Chih Ho, PhD
Won Jin Ho, MD, MS
Emily L. Hopewell, PhD
Richard C. Koya, MD, PhD
Lewis L. Lanier, PhD
John A. Ligon, MD
Evan F. Lind, PhD
Thomas G. Martin, MD
Lai Guan Ng, PhD
Sangeetha M. Reddy, MD
Nadeem Riaz, MD, MSc
Rocío K. Rivera-Valentín, MD, PhD
Stephen M. Robbins, PhD
Stephen L. Shiao, MD, PhD
David R. Soto-Pantoja, PhD
Pramod K. Srivastava, MD, PhD
Ingunn M. Stromnes, PhD
Vivek Subbiah, MD
Takemasa Tsuji, PhD
David L. Wiest, PhD
Keith T. Wilson, MD
Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD
2025-2026 AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Mark E. Robson, MD
Members
Hans H. Kreipe, MD, PhD
Megan Kruse, MD
Adrian V. Lee, PhD
Bora Lim, MD
David W. Lim, MDCM, MEd, PhD
Rita Nanda, MD
Barbara F. Neilsen, BA, MS
Shani Paluch-Shimon, MD
Lori Petitti, BS, MBA
Maria Gabriela Raso, MD
Rebecca B. Riggins, PhD
Roberto Salgado, MD, PhD
Christos Sotiriou, MD, PhD
Masakazu Toi, MD, PhD
Hannah Yong Wen, MD, PhD
Gabriele M. Zoppoli, MD
2025-2026 AACR Lung Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD
Members
Chiara Ambrogio, PhD
Benjamin Besse, MD, PhD
Trever G. Bivona, MD, PhD
David P. Carbone, MD, PhD
Tina Cascone, MD, PhD
Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, MD
Jie Deng, MD, PhD
Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD
Robert Figlin, MD
Paula A. Ugalde Figueroa, MD
Elsa R. Flores, PhD
Patrick Forde, MBBCh
Mark W. Geraci, MD
Verline Justilien, PhD
Jules Lin, MD
William W. Lockwood, PhD
Sumithra J. Mandrekar, PhD
Paola A. Marignani, PhD, MBA
John D. Minna, MD
Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MD
Dawn Owen, MD, PhD
Taofeek K. Owonikoko, MD, PhD
Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD
Valerie W. Rusch, MD
Adrian Sacher, MD
Rachel E. Sanborn, MD
Matthew B. Schabath, PhD
Lecia V. Sequist, MD, MPH
Benjamin J. Solomon, MBBS, PhD
Laura Soucek, PhD
David R. Spigel, MD
Brendon M. Stiles, MD
Tawee Tanvetyanon, MD, MPH
Alda L. Tam, MD, MBA
Jennifer Temel, MD
C. Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD
Anne S. Tsao, MD
Ioannis Vlachos, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR, DABR
James Chih-Hsin Yang, MD, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Maximizing Opportunity for New Advancements in Research in Cancer (MONARCA) Grants for Latin America Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Amelie G. Ramirez, PhD
Members
Daniel P. Bezerra, BPharm, PhD
Maira Caleffi, MD, PhD
Andrés F. Cardona, MD, PhD, MBA
Jacqueline S. Casillas, MD
Matías Chacón, MD
Leandro M. Colli, MD, PhD
Philippos Costa, MD
Anelisa K. Coutinho, MD
Esther de Vries, PhD
Rosdali Diaz Coronado, MD
Kristi D. Graves, PhD
Sonia L. Hernandez, MPhil, PhD, RD
Rogelio Hernandez-Lopez, PhD
Luis Alonso Herrera, PhD
Luiz P. Kowalski, MD, PhD
Claudia Lanari, PhD
Vilma R. Martins, PhD
Jaime L. Matta, PhD
José Mordoh, MD, PhD
Juan Carlo S. Roa, MD
Lucia Mariano Da Rocha Silla, MD, PhD
Rafael Roesler, PhD
Sheila Coelho Soares-Lima, PhD
Luis Ubillos, MD, PhD, MBA
2025-2026 AACR-Mark Foundation Chemistry in Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Daniel K. Nomura, PhD
Members
Lauren V. Albrecht, PhD
Liron Bar-Peled, PhD
Eric C. Chang, PhD
Agnieszka Konopacka, PhD
Yael David, PhD
Olivier Elemento, PhD
James Fraser, PhD
Eric B. Haura, MD
Amy E. Herr, PhD
Renata Jaskula-Sztul, PhD
Kimberly A. Kelly, PhD
Benedikt M. Kessler, PhD
Angela N. Koehler, PhD
Shohei Koide, PhD
Nicholas J. Lawrence, PhD
Min Jae Lee, PhD
Jason S. Lewis, PhD
Yueming Li, PhD
Minkui Luo, PhD
Matthias Mann, PhD
Chad A. Mirkin, PhD
Lenka Munoz, PharmD, PhD
Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, PhD
Radoslaw Nowak, DPhil, MEng
Jayanth Panyam, PhD
Sarah H. Petrosko, PhD
Michael Rapé, PhD
Alex K. Shalek, PhD
Elizabeth R. Sharlow, PhD
Mary Lynn Trawick, PhD
Jin Wang, PhD
Alex G. Waterson, PhD
Danzhou Yang, PhD
Hang H. Yin, PhD
Roberto Zoncu, PhD
2025-2026 AACR-MPM Transformative Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
H. Robert Horvitz, PhD, FAACR
Members
Stephen C. Blacklow, MD, PhD
William C. Hahn, MD, PhD
Yibin Kang, PhD
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR
Tannishtha Reya, PhD
David P. Ryan, MD
David T. Ting, MD
Louis M. Weiner, MD
Anna M. Wu, PhD
2025-2026 AACR-Novocure Tumor Treating Fields Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Roger Stupp, MD
Members
Prasad S. Adusumilli, MD
Hani M. Babiker, MD
Andreas F. Hottinger, MD, PhD
Suriya Jeyapalan, MD
Anders Rosendal Korshøj, MD, PhD
Justin D. Lathia, PhD
Ticiana Leal, MD
Minesh P. Mehta, MD
Sandeep Mittal, MD
Chirag B. Patel, MD, PhD
David D. Tran, MD, PhD
Jack Tuszynski, PhD
Wolfgang Wick, MD, PhD
Matthew Williams, FRCR, PhD
Eric T. Wong, MD
2025-2026 AACR Ocular Melanoma Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Genevieve M. Boland, MD, PhD
Members
Christopher A. Barker, MD
Miguel N. Burnier, Jr., MD, PhD
Solange Landreville, PhD
Jose Lutzky, MD
Meredith McKean, MD
Paula Meleady, PhD
Michael D. Onken, PhD
Anna C. Pavlick, BSN, MSc, DO, MBA
April K.S. Salama, MD
Keiran S. M. Smalley, PhD
Fanfan Zhou, PhD
2024-2025 AACR Pediatric Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Gudrun Schleiermacher, MD PhD
Members
Wendy A. Allen-Rhoades, MD, PhD
Saro H. Armenian, DO, MPH
Pablo Berlanga, MD, PhD
Joshua Breunig, PhD
Brian D. Crompton, MD
Lara E. Davis, MD
Adam D. Durbin, MD, PhD
Debra L. Friedman, MD, MS
Michael D. Hogarty, MD
Peter J. Houghton, PhD
Xi Huang, PhD
Theodore W. Laetsch, MD
Ching C. Lau, MD, PhD
Philip J. Lupo, PhD, MPH
Kara M. Kelly, MD
Troy A. McEachron, PhD
Logan Spector, PhD
Samuel L. Volchenboum, MD, PhD, MS
2025-2026 AACR Renal Cell Carcinoma Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Brian I. Rini, MD
Members
Laurence Albiges, MD, PhD
Bradley C. Carthon, MD, PhD
A. Ari Hakimi, MD
Hans J. Hammers, MD, PhD
Elizabeth P. Henske, MD
Michael Hurwitz, MD, PhD
Hartland W. Jackson, PhD
Payal Kapur, MD
Rana R. McKay, MD
Ricardo Rendon, MD
Evita Sadimin, MD
Sabina Signoretti, MD
Jeffrey A. Sosman, MD
Cora N. Sternberg, MD
Javier F. Torres-Roca, MD
Ulka N. Vaishampayan, MD
Guan Wu, MD, PhD
Tian Zhang, MD
2025-2026 AACR-Torrey Coast Foundation Transpacific Gastric and Esophageal Cancer Research Committee
Chair
Anil K. Rustgi, MD, FAACR
Members
Ramaswamy Govindan, MD
David H. Ilson, MD, PhD
Andrew H. Ko, MD
Jelena Lukovic, MD, FRCPC, MPH
Maria Li Lung, MD
Carlo C. Maley, PhD
Manish A. Shah, MD
Tatsuhiro Shibata, PhD
Brendon M. Stiles, MD
Ursina R. Teitelbaum, MD
Christopher G. Willett, MD
Jun Yu, MD, PhD
2025-2026 AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, FAACR
Co-Chairs
Toni K. Choueiri, MD
Cosimo Commisso, PhD
Han Liang, PhD
Lorelei A. Mucci, ScD, MPH
Katerina A. Politi, PhD
Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD, FAACR
Members
Eric O. Aboagye, PhD
Fabrice André MD, PhD
Maria Laura Avantaggiati, MD
LeeAnn O. Bailey, PhD
Alexandra M. Binder, ScD
Kivanç Birsoy, PhD
Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS
Andrea Cercek, MD
Debyani Chakravarty, PhD
Navdeep S. Chandel, PhD
Steven J. Chmura, MD, PhD
Alessio Ciulli, PhD
Avonne E. Connor, PhD, MPH
Lisa Derosa, PhD
Martin J. Edelman, MD
Martine Extermann, MD, PhD
Andrea Facciabene, PhD
Richard S. Finn, MD
Michael J. Fisher, MD
Shridar Ganesan, MD
Elena Garralda, MD
Theresa A. Guise, MD
Curtis J. Henry, PhD
Jun Huang, PhD
Clare M. Isacke, DPhil
Andrew Y. Koh, MD
Andrew Kung, MD
Loïc Le Marchand, MD, MPH, PhD
Christopher Lord, DPhil
Emil Lou, MD, PhD
Guillermina Lozano, PhD, FAACR
Scott Manalis, PhD
Gal Markel, MD, PhD
Yamilé Molina, MS, MPH, PhD
Motomi Mori, PhD, MBA
Zachary Morris, MD, PhD
Muhammed Murtaza, MBBS, PhD
Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, PhD
Eric Padron, MD
Rushika M. Perera, PhD
Bertrand Routy, MD, PhD
Sandra W. Ryeom, PhD
Julien Sage, PhD
Rosalie Sears, PhD
Mina S. Sedrak, MD, MS
Nima Sharifi, MD
Vanessa B. Sheppard, PhD
Sanford M. Simon, PhD
Paul T. Spellman, PhD
Greg Thurber, PhD
Cornelia Liu Trimble, MD
Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD
Eliezer M. Van Allen, MD
Jun Yu, MD, PhD
2025-2026 Fanconi Cancer Foundation-AACR Fanconi Anemia-associated Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Alan D. D’Andrea, MD, FAACR
Members
Barbara A. Burtness, MD
Seth J. Corey, MD, MPH
Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD, FAACR
M. Stephen Meyn, PhD
Timothy S. Olson, MD, PhD
Paula Río, PhD
Agata Smogorzewska, MD, PhD
Yanbin Zhang, PhD
2025-2026 Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Pancreatic Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee
Chair
Gregory L. Beatty, MD, PhD
Members
Andrew J. Aguirre, MD, PhD
James M. Cleary, MD, PhD
Eric A. Collisson, MD
Christopher M. Counter, PhD
Kyle C. Cuneo, MD
Cristina R. Ferrone, MD
Ajay Goel, PhD
Michael G. Goggins, MD
David Goldstein, MBBS
Karyn A. Goodman, MD
William G. Hawkins, MD
Andrew E. Hendifar, MD, MPH
Michael A. Hollingsworth, PhD
Alison P. Klein, PhD, MHS
Jennifer J. Knox, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Mandar D. Muzumdar, MD
Grainne M. O’Kane, MD
Pamela C. Papadopoulos, PhD
Francisco X. Real, MD, PhD
Rosalie Sears, PhD
Reuben J. Shaw, PhD
Rebecca A. Snyder, MD, MPH
Raul A. Urrutia, MD
Colin D. Weekes, MD, PhD
Laura DeLong Wood, MD, PhD