Goals for AACR
AACR’s central role in synergizing cancer research globally through its multi-fold mission spanning research, education, science policy, and advocacy is as critically important now as it has ever been. As an AACR Board Member, I would support efforts to leverage the incredible advances in science and technology that have the potential to transform our impact, navigate the significant headwinds that scientific research is facing, and foster collaboration across individual scientists, institutions, and nations toward amplifying our collective voices and efforts to realize our common goal of eradicating cancer across all populations.
Research Interests
Cancer epidemiology; cancer prevention; population science; breast cancer; colorectal cancer; cancer disparities; cancer screening; early detection; etiology; risk factors; survivorship; metastasis; disseminated tumor cells; biomarker discovery and validation; cancer surveillance; molecular profiling; spatial profiling; hormones and cancer; risk prediction.
Current Affiliations
Vice president, faculty development, and full professor, public health sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington; associate director, faculty development, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington; research full professor, epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Previous Positions
Faculty director, office of diversity, equity and inclusion (2019-2022) and coprogram head, translational research program (2012-2019), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington; research associate professor, epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (2006-2011); associate professor, public health services, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington (2006-2010); research assistant professor, epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (2002-2006); assistant professor, public health sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington (2002-2006).
Education
PhD (2002) and MPH (2000), epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; MS, University of California, San Francisco, California (2000); BS, biological sciences (honors), Stanford University, Stanford, California (1995).
Postdoctoral Training
Postdoctoral fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (2000-2002), Seattle, Washington.
Selected AACR Service, Honors, and Awards
Member, AACR Professional Excellence Program (PEP) Steering Committee (2026-present); member, AACR Annual Meeting Program Committee (2025-2026); member, selection committee, AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research (2025); member, selection committee, AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research Award (2024); member, AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report Steering Committee (2024); member, selection committee, AACR-Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Fellowship Award (2023); member, selection committee, AACR Minorities in Cancer Research Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship (2021); associate editor, Cancer Research Communications (2021-present); member, Population Sciences Working Group (2021-2024); member, Task Force on Eliminating Racial Inequities in Cancer Research (2021-2022); member, AACR Cancer Progress Report 2020 Steering Committee (2019-2020); chair, Methods Workshop, AACR Annual Meeting (2019); member, Education Committee, AACR Annual Meeting (2019); member, Science Education Committee (2015-2017); conference cochair, 10th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved (2017); editorial board, Cancer Prevention Research (2015-present); chair, Minorities in Cancer Research Professional Advancement Roundtable, AACR Annual Meeting (2015); senior editor, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (2014-present); chair, Minorities in Cancer Research Professional Advancement Session, 7th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities (2014); member, steering committee, AACR/ACS/ASCO/NCI Think Tank (2014); editorial board, Cancer Research (2013-2016); chair, plenary session, 6th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved (2013); chairperson (2013-2014) and member (2010-2014), Minorities in Cancer Research Council; conference cochair, 5th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved (2012); cochair, scientific symposium, AACR Annual Meeting (2012); member, scientific program committee, 4th Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved (2011); cochair, scientific symposium, AACR Annual Meeting (2011); recipient, AACR Minority Scholar Award (2002 and 2005).
Selected Honors, Awards, and Non-AACR Service
Member, external advisory board, University of Hawaii Cancer Center (2025-present); member, external scientific advisory board, Yale Cancer Center (2025-present); member, external scientific advisory board, Oregon Health Sciences University Knight Cancer Institute (2024-present); member, external scientific advisory board, Moffitt Cancer Center (2024-present); member, external advisory committee, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2024); member, external advisory board, Vanderbilt University Comprehensive Cancer Center (2024-present); member, external advisory board, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (2023-present); member, external advisory board, Northwestern University Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (2023-present); member, external advisory board, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center (2023-present); member, external advisory board, Duke Cancer Institute (2023-present); member, external advisory board, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (2023-present); member, external advisory board, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center (2023-present); member, external advisory board, University of Oklahoma Stephenson Cancer Center (2023-present); member, external advisory board, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (2022-present); member, advisory board, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Office, University of Maryland Greenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (2022-present); member, external advisory board, University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center (2022-present); member, external advisory board, Yale Cancer Center (2021-2022); member, external advisory board, University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center (2021-present); ad hoc member, integration panel, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (2021); member, external advisory board, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (2021-present); cofounder and cochair, Cancer Center Network (2021-present); chair (2017-2018) and member (2012-2021), Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Integration Panel; chair and member, integration panel, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (2012-2020); member, planning committee, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (2011); ad hoc member, integration panel, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (2008-2010).