MICR Council

Carmen E. Guerra, MD, MSCE
(2024-2025)Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Abramson Cancer Center
Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Melissa B. Davis, PhD
(2025-2026)Director, Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Ruben A. Mesa, MD
(2023-2026)President, Atrium Health Levine Cancer
Executive Director, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Enterprise Senior Vice President, Atrium Health
Vice Dean for Cancer Programs, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston Salem, North Carolina

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rodney Haring, PhD, MSW
(2025-2028)Co-Director, Health Communications Shared Resource
Seneca Nation
Director, Department of Indigenous Cancer Health
Buffalo, New York
Electron Kebebew, MD, FACS, FCS (ECSA), FSSO
(2025-2028)Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of General Surgery & The Harry A. Oberhelman Jr. & Mark L. Welton Professor
Standford Cancer Center
Stanford, California
Juanita L. Merchant, MD, PhD
(2025-2028)Associate Director, Basic Sciences, Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, College of Medicine
Regents Professor
Professor, College of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Yamilé Molina, PhD
(2025-2028)Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Research on Women and Gender
Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Valerie Odero-Marah, PhD
(2023-2026)Executive Director of Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation
Morgan State University
Baltimore, Maryland

Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez, MD, PhD
(2025-2028)Vice Chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Surgery,
Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Surgery,
City of Hope,
Duarte, California
Sanya A. Springfield, PhD
(Ex Officio)Acting Deputy Director, Strategic Engagement
Office of the Director
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, Maryland
Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD
(2023-2026)Professor of Radiation Oncology
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance
Nashville, Tennessee

Charnita Zeigler-Johnson, PhD, MPH
(2025-2027)Cancer epidemiologist,
Associate Professor of Cancer Prevention and Control
Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA

Jose G. Trevino, MD
(2023-2026)Geoffrey R. Shudtz Chair in Pancreatic Cancer Research
Walter Lawrence Jr. Distinguished Professor of Surgical Oncology
Director of Pancreas Program
Chair, Division of Surgical Oncology
Professor of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, Massey Cancer Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia