WICR Council
Beverly D. Lyn-Cook, PhD
(2023-2024)Senior Research Biologist
FDA-National Center for Toxicological Research
Jefferson, Arkansas
Sheila K. Singh, MD, PhD
(2023-2024)Pediatric Neurosurgeon, McMaster Children’s Hospital
Professor of Surgery, Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Division Head, Neurosurgery, Hamilton Health Sciences
Director, Centre for Discovery in Cancer Research, Senior Canada Research Chair in Human Cancer Stem Cell Biology
McMaster University Medical Center
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Andrea A. Hayes-Dixon, MD
(2021-2024)Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Howard University Hospital
Washington, D.C.
Nada Jabado, MD, PhD
(2021-2024)Professor of Pediatrics
Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Pediatric Oncology
McGill University
Montreal Children’s Hospital
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec
Dineo Khabele, MD
(2023-2026)Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri
Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD
(2022-2025)Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research
Co-Leader, Translational Research, and Interventional Oncology Research Program
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Shiva Malek, PhD
(2021-2024)Global Head of Oncology Disease Area
Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Inc
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Arti Patel Varanasi, PhD, MPH, CPH
(2023-2026)President & CEO
Advancing Synergy, LLC
Baltimore, Maryland
Sara Pedron-Haba, PhD
(2023-2026)Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
Claudia K. Petritsch, PhD
(2022-2025)Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Luz Maria Rodriguez, MD
(2023-2026)Surgical Oncologist and Colorectal Surgeon
Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers Research Group
Rockville, Maryland
Mariana C. Stern, PhD
(2022-2025)Associate Director, Population Sciences
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Urology
Ira Goodman Chair in Cancer Research
Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California