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WICR Council

Shiva Malek, PhD
Chairperson

Shiva Malek, PhD

(2024-2025)

Global Head of Oncology Disease Area
Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Inc
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Beverly D. Lyn-Cook, PhD
Past Chairperson

Beverly D. Lyn-Cook, PhD

(2024-2025)

Senior Research Biologist
FDA-National Center for Toxicological Research
Jefferson, Arkansas

Mariana C. Stern, PhD
Chairperson-Elect

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

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)

Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dineo Khabele, MD

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

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

Arti Patel Varanasi, PhD, MPH, CPH

Arti Patel Varanasi, PhD, MPH, CPH

(2023-2026)

President & CEO
Advancing Synergy, LLC
Baltimore, Maryland

Sara Pedron-Haba, PhD

Sara Pedron-Haba, PhD

(2023-2026)

Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois

Claudia K. Petritsch, PhD

Claudia K. Petritsch, PhD

(2022-2025)

Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Luz Maria Rodriguez, MD

Luz Maria Rodriguez, MD

(2023-2026)

Surgical Oncologist and Colorectal Surgeon
Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers Research Group
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention
Rockville, Maryland