CIMM Steering Committee
Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
(2022-2024)Director;
Dean for Oncology, Biological Sciences Division
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chicago, Illinois
Sandra Demaria, MD
(2022-2023)Professor of Radiation Oncology and Pathology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Djordje Atanackovic, MD
(2020-2023)Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of the Fannie Angelos Cellular Therapeutics Laboratory
Director of Cellular and Vaccine Immunotherapy
Greenebaum Cancer Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Rostyslav Bilyy, PhD, DrSci
(2022-2025)Professor of Cytology, Histology & Embryology Department
Head of Immunology Laboratory
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
Lviv, Ukraine
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD
(2021-2024)Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Kavita Dhodapkar, MBBS
(2021-2024)Professor of Pediatrics
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Children’s Hospital of Atlanta
Winship Cancer Institute
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Helen E. Heslop, MD
(2021-2024)Dan L. Duncan Chair
Director, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Lawrence Fong, MD
(2022-2025)Efim Guzik Distinguished Professor in Cancer Biology
Leader, Cancer Immunotherapy Program
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, San Francisco
Richard C. Koya, MD, PhD
(2020-2023)Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director of the cGMP Vector Development & Production
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Biological Sciences Division
University of Chicago School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Sherene Loi, MD, PhD
(2022-2025)Professor, University of Melbourne
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Breast Unit Head, Translational Breast Cancer Genomics and Therapeutics Lab
Breast Stream Lead, Parkville Precinct Cancer Clinical Trials Unit
National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia Endowed Chair
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, Australia
Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD
(2021-2024)Director of Cellular Immunotherapy
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD
(2020-2023)Rob and Karen Hale Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Marco Ruella, MD
(2022-2025)Assistant Professor of Medicine
Scientific Director, Lymphoma Program
Division of Hematology and Oncology and Center for Cellular Immunotherapies
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eduardo M. Sotomayor, MD
(2020-2023)Dr. Cyrus Katzen Family Director
The George Washington University Cancer Center
Washington, D.C.
Takemasa Tsuji, PhD
(2021-2024)Research Associate Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology-Gynecologic Oncology
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Jennifer A. Wargo, MD, MMSc
(2022-2025)Endowed Professor
Surgical Oncology and Genomic Medicine
Program Director for PRIME TR
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas