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Scientific Review Committees

Research funding scientific review committees serve in the significant role of selecting recipients of AACR’s research grants for independent investigators, junior faculty and postdoctoral/clinical research fellows. For more information about AACR funding opportunities, please visit the AACR funding page.

2024-2025 AACR-AstraZeneca Career Development Award for Physician-Scientists, in Honor of José Baselga Scientific Review Committee

Chair
Luis A. Diaz, MD

Members
Joan Albanell, MD
Michael F. Berger, PhD
Malcolm V. Brock, MD
Javier Cortés, MD, PhD
Steven Gallinger, MD
Joanna L. Groden, PhD
Michaela J. Higgins, MD
Patrick Hwu, MD
Cigall Kadoch, PhD
Anthony G. Letai, MD, PhD
Roger S. Lo, MD, PhD
Erminia Massarelli, MD, PhD
Gordon B. Mills, MD, PhD, FAACR
Patrick Nana-Sinkam, MD
Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD
Lajos Pusztai, MD, DPhil
Pranela Rameshwar, PhD
Pedram Razavi, MD, PhD
Violeta Serra, PhD
Zsofia K. Stadler, MD
Christos Sotiriou, MD, PhD
Laura Soucek, PhD
Vivek Subbiah, MD
Debasish Tripathy, MD
Jen Jen Yeh, MD

2024-2025 AACR Basic Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee

Chair
Samir N. Khleif, MD 

Members
Igor L. Bado, PhD 
Marina Baretti, MD 
Kaitlin J. Basham, PhD 
Linda B. Baughn, PhD 
Paula D. Bos, PhD 
Sandeep Burma, PhD 
Janai R. Carr-Ascher, MD, PhD 
Jason S. Carroll, PhD 
Eric A. Collisson, MD 
Olivier Elemento, PhD 
Howard Alan Fine, MD 
Trevor Graham, PhD 
Matthew M. Gubin, PhD 
Marcia Haigis, PhD 
James B. Hicks, PhD 
Tobias Janowitz, MD, PhD 
Brendan Jenkins, PhD 
Carla Koehler, PhD 
Andrew Koff, PhD 
Kamel Lahouel, PhD 
Min Li, PhD 
Jinsong Liu, MD, PhD 
Zhijie “Jason” Liu, PhD 
Shyam Nyati, PhD 
Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD 
Gary Patti, PhD 
Elena Piskounova, PhD 
Ozgur Sahin, PhD 
Jason M. Sheltzer, PhD 
Ulrich G. Steidl, MD, PhD 
Takita Sumter, PhD 
Edward William Tate, PhD 
Javier F. Torres-Roca, MD 
Brajendra K. Tripathi, PhD 
Jun Wang, PhD 
Anna Woloszynska, PhD 
Guanming Wu, PhD 
Youwei Zhang, PhD 
Binhua Peter Zhou, MD, PhD 

2024-2025 AACR Breast Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee

Chair
Lucio Miele, MD, PhD 

Members
Andrea V. Barrio, MD 
Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD 
Iona C. Cheng, PhD, MPH 
Kevin J. Cheung, MD 
Bisrat G. Debeb, DVM, PhD 
Christine Desmedt, PhD 
Christy R. Hagan, PhD 
Chi-Chen Hong, PhD 
Jacqueline D. Jones, PhD 
Kevin M. Kalinsky, MD, MS 
Mark A. LaBarge, PhD 
Jirong Long, PhD 
Maryam B. Lustberg, MD 
Linda J.Z. Penn, PhD 
Aleix Prat, MD, PhD 
Manjeet K. Rao, PhD 
Jennifer Sims-Mourtada, PhD 
Kalliopi P Siziopikou, MD, PhD 
Daniel G. Stover, MD 
Alexander Swarbrick, PhD 
Jelle Wesseling, MD, PhD 
Qin Yan, PhD 
Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD 

2024-2025 AACR Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee

Chair
David Malkin, MD 

Members
Onyinye D. Balogun, MD
Michael A. Carducci, MD
Eleonora Dondossola, PhD
Mark Emberton, MD
Dean A. Fennell, FRCP, PhD
Andrew C. Hsieh, MD
Joseph Markowitz, MD, PhD
Shannon McWeeney, PhD
Zachary Morris, MD, PhD
Rita Nanda, MD
Allyson J. Ocean, MD
Raymond U Osarogiagbon, MD
Sameek Roychowdhury, MD, PhD
Livio Trusolino, MD, PhD
Jeffrey W. Tyner, PhD
Wei Xu, PhD
Mark Yarchoan, MD

2024-2025 AACR Immuno-oncology Research Grants Scientific Review Committee

Chair
Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD

Members
Samuel E. Adunyah, PhD
Ido Amit, PhD
Djordje Atanackovic, MD
Justin M. Balko, PharmD, PhD
Sidi Chen, PhD
Sandra P. D’Angelo, MD
Daniel D. de Carvalho, PhD
Greg M. Delgoffe, PhD
Adi Diab, MD
Andrea Facciabene, PhD
Terry J. Fry, MD
Stephanie L. Goff, MD
Sergei I. Grivennikov, PhD
Kevin J. Harrington, MD, PhD
Christian S. Hinrichs, MD
Ping-Chih Ho, PhD
Richard C. Koya, MD, PhD
Lewis L. Lanier, PhD
Evan F. Lind, PhD
Thomas G. Martin, MD
Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD
Tara C. Mitchell, MD
Jorge J. Nieva, MD
Mary Philip, MD, PhD
Jeffrey C. Rathmell, PhD
Nadeem Riaz, MD, MSc
Stephen L. Shiao, MD, PhD
David R. Soto-Pantoja, PhD
Vivek Subbiah, MD
Takemasa Tsuji, PhD
Keith T. Wilson, MD
Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD
Weizhou Zhang, PhD

2024-2025 AACR Maximizing Opportunity for New Advancements in Research in Cancer (MONARCA) Grants for Latin America Scientific Review Committee

Chair
Roger Chammas, MD, PhD

Members
Daniel P. Bezerra, BPharm, PhD 
Gloria M. Calaf, PhD 
Maira Caleffi, MD, PhD 
Matías Chacón, MD 
Leandro M. Colli, MD, PhD 
Anelisa K. Coutinho, MD 
Susana Fiorentino, PhD 
Sonia L. Hernandez, MPhil, PhD, RD 
Rogelio Hernandez-Lopez, PhD 
Silvia Jiménez-Morales, PhD 
Luiz P. Kowalski, MD, PhD 
Claudia Lanari, PhD 
Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, MD, PhD 
Lorena Lobos-González, PhD 
Vilma R. Martins, PhD 
Jaime L. Matta, PhD 
Stelia C. Mendez-Sanchez, PhD 
José Mordoh, MD, PhD 
Juan Carlo S. Roa, MD 
Lucia Mariano Da Rocha Silla, MD, PhD 
Junior S. Torres-Roman, PhD 
Luis Ubillos, MD, PhD, MBA 

2024-2025 AACR Pediatric Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee

Chair
Gudrun Schleiermacher, MD PhD 

Members
Saro H. Armenian, DO, MPH 
Pablo Berlanga, MD, PhD 
Brian D. Crompton, MD 
Lara E. Davis, MD 
Uta Dirksen, MD, PhD 
David A. Liebner, MD 
Philip J. Lupo, PhD, MPH 
Kara M. Kelly, MD 
Samuel L. Volchenboum, MD, PhD, MS

2024-2025 Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Pancreatic Cancer Research Grants Scientific Review Committee

Chair
Gregory L. Beatty, MD, PhD 

Members
Andrew J. Aguirre, MD, PhD 
Jennifer M. Bailey-Lundberg, PhD  
Andrew V. Biankin, PhD 
Elena Gabriela Chiorean, MD 
James M. Cleary, MD, PhD  
Eric A. Collisson, MD
Christopher M. Counter, PhD 
Kyle C. Cuneo, MD 
Cristina R. Ferrone, MD  
Jason B. Fleming, MD 
Ajay Goel, PhD 
Michael G. Goggins, MD  
William G. Hawkins, MD 
Andrew E. Hendifar, MD, MPH 
Michael A. Hollingsworth, PhD  
Alison P. Klein, PhD, MHS 
Jennifer J. Knox, MSc, MD, FRCPC 
Dung Thi Le, MD  
Donghui Li, PhD 
Gwen Lomberk, PhD 
Ugwuji N. Maduekwe, MD, MMSc, MPH  
Mandar D. Muzumdar, MD 
Grainne M. O’Kane, MD 
Pamela C. Papadopoulos, PhD 
Francisco X. Real, MD, PhD 
Rosalie Sears, PhD 
Judith S. Sebolt-Leopold, PhD 
Reuben J. Shaw, PhD 
Rebecca A. Snyder, MD, MPH  
Ursina R. Teitelbaum, MD 
Raul A. Urrutia, MD  
Colin D. Weekes, MD, PhD 
Laura DeLong Wood, MD, PhD