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Scientist↔Survivor Program®: Scientist Mentors

Advocates participating in the Scientist↔Survivor Program® have been afforded the opportunity to be mentored by great researchers in the field. The AACR is thankful to the scientific mentors of the ​Scientist↔Survivor Program®.

Aime T. Franco, PhD
Assistant Professor and Investigator
Center for Childhood Cancer Research
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Sophia George, PhD
Associate Professor
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Bianca N. Islam, MD, PhD, MSC
Gastroenterology Fellow
Harrington Physician Scientist Program
Digestive Health Institute
Case Western Reserve University
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Public Health
Deputy Director, Program in Health Equity and Population Health
University of Maryland

Jerry S.H. Lee, PhD
Chief Science and Innovation Officer
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences
Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC

Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Medical Director, Clinical Trial Office-Solid Tumor Unit
Masonic Cancer Center

Jeremy Mason, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Urology
Mathematical Oncology Lead, CSI-Cancer
Keck School of Medicine of USC
USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience
University of Southern California

Shannon M. Mumenthaler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California

Updated 4/5/2022