Candidates for the AACR Board of Directors
The sequence of candidates was chosen by lottery.
Click on each candidate’s name to learn more about them and read their vision statement.
Timothy A. Yap, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Program), Division of Cancer Medicine
Vice President, Head of Clinical Development, Therapeutics Discovery Division
Associate Director of Translational Research, Khalifa Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Brian M. Rivers, PhD, MPH
Professor and Director, Cancer Health Equity Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Johann S. de Bono, MD, PhD
Regius Professor of Cancer Research
Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
Head of Division of Clinical Studies
Director of the Drug Development Unit and Head of Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group
Institute of Cancer Research
London, United Kingdom
Crystal L. Mackall, MD, FAACR
Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Founding Director, Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy
Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Associate Director, Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford, California
Charles W.M. Roberts, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President and Director
Comprehensive Cancer Center
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Timothy R. Rebbeck, PhD, FAACR
Director
Vincent L. Gregory Jr. Professor of Cancer Prevention
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Director for Equity and Engagement
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Mikala Egeblad, PhD
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Tumor Microenvironment
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Oncology
Co-Leader, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Program
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Avrum E. Spira, MD, MSc
Global Head of Interventional Oncology
Johnson & Johnson
Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Bioinformatics
Alexander Graham Bell Professor of Healthcare Entrepreneurship
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts