WICR Council
Shiva Malek, PhD
(2024-2025)Global Head of Oncology Disease Area
Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Inc
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Beverly D. Lyn-Cook, PhD
(2024-2025)Senior Research Biologist
FDA-National Center for Toxicological Research
Jefferson, Arkansas
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)
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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
(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
(2023-2026)President & CEO
Advancing Synergy, LLC
Baltimore, Maryland
Sara Pedron-Haba, PhD
(2023-2026)Research Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
Claudia K. Petritsch, PhD
(2022-2025)Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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