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AACR Project GENIE®: Governance

AACR Project GENIE® is governed by a steering committee comprised of one representative from each participating institution, one of whom is the chairperson. The Steering Committee reports to an external advisory board and the AACR Board of Directors.

The Executive Committee, a subset of the Steering Committee, comprises a smaller set of voting members that handle more time-sensitive decisions. The AACR chief executive officer or their designee, the AACR president or their designee, and a member of the AACR Science Policy and Government Affairs and Clinical and Translational Cancer Research Committees serve on the Executive Committee. One representative from each of the project’s strategic partners, Sage BioNetworks and cBioPortal, serves on the Executive Committee as ex officio members.

Charles L. Sawyers, MD
Executive Committee

Charles L. Sawyers, MD

(Founding Chairperson 2015-2020)

Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Chair

Philippe Bedard, MD, FRCPC
Executive Committee

Philippe Bedard, MD, FRCPC

(Chairperson 2021-2024)

Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto

James L. Abbruzzese
Executive Committee

James L. Abbruzzese

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Medical Oncology
Duke University School of Medicine

Fabrice Andre, MD, PhD
Steering Committee

Fabrice Andre, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Medical Oncology
Institut Gustave Roussy

Alexander Baras
Executive Committee

Alexander Baras

Director, Pathology Informatics
Associate Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Christina Curtis, PhD
Executive Committee

Christina Curtis, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Biomedical Data Science
Stanford University

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
Executive Committee

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)

Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research

Kevin Haigis, PhD
Executive Committee

Kevin Haigis, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief Scientific Officer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Brian Henick
Executive Committee

Brian Henick

Associate Director of Experimental Therapeutics
Director of Translational Research in Aerodigestive Cancers in Medical Oncology
Columbia University

Marilyn Li, MD
Executive Committee

Marilyn Li, MD

Vice Chief, Division of Genomic Diagnostics
Director, Cancer Genomic Diagnostics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Shannon Jones McCall, MD
Steering Committee

Shannon Jones McCall, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology
Duke University

Gerrit Meijer, MD, PhD
Executive Committee

Gerrit Meijer, MD, PhD

Professor of Oncologic Pathology
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam

Christine Micheel
Executive Committee

Christine Micheel

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Executive Committee

Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Molecular Oncology Initiative
Co-leader, Pediatric Malignancies Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, San Francisco

Walter Urba, MD, PhD
Steering Committee

Walter Urba, MD, PhD

Director, Cancer Research, Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center
Earle A. Chiles Research Institute
Providence Cancer Center

Zenta Walther, MD, PhD
Executive Committee

Zenta Walther, MD, PhD

Clinical Director at YNHH Tumor Profiling Laboratory
Director of Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship Program
Yale School of Medicine

Wei Zhang
Steering Committee

Wei Zhang

Director of Center for Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology
Wake Forest School of Medicine

Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD
Steering Committee

Victor E. Velculescu, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Cancer Biology and Professor of Oncology and Pathology
Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

James F. Amatruda, MD, PhD
Steering Committee

James F. Amatruda, MD, PhD

Interim Chief and Interim Director, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute
Head, Basic and Translational Research, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute
Dr. Kenneth O. Williams Chair in Cancer Research
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Rodrigo Dienstmann, MD
Steering Committee

Rodrigo Dienstmann, MD

Group Leader, Oncology Data Science (ODysSey) Group, VHIO
Research Scientist, Computational Oncology Group, Sage Bionetworks
Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology

Gary Doherty, MB, BChir, MA, PhD (Cantab.), FRCP
Steering Committee

Gary Doherty, MB, BChir, MA, PhD (Cantab.), FRCP

Consultant Medical Oncologist
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Center – University of Cambridge

Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Steering Committee

Lucio Miele, MD, PhD

Professor and Head, Department of Genetics
Senior Associate Dean of Research, LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Cancer Crusaders Endowed Professor in Cancer Research
The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Kyong Hwa Park (박경화)
Steering Committee

Kyong Hwa Park (박경화)

Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology
Korea University Anam Hospital

Nikolaus Schultz, PhD
Executive Committee, Ex Officio

Nikolaus Schultz, PhD

Attending Computational Oncologist, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Affiliate Member, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Pearl Seo, MD, MPH
Steering Committee

Pearl Seo, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Divison of Medical Oncology Department of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR
Executive Committee

Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR

President (2024-2025)
American Association for Cancer Research
Director, Phase I Clinical Trials Program
Codirector, Robert and Maggie Bras and Family Drug Development Program
Clinical Lead, Tumor Immunotherapy Program
BMO Chair, Precision Cancer Genomics
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto

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Last Updated: April 17, 2024