Steering Committee

Lillian L. Siu, MD, FAACR, FRCPC
Steering Committee Chair
AACR President 2025–2026
Professor, University of Toronto
Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Director, Phase I Clinical Trials Program
BMO Chair in Precision Cancer Genomics
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peter J . Allen, MD
David C. Sabiston, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Health System Vice President for Cancer Services
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Duke University School of Medicine Durham, North Carolina

Kenneth C . Anderson, MD, PhD (hc), FAACR
Kraft Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Director, LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Research Scientist
American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor
Boston, Massachusetts

Michael A . Carducci, MD, FACP, FASCO
AEGON Professor in Prostate Cancer Research
Vice Chair for Solid Tumor Oncology
Member, Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland

Andrew E . Chapman, DO, FACP, FCPP
Director, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
EVP Cancer Research and Oncology Services
Professor of Medical Oncology
Clinical Professor, Jefferson College of Nursing
Co-Director, Jefferson Senior Adult Oncology Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Steven J . Chmura, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiation and Cellular Oncology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Medical Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Clinical and Translational Research for Radiation Oncology
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sophia H. L . George, PhD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Associate Director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Lucy A . Godley, MD, PhD
Jeffrey and Marianne Silver Family Professor of Oncology
Professor, Medicine (Hematology and Oncology)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Ana P . Gomes, PhD
Principal Investigator
Associate Member, Department of Molecular Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida

Carmen E . Guerra, MD, MSCE, FACP
Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Professor and Vice Chair, Medicine
Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Abramson Cancer Center
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Trey Ideker, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Departments of Bioengineering and Computer Science
Member, Moores Cancer Center
Director, ARPA-H ADAPT, Dynamic Digital Tumors for Precision Oncology
Director, Bridge2AI Cell Maps for AI
Co-Director, Cancer Cell Map Initiative
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California

Meredith S. Irwin, MD
Chief of Paediatrics, Oncologist and Senior Scientist
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Professor and Chair, Department of Paediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD
Paula J. O’Keeffe Endowed Chair of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Director, Cellular Immunotherapy Program
Professor, Hematology and Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Sandra S. McAllister, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Aging and Cancer Research Labs, Division of Hematology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Member, Breast Cancer Program, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Member, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute
Associate Member, Broad Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Jason A. Mendoza, MD, MPH
Professor and Associate Program Head, Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, Fred Hutch/UW/ Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium
Professor, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Seattle, Washington

John M. Salsman, PhD
Director of Clinical Research in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology and Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy & Associate Director, Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The AACR would like to acknowledge Electra D. Paskett, PhD, FACE, FAACR, Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research, James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University, for her help with the development of this report.