National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) Members

Chair

John D. Carpten, Ph.D. (2026)
Director
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director and Chief Science Officer
Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Duarte, California

Members

Margaret Anne Anderson (2028)
Managing Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Arlington, Virginia

Nilofer S. Azad, M.D. (2026)
Professor of Oncology
Co-Director, Developmental Therapeutics Program
Co-Leader, Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Richard J. Boxer, M.D. (2028)
Clinical Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Callisia N. Clarke, M.D. (2030)
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ysabel Duron (2028)
Founder and Executive Director
The Latino Cancer Institute
San Jose, California

Karen M. Emmons, Ph.D. (2030)
Professor
Department of Social and Behavioral Science
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Tamika Felder (2030)
Chief Visionary
Cervivor, Inc.
Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Christopher R. Friese, Ph.D., R.N. (2026)
Vice Provost, Academic and Faculty Affairs
Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing
Professor of Health Management and Policy
Associate Director, Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Rogel Cancer Center
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Julie Papanek Grant, M.B.A. (2028)
General Partner
Canaan
Menlo Park, California

Amy B. Heimberger, M.D. (2026)
Jean Malnati Miller Professor of Brain
Tumor Research
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Neurosurgery
Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Ana Navas-Acien, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. (2028)
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, New York

Edjah K. Nduom, M.D. (2030)
Daniel Louis Barro Endowed Chair
Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Brain Tumor Disease Leader
Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta, Georgia

Kimberly Stegmaier, M.D. (2030)
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Ted Williams Investigator, Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute
Vice Chair of Research, Pediatric Oncology
Co-Director, Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies
Program, Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center
Institute Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Boston, Massachusetts

Fred K. Tabung, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. (2028)
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
College of Medicine and Comprehensive
Cancer Center
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Ashani T. Weeraratna, Ph.D. (2026)
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of
Cancer Biology
E.V. McCollum Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Co-Program Leader, Cancer Invasion and Metastasis Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Karen M. Winkfield, M.D., Ph.D. (2026)
Executive Director
Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee

Designated Federal Official
Paulette S. Gray, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Extramural Activities
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Committee Management Officer
Ms. Joy Wiszneauckas
Division of Extramural Activities
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Ex Officios

Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

The Honorable Douglas A. Collins
Secretary
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC

The Honorable Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Secretary
U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, DC

The Honorable Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense
The Pentagon Washington, DC

Alexander Hoehn-Saric, J.D.
Chairman
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Bethesda, Maryland

John Howard, M.D., M.P.H., J.D., LL.M.
Director
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Washington, DC

The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Michael J.K. Kratsios
Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
Washington, DC

Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H.
Commissioner
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, Maryland

Richard Woychik, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Toxicology Program
National Institutes of Health Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

The Honorable Christopher Wright
Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC

Lee M. Zeldin
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC

Alternates to Ex Officios

Joseph R. Graber, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC
(The Honorable Christopher Wright - DOE)

John Gordon, Ph.D.
Directorate for Health Sciences
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Rockville, Maryland
(Alexander Hoehn-Saric, J.D. - CPSC)

Michelle L. Heacock, Ph.D.
Chief, Hazardous Substances Research Branch
Extramural Research and Training Division
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Durham, North Carolina
(Richard Woychik, Ph.D. - NIEHS)

Michael Kelley, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Executive Program Director for Oncology
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Durham, North Carolina
(The Honorable Douglas A. Collins - VA)

Matthew J. Memoli, M.D., M.S.
Principal Deputy Director
National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
(Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D. - NIH)

Richard Pazdur, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Director
Oncology Center of Excellence
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, Maryland
(Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H. - FDA)

Craig D. Shriver, M.D. FACS
COL USA (Ret)
Oliver H. Beahrs Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Murtha Cancer Center (MCC)/Research Program
(MCCRP) Director
Bethesda, Maryland
(The Honorable Pete Hegseth - DOD)

Kerry Souza, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Epidemiologist
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Washington, DC
(John Howard, M.D., M.P.H., J.D., LL.M. - NIOSH)

TBN
U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, DC
(The Honorable Lori Chavez-DeRemer - DOL)

TBN
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC
(Lee M. Zeldin - EPA)

TBN
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
Washington, DC
(Michael J.K. Kratsios - OSTP)