Mission Statement
The National Cancer Advisory Board will convene an ad hoc Working Group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs to advise on a wide variety of matters concerning scientific program policy, and progress and future direction of extramural research programs.
The Working Group will make recommendations on research priorities conducted or supported by the Institute. This includes the evaluation of new and reissue NCI concepts, i.e., request for applications (RFAs), cooperative agreements (Coop. Agrs.), request for proposals (RFPs), i.e., contract concepts, and program announcements with special receipt, referral and/or review (PARs). In evaluating the concepts, the Working Group will consider whether the proposed initiative will advance/enhance the Institute's current research efforts and advise the Institute regarding future research directions. The advisory role of the Working Group is scientific and does not include deliberation on matters of public policy. In addition, the Working Group will evaluate and review the selected program’s concepts or initiatives for effectiveness as well as discuss and prioritize program ideas.
Working Group membership will include select NCI advisory board members as well as individuals with expertise in foundational, clinical and biometric research, clinical cancer treatment, cancer etiology, and cancer prevention and control, with emphasis on training and experience in the various disciplines and fields related to scientific areas relevant to carcinogenesis, cancer biology and diagnosis, cancer center administration, medicine, radiological and surgical oncology, cancer chemotherapy, cancer epidemiology, cancer prevention and control, cancer education, cancer information services, community outreach, biological, chemical and physical carcinogenesis, DNA repair and effects, tumor biology and immunology, humoral and cellular immunity, hematopoiesis, cell differentiation and transformation, oncogenes and growth factors, molecular and structural biology and genetic regulation, viral oncology, vaccine development, transplantation, chemotherapy, clinical trial design, management and evaluation, pharmacology, drug development and developmental therapeutics, genetic and immunotherapies, pathology, diagnostic research and cytogenetics, biological response modifiers, imaging, nutrition, survey research, epidemiology, biostatistics, rehabilitation, psychology and behavioral medicine, public health and community oncology, health disparities, quality of life, pain management, cancer detection and diagnosis, cancer treatment and restorative care, dentistry, nursing, public health, nutrition, education of health professionals, medical oncology, surgery, radiotherapy, gynecologic oncology, pediatric oncology, pathology, and biostatistics.
The Working Group will advise the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) and the NCI Director.
Roster
Chair
Cornelia M. Ulrich, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Director
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Members
Suzanne J. Baker, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center
Endowed Chair in Brain Tumor Research
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Smita Bhatia, M.D., M.P.H.
American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor
Director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship
Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics
School of Medicine| University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Otis W. Brawley, M.D., M.A.C.P.,
F.A.S.C.O., F.A.C.E.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Andrew T. Chan, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief
Clinical and Translational Epidemiology
Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Director of Epidemiology,
MGH Cancer Center
Daniel K. Podolsky Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Suzanne D. Conzen, M.D.
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Gloria D. Coronado, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Population Sciences
Professor, College of Public Health
Maynard Endowed Prevention and Control
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, AZ
Christopher M. Counter, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
Edna Cukierman, Ph.D.
M&C Greenberg Endowed Professor in Pancreatic Cancer Research
ACS Wilmott Family Professor of Pancreatic Cancer
Leader - Cancer Signaling & Microenvironment Program
Inaugural Director - M&C Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute
Director - Histopathology Facility for Spatial Proteomics & AI Multiplex-IF
Institute for Cancer Research - Fox Chase Cancer Center
(Lewis Katz School of Medicine/Temple Health)
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
Christina N. Curtis, Ph.D.
RZ Cao Professor
Departments of Medicine (Oncology), Genetics & Biomedical Data Science
Sr Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine
Director, AI and Cancer Genomics, Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine
Investigator, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Stanford, CA
S. Gail Eckhardt, M.D., F.A.S.C.O.
Associate Dean of Experimental Therapeutics
Associate Director of Translational Research
Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation Endowed Chair
Dan L Ducan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Christopher Flowers, M.D.
Division Head, Division of Cancer Medicine
Chair and Professor
Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma,
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Christopher R. Friese, Ph.D., R.N.
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
Howell, MI
Jon C. D. Houtman, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor, Division of Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine
Deputy Director of Research, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Faculty Director, Human Immunology Core
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D.
Professor of Population & Health Sciences
Cancer Health Disparities
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern
California (USC)
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Trey Ideker, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Patrick J. Loehrer, M.D.
Distinguished Joseph W. and Jackie J.
Cusick Professor of Oncology
Professor of Medicine and Program Leader
Global Oncology
Indiana Cancer Pavilion, Room 455
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
Ana Maria Lopez, M.D., M.P.H. M.A.C.P.,
F.R.C.P (London)
Professor, Medical Oncology and Integrative
Medicine (ABOIM) & Nutritional Sciences
Vice Chair, Oncology
Chief of Cancer Services
Thomas Jefferson University
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
Jasmine A. McDonald, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY
Ruben A. Mesa, M.D.
President, Enterprise Cancer Service Line
Atrium Health
Executive Director, Atrium Health Wake Forest
Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Senior Vice President, Atrium Health
Vice Dean for Cancer Programs
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston Salem Campus
Winston Salem, NC
Karen M. Mustian, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dean's Professor of Surgery, Cancer Control
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program
Wilmot Cancer Institute University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Lisa A. Newman, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief, Division of Breast Surgery
Director, Interdisciplinary Breast Program
New York Presbyterian Hospital Network
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, M.D.
Director, Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program
Director Thoracic Oncology Research (ThOR) Group
Department of Medicine
Baptist Cancer Care Center-Memphis
Toracic Multidisciplinary Care
Memphis, TN
Raphael E. Pollock, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Kathleen Wellenreiter Klotz Chair in Cancer Research
Director, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, OH
Suresh S. Ramalingam, M.D., F.A.S.C.O.
Executive Director,
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Roberto C. Goizueta Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Rajagopal Ramesh, Ph.D., DBA, FAIMBE
Jim and Christy Everest Endowed Chair in Cancer Developmental Therapeutics
Professor of Pathology and Director
Experimental Therapeutics and Translational Cancer Medicine
Chair
Fellowship Training and Mentoring Program
Member
University of Oklahoma Health Campus
Oklahoma City, OK
Lewis R. Roberts, M.B., CH.B., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center
Rochester, MN
Charles M. Rudin, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sylvia Hassenfeld Chair in Lung Cancer Research
Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
John Sampson, MD, Ph.D., M.B.A., MHsc
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Dean, School of Medicine
Professor of Neurosurgery
Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D.
Chair
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Director
Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics
Robert H. Lurie NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center
Searle 6-512
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Samuel L. Volchenboum, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Dean of Master's Education
Director, Data for the Common Good
Chief, Section of Biomedical Informatics
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Robert H. Vonderheide, M.D., D.Phil.
Director, Abramson Cancer Center
Vice Dean, Cancer Programs, Perelman School of Medicine
Vice President, Cancer Programs, University of Pennsylvania Health System
John H. Glick, MD Abramson Cancer Center
Director's Professor
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Ashani T. Weeraratna, Ph.D.
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, MD
Max S. Wicha, M.D.
Distinguished Professor or Oncology
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
George Wilding, M.D. (Retired)
Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Albuquerque, NM
Karen M. Winkfield, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director
Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN
Designated Federal Official
Samantha Finstad, Ph.D.
Program Director
Office of the Director | National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland