Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc)
The members of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) have selected Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), as the AACR President-Elect for 2023–2024. Dr. LoRusso became President-Elect during the AACR’s Annual Business Meeting of Members at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023 in Orlando, Florida. She will assume the Presidency in April 2024 at the AACR Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Dr. LoRusso is Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), Chief of Experimental Therapeutics, Associate Cancer Center Director for Experimental Therapeutics, and leader of the phase I disease-aligned research team at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital. An internationally recognized expert in drug development and early-phase clinical investigation of novel therapies, Dr. LoRusso has demonstrated innovative and tireless leadership that has helped shape the field of translational and clinical cancer research.
New Members of the AACR Board of Directors
The following five individuals have been elected to the AACR Board of Directors for 2023–2026 terms:
- John M. Carethers, MD, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
- Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Ingram Professor of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH, Professor and Martin D. Abeloff, MD, Scholar in Cancer Prevention, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD, Global Head of Translational Clinical Oncology, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, and attending physician at the Center for Thoracic Cancers, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD, Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine; and attending physician, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
