Scientific Review Panel

We are proud to have the guidance of the expert clinicians and researchers listed below to review and select research grantees and fellows.

James L. Mulshine, M.D. (Co-Chair)
Professor, Internal Medicine
Associate Director, Institute for Translational Medicine
Rush University Medical Center

Electra D. Paskett, Ph.D. (Co-Chair)
Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
Department of Internal Medicine  Distinguished Professor, College of Medicine
Professor, Division of Epidemiology College of Public Health
Associate Director for Population Sciences and Community Outreach
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Founding Director, Center for Cancer Health Equity
The Ohio State University

Christopher Albanese, Ph.D.
Professor of Oncology and Radiology
Director, Preclinical Imaging Research Laboratory (PIRL)
Executive Director, Center for Translational Imaging (CTI)
Centre complet de cancérologie Lombardi
Sonneborn Chair for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Centre médical de l'Université de Georgetown

Rebecca Ashare, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University at Buffalo

Janet Audrain-McGovern, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Addictions Section, Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine
Université de Pennsylvanie

David Berrigan, Ph.D., MPH
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Institut national du cancer
Dr. Berrigan is serving in his personal capacity. 

Robert Clarke, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
J. Holton Chair of Cancer Research
Executive Director, Hormel Institute
University of Minnesota

Nancy Emenaker, Ph.D., M.Ed., R.D.N., L.D., F.A.N.D.
Program Director
Division of Cancer Prevention, Nutritional Science Research Group
Institut national du cancer

Stanley Thomas Fricke, Nucl. Eng., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology and Director of Medical Physics
Centre médical de l'Université de Georgetown

Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Ph.D.
Professor of Food Science and Nutrition
Assistant Director for Faculty Affairs
University of Minnesota

Stephen Hursting, Ph.D., MPH
AICR/WCRF Distinguished Professor
Department of Nutrition,
Nutrition Research Institute
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cho Lam, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Population Health Sciences
Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity (HOPE)
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah

Brian Lehmann, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Centre de cancérologie Vanderbilt-Ingram
Lehman and Pietenpol Lab
Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University

Mary Beth Martin, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Oncology,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Centre complet de cancérologie Lombardi
Centre médical de l'Université de Georgetown

Darren Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
The Ohio State University
College of Medicine Center for Tobacco Research
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Carola Neumann, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Vice Chair for Precision and Translational Pharmacology
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
University of Pittsburgh

Mary M. Pasquinelli, DNP, FNP-BC, CTTS
Lead Advanced Practice Nurse, Pulmonary and Medical Oncology
Adjunct Clinical Instructor – UIC College of Nursing
Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago

Rajesha Rupaimoole, Ph.D.
Scientist II
Precision Molecular Oncology, Cancer Biology
Bayer U.S. Pharmaceuticals
Bayer Research & Innovation Center
Tufts Launchpad Biolabs

Marc D. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Associate Director for Population Science,
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer
Co-Director, Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer
and Clinical Genomics Research

Peter G. Shields, M.D.
Deputy Director, Comprehensive Care Center
Professor, College of Medicine
Julius F. Stone Chairman in Cancer Research
James Cancer Hospital
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Andrew G. Sikora, M.D., Ph.D.
Professeur de Chirurgie
Director of Research
Department of Head and Neck Surgery
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Kenneth D. Tew, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Chairman Dept. of Cell & Molecular Pharmacology
John C. West Chair in Cancer Research
Medical University of South Carolina

Danyelle M. Townsend, Ph.D.
Professor, Interim Department Chair, Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences
Director, Analytical Redox Biochemistry
Medical University of South Carolina

Bruce J. Trock, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Epidemiology
Brady Urological Institute
Frank Hinman, Jr. Professor of Urology
Professor of Urology and Oncology
École de médecine de l'Université Johns Hopkins

Elizabeth R. Unger Ph.D., M.D. (she/her/hers)
Chief Chronic Viral Diseases Branch
Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centres pour le Contrôle et la Prévention des catastrophes

Kent E. Vrana, Ph.D.
Elliot S. Vesell Professor
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Collège de médecine de l'État de Penn
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Zhen Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Oncology
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions