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AACR announces president-elect
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Nancy E. Davidson, MD, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Center, has been named president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2015-2016.
Davidson will assume the presidency in April 2016.
Davidson is a world-renowned breast cancer researcher whose work focuses on clinical and translational breast cancer research, cancer biology and treatment, and the role of apoptosis and mechanisms of epigenetic regulation of gene expression of the ESR1 gene in breast cancer treatment.
Nancy E. Davidson
She will work with the AACR board of directors and the AACR membership, which includes more than 35,000 members in 101 countries, to further the association’s mission to prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication and collaboration.
“With deaths from cancer declining and the number of cancer survivors on the rise, this is an exciting time in cancer research and care. I am honored to be given the opportunity to work with AACR and its members on our singular focus to advance scientific discoveries that can translate to exceptional patient care,” Davidson said in a press release.
Davidson has been involved in the AACR since 1988. She served on the AACR board of directors from 2002-2005, and she also has served on several other association boards and committees.
“We are delighted that Dr. Davidson has been elected to serve as the next AACR president-elect,” Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc), CEO of the AACR, said in the release. “She is an acknowledged expert in breast cancer research whose clinical and translational work has had a profound impact on the lives of patients. Dr. Davidson will lead the association with much energy and dedication, and it will be an honor to work with her to make further strides in our mission to prevent and cure all cancers.”