Ohio State cancer center director named AACR president-elect

Michael A. Caligiuri, MD, director of The Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center and CEO of Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, has been named 2016-2017 president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Caligiuri will assume the association’s presidency in April 2017.

Michael A. Caligiuri

“For over a century, AACR has been an unwavering catalyst for advancing cancer research in meaningful ways: fostering collaboration among scientists and physicians, accelerating the dissemination of cancer discoveries, and supporting the education and training of young cancer researchers,” Caligiuri said in a press release. “I am humbled and tremendously honored to be elected by my peers to serve as AACR president-elect. This is an especially exciting time as we all work to forge new and innovative models of collaboration between academia, industry, the government and the community something I am certain AACR can play a pivotal role in facilitating.”

Caligiuri, a member of AACR since 1990, is recognized for his work in immunology, specifically the modulation of human natural killer cells for treatment of myeloma, leukemia and glioblastoma. He served as a medical oncologist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute for 7 years before joining the Ohio State faculty in 1997.

“He is a distinguished physician–scientist and highly esteemed leader, and his dedication to accelerating the pace of discovery and its translation to the clinic will be invaluable as he leads the association toward its goal of preventing and curing all cancers,” Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc), the association’s CEO, said in the release.