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Association of American Cancer Institutes elects three board members
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The Association of American Cancer Institutes has elected three new members to its board of directors.
They are Karen E. Knudsen, PhD; Norman Sharpless, MD; and Eduardo Sotomayor, MD. They will serve 3-year terms beginning Oct. 23.
Knudsen is director of Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and chair of the department of cancer biology at Thomas Jefferson University. She was a founding member of the cancer center’s prostate cancer program. She also served as vice provost of the university, overseeing basic and clinical research at all six of its schools.
Sharpless is director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He runs a 15-person basic science group that employs genetically engineered mice to study cancer and aging. His research efforts have focused on understanding how normal cells age and undergo malignant conversion.
Sotomayor is director of George Washington Cancer Center at George Washington University. His research focuses on the immunobiology and immunotherapy of B-cell malignancies. His primary clinical interest is mantle cell lymphoma.