Scientific Advisory Board
The Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) comprises 45 world-renowned lymphoma experts, who seek out the most innovative and promising lymphoma research projects for support. Members of the Foundation’s SAB are leaders in blood cancer research, with outstanding experience and accomplishments in both lymphoma-specific research and clinical care. They guide the planning of LRF’s research program, selecting and monitoring grant recipients.
SONALI M. SMITH, MD, FASCO
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
The University of Chicago
Dr. Sonali M. Smith is the Elwood V. Jensen Professor of Medicine, Section Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Co-Leader of the Cancer Service Line, and Co-Director of the Lymphoma Program at The University of Chicago in the Department of Medicine. She is a clinical investigator in lymphoma and a clinical expert in Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. As a faculty member at The University of Chicago since 2001, she has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has written over 25 review articles on lymphoid malignancies. She is particularly interested in targeted agents and pathway inhibitors and has first and senior author publications through cooperative group trials and investigator-initiated trials.
In addition to her role as SAB Chair, Dr. Smith has had many active leadership roles, including Vice-Chair of the SWOG Lymphoma Committee, immediate past-chair of the ASCO Communications Committee, and now Chair of the ASCO Annual Meeting Scientific Committee in 2021-2022. She has won numerous teaching awards and considers mentorship a key aspect of her career.
ANN S. LACASCE, MD, MMSc
Chair-Elect
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
RANJANA ADVANI, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
ASH A. ALIZADEH, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine
STEPHEN ANSELL, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
KRISTIE A. BLUM, MD
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
JENNIFER BROWN, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
JAMES R. CERHAN, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
ETHEL CESARMAN, MD, PhD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine
BRUCE D. CHESON, MD, FACP, FAAAS, FASCO
Past Chair, 2010-2012
Scientific Advisor, LRF
SANDEEP DAVE, MD, MS
Duke University
KIERON M. DUNLEAVY, MD
Lombardi Cancer Center of Georgetown University
KOJO S.J. ELENITOBA-JOHNSON, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
ANDREW M. EVENS, DO, MSc, FACP
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
CHRISTOPHER R. FLOWERS, MD, MS
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
JONATHAN W. FRIEDBERG, MD, MMSc
University of Rochester
James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute
LEO I. GORDON, MD, FACP
Past Chair, 2015-2017
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
MICHAEL GREEN, PhD, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
THOMAS M. HABERMANN, MD
Past Chair, 2017-2019
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
STEVEN M. HORWITZ, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
ERIC D. HSI, MD
Wake Forest
BRAD S. KAHL, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
KARA KELLY, MD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine
JOHN P. LEONARD, MD
Past Chair, 2012-2015
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine
BRIAN K. LINK, MD
University of Iowa
IZIDORE S. LOSSOS, MD
University of Miami Health System
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
PETER MARTIN, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
ARI MELNICK, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medicine
LINDSAY M. MORTON, PhD
National Cancer Institute
LORETTA NASTOUPIL, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
TERESA PALOMERO, PhD
Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University
LAURA PASQUALUCCI, MD
Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University
BARBARA PRO, MD
Columbia University
LISA RIMSZA, MD
Mayo Clinic, Arizona
LISA ROTH, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
KERRY SAVAGE, MD
BC Cancer, Vancouver
DAVID SCOTT, MBChB, PhD
BC Cancer, Vancouver
LAURIE SEHN, MD, MPH
BC Cancer, Vancouver
MARGARET SHIPP, MD
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
EDUARDO M. SOTOMAYOR, MD
Tampa General Hospital
CHRISTIAN STEIDL, MD
BC Cancer, Vancouver
JOHN M. TIMMERMAN, MD
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
SVEN de VOS, MD, PhD
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
HANS-GUIDO WENDEL, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
ANDREW D. ZELENETZ, MD, PhD
Immediate Past Chair, 2019-2021
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Members Emeritus
JOSEPH R. BERTINO, MD
In Memoriam
Founding Chair
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
MORTON COLEMAN, MD
Chair, Medical Affiliates Board NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine
KANTI R. RAI, MD
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
MICHAEL E. WILLIAMS, MD, ScM
University of Virginia Cancer Center
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