The members of the American Association for Cancer Research have elected Frank McCormick, PhD, DSc (hon), as their President-elect. McCormick is the Director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. He holds the E. Dixon Heise Distinguished Professorship in Oncology and the David A. Wood Distinguished Professorship of Tumor Biology and Cancer Research at UCSF. Additionally, he is the Associate Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and a Distinguished Professor in Residence in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology as well as in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

“I am thrilled and honored to serve as President-Elect,” said Dr. McCormick. “The AACR is a remarkable organization that continues to grow as the field evolves. We are poised to make incredible breakthroughs in the coming years. I have greatly enjoyed working with the AACR in the past, and look forward to the opportunity of working with the membership and staff to help lead the AACR as it moves from strength to strength.”

Dr. McCormick officially became President-elect at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting.

At that meeting, Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH, was sworn in as President of the AACR. Dr. Garber is Director of the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Physician of Medicine and Attending Physician of Medical Service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. Garber succeeded Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, Nobel Laureate and the Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Blackburn served with distinction as AACR President for the 2010 to 2011 term and has assumed the role of Past-President. ■