Committee Members
Supporting research breakthroughs in all aspects of cancer
Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Members
Last updated: March 2026
Shehnaz Hussain, Chair, Davis
Edward L. Nelson, Vice Chair, Irvine
Paula Aristizabal, San Diego
Claudia Benavente, Irvine
David Bilder, Berkeley
Eden Brauer, Los Angeles
Susan Chang, San Francisco
Sihem Cheloufi, Riverside
Irene Chen, Los Angeles
Xi Chen, Davis
Anthony De Tomaso, Santa Barbara
Aaron Diaz, San Francisco
Michel DuPage, Berkeley
Adam Engler, San Diego
Frank Furnari, San Diego
Xuecai (Susan) Ge, Riverside
Christopher Halbrook, Irvine
Selma Masri, Irvine
Adam Olshen, San Francisco
David Raleigh, San Francsico
Seth Rubin, Santa Cruz
Sofie Salama, Santa Cruz
Jun Sheng, Riverside
Megan Valentine, Santa Barbara
Olena Vaske, Santa Cruz
Niels Volkmann, Santa Barbara
Luke Wittenburg, Davis
Stephanie Woo, Merced