Board of Directors | TRCCC

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Translational Research Cancer Centers Consortium
Expediting Progress in Cancer Immunotherapy

TRCCC Board of Directors

Kristin Anderson, PhD

University of Virginia CCC

Tullia Bruno, PhD

UPMC Hillman CC

Scott Gerber, PhD

UR Medicine Wilmot CI

Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD

UPMC Hillman CC

Vice President

Scott Olejniczak, PhD

Roswell Park CCC

Anthony Rullo, PhD

McMaster University

Sonkipreet Aulakh, MD

West Virginia University CI

Maria Castro, PhD

University of Michigan Rogel CC

Heather Gibson, PhD

Karmanos CI

Secretery

Thomas Mace, PhD

The Ohio State University CCC

Treasurer

Emidio Pistilli, PhD

West Virginia University CI

Melanie Rutkowski, PhD

University of Virginia CCC

Robert Baiocchi, MD, PhD

The Ohio State University CCC

Grace Chen, MD, PhD

University of Michigan Rogel CC

Stephen Haley, PhD

Industry Representative

J. Joseph Melenhorst, PhD

Case CCC

2026 Meeting

Co-Organizer

Avery Posey, PhD

Penn Medicine's Abramson CC

Todd Schell, PhD

Penn State CI

Jonathan Bramson, PhD

McMaster University

President

Prasenjit Dey, PhD

Roswell Park CCC

Alex Huang, MD, PhD

Case CCC

2026 Meeting

Co-Organizer

Bradley Mills, PhD

UR Medicine Wilmot CI

Penn Medicine's Abramson CC

Dan Powell, PhD

Past President

Kellie Smith, PhD

Sidney Kimmel CCC at Johns Hopkins

Dario Vignali, PhD

UPMC Hillman CC

Wei-Zen Wei, PhD

Karmanos CI

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Past President

Hong Zheng, MD, PhD

Penn State CI

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Key Support Personnel

Sharon Coutch

Executive Administrator

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Kathleen Kokolus, PhD

Chair, Communications Committee

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