Cancer Research Institute 2013 Annual Report
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Cancer Research Institute 2013 Annual Report
2013 ANNUAL REPORT CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 MISSION STATEMENT 26 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 4 STATEMENT FROM THE CO-CHAIRMEN 36 HELEN COLEY NAUTS SOCIETY 5 STATEMENT FROM THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL DIRECTOR 38 CENTENNIAL CIRCLE MESSAGE FROM THE CEO AND DIRECTOR OF SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS 39 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 40 SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL 42 OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND LAY LEADERSHIP 45 GIVING TO THE CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE 6 7 MISSION AND MAJOR PROGRAMS 12 NOTABLE RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS 15 GRANTS & AWARDS 23 FINANCIAL SUMMARY Cover (clockwise from top left): Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D. • Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, Ph.D. • Lisa C. Osborne, Ph.D. • Kunle Odunsi, M.D., Ph.D. • Carl H. June, M.D. • Pamela J. Bjorkman, Ph.D. • Joseph C. Sun, Ph.D. • Cathy A. Ferrara, R.N., Nasser K. Altorki, M.D., and Sacha Gnjatic, Ph.D. • Ian H. Frazer, M.D., FRCPA OUR MISSION: SAVING MORE LIVES WITH IMMUNE-BASED CANCER TREATMENTS The Cancer Research Institute is dedicated to extending cancer patients’ lives and reducing cancer-related deaths by fueling the development of a new class of smarter, more effective treatments that mobilize our body’s natural immune defenses against all types of cancer. To accomplish this goal, CRI supports the most critical research, invests in the early development of promising new treatments, and unites the efforts of the field’s leaders worldwide. Through this work, CRI is transforming the paradigm of cancer therapy, enabling patients to live longer, healthier lives free from the fear of cancer. CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 1 STATEMENT FROM THE CO-CHAIRMEN Our mission has never been more immediately vital: CRI’s 60 years of supporting research has led to new, life-saving treatments that harness the immune system’s power to fight cancer. The recent flurry of news reports of patients helped by cancer immunotherapy demonstrates the rapid progress we are making. Previously incurable patients are seeing their cancers stabilize or regress, and many of them remain cancer free years after treatment. As co-chairmen of the organization that has stood behind cancer immunotherapy from the beginning, we take pride in knowing that the Cancer Research Institute is playing a critical role in offering new hope and better options to cancer patients. By funding the scientists and clinicians who discover and bring these new treatments to people who need them, CRI is making a real and important impact today. With these advances come new opportunities for CRI to lead the way in cancer immunotherapy discovery and development. Our strategies to kick-start clinical, translational, and laboratory research have produced significant accomplishments. In the past year, we have given our scientists unprecedented access to more than 25 promising immunotherapies, provided more than $14.6 million in catalytic program funding, and launched a new cancer immunotherapy awareness campaign that will help to raise public awareness of CRI’s position as the leader in immunotherapy. And, once again, we did this while keeping overhead costs under 15 percent, earning us top ratings from charity watchdog organizations. None of this would be possible without the generous support of our donors, for which we are deeply grateful. We are pleased to announce that gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations increased 18 percent over the past year—a testament to the strengthening confidence in CRI’s ability to find cures for cancer. A complete financial accounting can be found at the back of this report. Our Board of Trustees continues to provide oversight as well as business acumen to ensure the stability and well-being of CRI’s operations. Over the past year, we welcomed new members Robert C. Galvin and James A. Stern, whose extensive financial management experience and commitment to conquering cancer will benefit CRI. Brian Brille, who has served as a CRI trustee since 2006, has stepped down from the board. We thank him for his service and generosity over the years. And longtime trustee and 2006 Grace Award winner Julian H. Robertson Jr. has become a trustee emeritus. His support and wisdom continue to sustain CRI’s mission in meaningful ways. Tragically, cancer claimed the life of past CRI president Patrick J. McGrath in early 2013. Pat, who received CRI’s first ever Helen Coley Nauts Service Award in 2007, was a devoted member of the board and his presence at the table will be sorely missed. We offer our sincerest condolences to his wife, Patricia, and family. With each loss of life to cancer, we grow more resolved in our conviction that we can and will end this disease as we know it. Our work to advance immunotherapy is already transforming cancer treatment, and this is just the beginning. We are confident that we will, in the very near term, realize the mission CRI’s founders set out to accomplish 60 years ago. Thank you for being a part of this amazing journey. John B. Fitzgibbons Co-Chairman Paul C. Shiverick Co-Chairman STATEMENT FROM THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL DIRECTOR The era of immunotherapy for cancer has begun. Spurred by clinical successes with FDA-approved vaccines to prevent cervical cancer (2006) and treat prostate cancer (2010), and with the approval of the first immune checkpoint blockade therapy (2011) to treat patients with advanced melanoma, the field of cancer immunology is charged with a new sense of excitement and urgency. Expectations for immunotherapy’s potential to revolutionize cancer treatment rose significantly this past year with the announcement in June of results from a clinical trial testing two immune checkpoint blockades given together in combination to patients with metastatic melanoma. More than half of patients treated with the optimal dose experienced remissions of more than 80 percent tumor burden—a jaw-dropping result. Even more tantalizing, patients who did respond are experiencing long-term remissions, thanks to the immune system’s capacity for memory. Immunotherapy’s ability to confer durable protection offers significant advantages over traditional treatments, whose cancer-fighting effects are typically limited to the time of treatment. The possibility of achieving long-term remissions—or cures, for all intents and purposes—offers inspiration to the many scientists working in this field, who firmly believe that their work will one day help to improve the lives of cancer patients. Therapeutic breakthroughs like these do not happen overnight. They rely on years of basic research being conducted in laboratories all over the world, by scientists asking fundamental questions about how the immune system works. There are no short-cuts to therapeutic advances. And many times, one doesn’t always know if a basic discovery in the lab will lead to a promising clinical approach. That’s why CRI remains dedicated to funding laboratory scientists exploring the frontiers of knowledge. Over and over again, this strategy has paid off, and we have every reason to believe it will continue. Simultaneously, CRI is placing intense focus on optimizing immunotherapeutic strategies to increase the overall survival rate of cancer patients. Finding the right combinations of drugs, in the right doses, administered in the right order, and given to the right populations of cancer patients all remain important next steps in this goal. CRI’s Clinical Accelerator is well positioned to make substantial progress on this front, helping to bring clinical benefit to patients sooner. Though many questions remain, the basic discoveries of previous generations of scientists have made today’s treatment breakthroughs possible. CRI’s ongoing commitment to both basic and clinical research is creating a path to the cancer immunotherapies of tomorrow. On behalf of the Scientific Advisory Council, I express the scientific community’s deep appreciation for the generous support of CRI’s donors who make this work possible. Together, we will conquer cancer in our lifetimes. James P. Allison, Ph.D. Director, Scientific Advisory Council CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 3 MESSAGE FROM THE CEO AND DIRECTOR OF SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS Dear Friends, Immunotherapy isn’t yet a household word. But it soon will be. As the many promising new immune-based drugs in clinical trials today make their way into the mainstream of cancer treatment, more cancer patients and their loved ones will come to understand just how radically immunotherapy is changing how we experience and treat this disease. As CRI celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, we look back over the decades and find the many ways that funding from our organization has made a key difference. This difference has meant more lives saved, sooner, and it is something in which our entire community of supporters and scientists should take pride. We’ve come very far since 1953, but there is much more work to be done in order to fully realize immunotherapy’s potential. Immunotherapy is currently approved for treating only a handful of cancers. Our work now is to help accelerate the development of immunotherapies for many more, if not all, cancer types. Thanks to generous support from our donors, we are able to continue leading the field through our nimble and responsive research and public information programs. These initiatives allow CRI to be a resource for academic and industry scientists as well as cancer patients seeking information about cancer immunotherapy and clinical trials. Being a leader means we choose to solve the critical problems that others can’t or won’t, and find ways to get others to work together with us in this effort. Our strong partnerships with other nonprofits like Ludwig Cancer Research, the American Association for Cancer Research, and Stand Up To Cancer, and with for-profit companies like AstraZeneca/MedImmune, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Immune Design allow us to leverage and share our resources to increase efficiencies while bringing life-saving immunotherapies to more patients sooner. Through leadership and collaboration, we break through barriers to progress. Our Clinical Accelerator program, for example, allows us to combine complementary agents owned by different companies while enabling top academic researchers to study the results. This model of research partnership produces highly reliable data derived from state-of-the-art clinical trials, and answers the most critical scientific questions while immediately benefiting cancer patients. On behalf of the staff of the Cancer Research Institute, I thank you for your support of our work and look forward to sharing with you news of even greater immunotherapy successes over the years to come. Sincerely, Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer & Director of Scientific Affairs MISSION AND MAJOR PROGRAMS The Cancer Research Institute (CRI), established in 1953, is the world’s only nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to transforming cancer patient care by advancing scientific efforts to develop new and effective immune system-based strategies to diagnose, treat, and cure cancer. Guided by a world-renowned Scientific Advisory Council that includes three Nobel laureates and twenty-six members of the National Academy of Sciences, CRI has invested $263 million in support of research conducted by immunologists and tumor immunologists at the world’s leading medical centers and universities, and has contributed to many of the key scientific advances that demonstrate the potential for immunotherapy to change the face of cancer treatment. To accelerate the pace of progress in the field, CRI convenes and coordinates global collaborations among academics, industry scientists and decision makers, regulatory representatives, and health research associations focused on discovery, development, and refinement of new cancer immunotherapies. A founding visionary and scientific leader in tumor immunology, CRI is helping to shape the emerging field of cancer immunotherapy, and is ushering in a new era of medical progress to bring more treatment options to cancer patients sooner. The Cancer Research Institute has one of the lowest overhead expense ratios among nonprofit organizations, with more than 86 percent of its resources going directly to the support of its science, medical, and research programs. CRI meets or exceeds all 20 standards of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance, the most comprehensive U.S. charity evaluation service, and has earned the GuideStar Exchange Seal, indicating our commitment to the transparency of our organizational information to donors, funders, those we serve, the public, and regulators. CRI has also received an ‘A’ grade for fiscal disclosure and efficiency from the American Institute of Philanthropy, as well as top accolades from other charity watchdog organizations, including the highest rating, four out of four stars, from Charity Navigator. For more information, visit us on the web at www.cancerresearch.org. Two years ago, when the parents of Emily Whitehead, now aged 8, realized that chemotherapy could no longer help their daughter fight her leukemia, they looked to the leading edge of scientific research in hope of finding something, anything that would cure their ailing child. Kari and Tom Whitehead enrolled their daughter in a clinical trial of a new immunotherapy that had never before been tried in children. The risks were high, but then so were the stakes. Emily’s doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia extracted her immune cells, exposed them to a modified and safe form of the HIV virus that genetically re-engineered her immune cells to attack her leukemia, and then gave them back to Emily. The technique, developed by CRI scientist Carl H. June, M.D., put Emily’s immune cells through a kind of medical “boot camp,” training them to become better cancer killers. Almost immediately, she began to show signs of an immune response. Miraculously, within weeks, she was completely free of leukemia. Now, more than a year since her treatment, Emily remains cancer free and enjoys the normal, everyday life of a young child growing up in a small Pennsylvania town. Learn more about Emily’s story here: www.cancerresearch.org/emily-whitehead CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 5 MISSION AND MAJOR PROGRAMS (continued) RESEARCH PROGRAMS STUDENT TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY (START) The Student Training and Research in Tumor Immunology (STaRT) program seeks to attract bright young minds to rewarding careers as cancer immunologists. STaRT grants provide up to $60,000 of support over two years for graduate students conducting thesis research in the area of tumor immunology. Students selected for the program can receive early exposure during their formative studies to exciting, emerging areas of investigation within the field of cancer immunology. In addition, student participation in annual Cancer Research Institute symposia introduces them into the tight-knit community of leading tumor immunologists — helping to establish a relationship between these up-and-coming research leaders and the Institute. In fiscal year 2013, CRI awarded four new STaRT grants totaling $240,000. PREDOCTORAL EMPHASIS PATHWAYS IN TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY Initiated in 1998, the Predoctoral Emphasis Pathways program provides funding to universities to establish training curricula designed to capture the interest of talented researchers at the earliest stage. Grants support doctoral students planning to pursue a career in cancer immunology. Through meetings, journal clubs, lectures, and coursework, students receive early exposure during their formative studies to emerging areas in the field of tumor immunology. CRI provided ongoing grant support to nine institutions in the U.S., Australia, and Russia. IRVINGTON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM The CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, established in 1971, is CRI’s longest-standing continuous program. Fellowships provide support to fund and train young immunologists and cancer immunologists at top universities and research centers around the world. Fellows receive up to $164,500 over three years to cover the cost of stipend or salary, insurance, and other researchrelated expenses, such as travel to conferences and meetings. Fellows work and continue their training under the guidance of a worldleading immunologist, who mentors the fellow and prepares him or her for a productive and successful career in cancer immunology. In fiscal year 2013, the Cancer Research Institute awarded 22 fellowships to postdoctoral investigators, representing a new commitment of $3.6 million. INVESTIGATOR AWARD PROGRAM The Investigator Award Program, established in 1986 to complement our fellowship program, supports accomplished assistant professors who are undertaking their first independent investigations in basic and tumor immunology. By awarding these researchers $50,000 per year for four years, the program provides flexibility and a degree of stability during this very challenging period in an academic scientist’s career. A panel selects recipients based on the applicant’s entire body of research, rather than on a single project. In fiscal 2013, CRI provided ongoing grant support to 14 investigators in the U.S., Japan, and the United Kingdom. CLINIC AND LABORATORY INTEGRATION PROGRAM (CLIP) The Clinic and Laboratory Integration Program (CLIP) supports qualified scientists who are working to explore clinically relevant questions aimed at improving the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies. The program funds basic, preclinical, and translational research that can be directly applied to optimizing cancer immunotherapy in the clinic. CLIP grants provide up to $200,000 over four years. In fiscal 2013, CRI awarded 8 new CLIP grants totaling $1.6 million. COORDINATED CANCER INITIATIVES This program provides a proactive and flexible way for CRI to focus on research areas that are deemed able to provide clinically relevant insights and discoveries that could potentially accelerate the development of effective cancer immunotherapies. Efforts within the CCI are currently centered on ovarian, pediatric, and prostate cancers, and multiple myeloma. In fiscal year 2013, CRI continued to support 4 projects in the U.S. and France. CRI-funded scientists at work conquering cancer. (Left to right) Dr. Darrell J. Irvine and Dr. Li Tang; Dr. Vanja Sisirak; and Dr. Corrie Painter. CLINICAL ACCELERATOR The Clinical Accelerator is an actively managed venture philanthropy program designed to speed the development of cancer immunotherapies. The strategy facilitates research collaboration across leading biopharma companies and among 50 of the world’s top cancer researchers. The program aims to identify and kick-start development of next generation combination treatments using the most promising drugs from disparate companies. Each philanthropic investment brings a new cancer treatment to patients, empowers academic researchers to work more closely with industry, and creates the potential for significant future returns on investment back to CRI to make the venture fund self-sustaining. Launched in mid-2012, the program has created partnerships with or is finalizing terms with more than 15 of the field’s top companies. Four core resources empower the Clinical Accelerator: • COORDINATED NETWORK OF RESEARCHERS The Cancer Vaccine Collaborative (CVC) Trials Network, managed jointly by the Cancer Research Institute and Ludwig Cancer Research, is a coordinated global network of nearly 50 clinical investigators with special expertise in immunology. Investigators conduct parallel early-stage clinical trials to identify the optimal composition of successful cancer immunotherapy combinations, and guide the selection of therapeutic agents and trials. • NONPROFIT VENTURE FUND CRI’s venture fund is designed to speed clinical development of promising cancer immunotherapies. It provides nonprofit investment capital to incentivize companies to provide the CVC Trials Network with access to proprietary drugs that the CVC Scientific Advisory Committee has prioritized for clinical testing. Future commercial successes resulting from these trials are tied to milestone payments back to the nonprofit fund, enabling it to become self-sustaining over time. • CLINICAL TRIALS MANAGEMENT Our partner, Ludwig Cancer Research, sponsors and manages trials conducted with the CVC Trials Network. Their expert services include study design and set-up, regulatory sponsorship, medical monitoring, drug safety, data capture and processing, and clinical study reports and analyses. • PORTFOLIO OF BIOPHARMA PARTNERSHIPS Through agreements with biotech and pharmaceutical leaders in the cancer immunotherapy space, the CVC Trials Network gains access to top immunotherapies. By providing a menu of promising drugs and permitting CVC investigators to combine drugs owned by disparate companies, these partnerships allow clinical data on new combinations to be generated in advance of and independent of any commercial transactions between the owners, circumventing an often laborious negotiation process and thus accelerating clinical research of immunotherapy combinations. In fiscal year 2013, CRI provided more than $8.7 million to support clinical trials, immunological monitoring activities, and reagent production and procurement through the Clinical Accelerator program. Also in fiscal year 2013, CRI and Ludwig Cancer Research announced a partnership with AstraZeneca/MedImmune; the company is providing the CVC Trials Network with access to three of its highly promising immunotherapeutic drugs. The first trial from this partnership launched in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2013. To learn more about the Clinical Accelerator, visit www.cancerresearch.org/accelerator. CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 7 MISSION AND MAJOR PROGRAMS (continued) CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY CONSORTIUM (CIC) The Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium (CIC) is an international association of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and academic institutions that share a common interest in immunotherapy research and development. CIC scientists and clinicians, industry leaders, and governmental regulatory representatives interact and collaborate with one another toward the mission of making cancer immunotherapies part of the standard-of-care in oncology. Founded in 2002, the CIC offers its members the best academic and industry expertise in the immunotherapy field. Through annual conferences, member communications, and coordinated research initiatives, the CIC addresses the networking, clinical, and regulatory needs of academic scientists, corporations, and organizations working in this promising area of biomedicine. The efforts of the CIC provide data-driven solutions to scientific and developmental challenges and help to validate and accelerate the development and approval of effective cancer immunotherapies. To view a current list of members and description of activities, go to www.cancerresearch.org/cic. In fiscal 2013, CRI continued to fund central laboratory services supporting activities of the ImmunoAssay Proficiency Panels Program, and hosted the annual CIC Colloquium (see conferences and meetings, below). GRANTS AND PATIENT SUPPORT These grants support research projects and public education and awareness initiatives for which, in most cases, donors have specifically raised funds. In fiscal 2013, CRI awarded $405,000 through this program. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS CRI hosts two primary annual conferences designed to bring together leaders in the field to discuss latest data, current scientific questions, and future directions, as well as to discuss ongoing challenges to cancer immunotherapy development and seek solutions to these challenges through consensus-building dialogue from multiple stakeholders representing various disciplines and interests. • ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY SYMPOSIUM Established in 1993, this series of annual meetings focuses on progress in cancer immunology with special focus on cancer vaccine and antibody research. In fiscal year 2013, CRI hosted the 20th Annual Meeting in this series, titled, “From Milestones to Medicines: Translating Tumor Immunology Research into Immunotherapies.” More than 360 students, postdoctoral fellows, and investigators from more than 70 academic institutions and biopharmaceutical companies attended the meeting, which was dedicated to the late Dr. Lloyd J. Old, under whose leadership the series was founded. The meeting also included a poster session with presentations by nearly 130 scientists, six of which were invited to deliver a lecture during the general session. • ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC COLLOQUIUM OF THE CRI CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY CONSORTIUM CRI organizes annual meetings of the Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium, providing a forum for industry and academic leaders in cancer immunotherapy research and development. In fiscal year 2013, CRI hosted the 14th Annual Scientific Colloquium titled, “Entering the Era of Combination Therapies: Practical Implementation.” The meeting brought together leaders from the regulatory, scientific, and business communities to present new methodological tools, leading-edge scientific data from ongoing combination studies, and innovative models of academic-industry collaboration that are helping to overcome challenges to optimizing combination cancer therapies for the benefit of patients. Scenes from the 2013 CRI Symposium, October 1-3, 2012, New York City ANNUAL AWARDS In addition to providing financial support to researchers and investigators, CRI also honors scientists and community leaders with achievement awards. • WILLIAM B. COLEY AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH IN BASIC AND TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY CRI grants the Coley Award annually to one or more scientists whose discoveries in the fields of immunology or tumor immunology contribute to the advancement of immune system-based therapies for cancer. CRI established the award in 1975 in honor of Dr. William B. Coley, the acknowledged “Father of Cancer Immunotherapy,” whose daughter, Helen Coley Nauts (19072001), founded the Cancer Research Institute. • OLIVER R. GRACE AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN ADVANCING CANCER RESEARCH CRI’s Grace Award annually recognizes the contributions of dedicated laypersons whose leadership has had a significant impact on cancer research. The award is named in memory of Oliver R. Grace (1909-1992), the founding chairman of CRI, whose vision, leadership, wisdom, and generosity guided and continues to benefit the Institute. • FREDERICK W. ALT AWARD FOR NEW DISCOVERIES IN IMMUNOLOGY The Alt Award honors a former postdoctoral fellow in recognition of outstanding success in academia or industry for research that may have a potentially major impact on immunology. The award is named after CRI Scientific Advisory Council member Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D., who not only has made many seminal contributions to the field of immunology, but also has mentored generations of young scientists. • AACR-CRI LLOYD J. OLD AWARD IN CANCER IMMUNOLOGY Named in honor of CRI’s founding scientific and medical director, the AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology, funded in partnership with the American Association for Cancer Research, recognizes an active scientist whose outstanding and innovative research in cancer immunology has had a far-reaching impact on the cancer field. • HELEN COLEY NAUTS SERVICE AWARD This award honors individuals who have made significant contributions of time, energy, and service to CRI. The award is named in memory of CRI’s founder, Helen Coley Nauts, who dedicated her life to advancing immune system-based therapies for cancer. In fiscal year 2013, CRI presented five Coley Awards, two Grace Awards, one Alt Award, and one Old Award. Coley Award winners each receive a gold medallion and a $5,000 cash prize and are invited to give a plenary lecture at CRI’s annual cancer immunotherapy symposium. Old Award winners receive a $10,000 prize and are invited to give a lecture at the AACR annual meeting. CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 9 2013 NOTABLE RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS We are proud to include a list of our major research accomplishments celebrated over the past year. These achievements would not have been possible without the longstanding support and dedication of our generous donors. CRI STaRT fellow Bryan D. Choi, working in the lab of John Sampson at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, has developed a novel potential treatment of glioblastoma (GBM), the most common and most aggressive primary malignant tumor of the brain. Reporting their results in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Choi and colleagues have shown that a novel type of antibody called a “bispecific T cell engager” (BiTE) can induce dramatic tumor regressions in mice, with little apparent toxicity. The BiTE targets a mutated form of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFRvIII) found on the surface of GBM cells but not on normal tissues; once bound to their target, the antibodies trigger a cytolytic (cell-killing) T cell response. The treatment is able to eradicate tumors in what is often thought to be the “immunologically privileged” site of the brain, separated from the bloodstream by the blood-brain barrier. Diane Tseng, M.D., Ph.D., a CRI STaRT fellow, and colleagues at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, have documented a role for CD47 blocking antibodies in cancer treatment. CD47 is a “don’t eat me” signal; cells expressing this signal are not eaten by the roving immune cells called macrophages whose job it is to engulf infected or malignant cells. Tseng’s team has shown that malignant cancer cells universally express this signal, and that antibodies targeted to CD47 can increase phagocytosis (engulfment) of tumor cells by macrophages. In more recent work, they have shown that anti-CD47 antibodies can also increase antigen presentation by macrophages, thus triggering an adaptive immune response resulting in the activation of cytotoxic “killer” T cells. These results, the researchers suggest, “might open up a whole new field of personalized immunotherapy for the treatment of all cancers.” Lisa C. Osborne, Ph.D., a CRI postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, has generated a set of tools that has increased our understanding of where and how viruselicited T cells behave in the intestinal tract. These tools, which were recently featured as a Spotlight in the Journal of Virology, establish a strong foundation for her ongoing research program and will enable the investigation of the mechanisms responsible for virus recognition, clearance, and establishment of anti-viral immunity. Her current studies investigate how helminth-induced immunomodulatory molecules regulate anti-viral immunity. These findings may be informative for tumor immunotherapy as well, based on evidence that the presence of alternatively activated macrophages is associated with decreased tumor-specific T cell killing. Ultimately, these findings may provide novel insights into intestinal anti-viral immunity that will aid in the development of new therapies to target enteric viral infections. Georg Gasteiger, M.D., a CRI postdoctoral fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, discovered a previously unknown role for regulatory T cells (Tregs) in restraining the activation of natural killer (NK) cells—a powerful class of cells that patrol the body and kill cancerous and infected cells. NK cells are known to accumulate during systemic autoimmunity and chronic infection, as well as in tumors and the lymphoid organs of tumor-bearing mice; they also accumulate in human patients suffering from chronic inflammation and cancer. In two recent papers published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, Dr. Gasteiger reported that Tregs suppress a specific subset of NK cells by limiting the availability of the cytokine IL-2, produced by helper T cells. Understanding the mechanisms that control NK activation and suppression may suggest ways to increase the effectiveness of immunotherapies by preventing the suppression of cytotoxic cells without at the same time inducing autoimmunity. Mickael Menager, Ph.D., a CRI postdoctoral fellow at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, is investigating the possible role of dendritic cells in providing a reservoir for HIV-1 that helps the virus to spread and encourage an environment of immunosuppression. Using a multidirectional approach, Menager and colleagues identified several different pathways that will provide important insights into how HIV exploits dendritic cells to better infect CD4+ T lymphocytes. In combination with the laboratory’s published results on dendritic cells’ sensing of HIV, this approach could help to evaluate the importance of this process in infected individuals and provide new tools and targets for the design of therapies that limit viral replication or boost innate immune responses to control HIV dissemination. Jeffrey Chou, M.D., Ph.D., a CRI postdoctoral fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA, is pursuing research aimed at making colorectal cancer (CRC) more susceptible to treatment with immunotherapy. One obstacle that has hindered the progress of immunotherapy for CRC is the lack of suitable targets (antigens) that are present on CRC cells but not on normal, noncancerous cells. Chou and colleagues have found that treatment of CRC cells with the cancer drug decitabine causes them to begin to express the tumor-specific antigen NY-ESO-1. They have genetically engineered T cells from the blood of a patient with metastatic CRC to specifically target this antigen. They have also, in the process, developed a valuable method for propagating specific CRC tumor cell lines by growing them in mice, thus solving an issue of supply for further research. John T. Wilson, Ph.D., CRI postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, obtained evidence that a new class of vaccine carriers involving “smart” polymers to deliver cancer antigens and adjuvants to the immune system improves immune responses compared to antigen and adjuvant delivered without the “smart” polymer. The results, which were recently reported in the journal ACS-NANO, provide important validation for this new vaccine strategy, which Dr. Wilson is now testing in preclinical models of breast cancer using the Her2/neu tumor antigen. CRI postdoctoral researcher Ingunn Stromnes, Ph.D., of the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, is developing an immunotherapeutic approach to the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), the fourth leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States. Called adoptive immunotherapy, the approach involves genetically engineering a person’s own T cells with T cell receptors designed to recognize specific antigens present on pancreatic tumor cells. Stromnes’s team has already used similar methods in patients with leukemia and lung cancer, and their present work makes use of a mouse model of PDA that “faithfully recapitulates the cardinal features of the human disease” as a first step toward developing the therapy for use in a human clinical trial. Liang Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., a CRI investigator at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, has conducted research that may shed light on how environmental pollutants such as second-hand smoke as well as chemicals in food and the air can lead to autoimmune diseases and cancer. A variety of these foreign chemicals, such as the carcinogen dioxin, can bind to a receptor on T cells called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr), which seems to function as an environmental sensor. Why cells would possess a receptor that binds to man-made pollutants was mysterious, however. In a recent article to be published in the journal Immunity, Zhou and colleagues propose that one of the physiological functions of Ahr in the immune system is to act as a sensor for microbes in the gut, enabling clearance of pathogens such as Citrobacter rodentium. Better understanding of the role of Ahr may prove beneficial to the treatment of autoimmunity and cancer. Diane Tseng, M.D., Ph.D., a CRI STaRT fellow Changchun Xiao, Ph.D., a CRI investigator at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, has generated a mouse model in which a miR-17~92 (a micro RNA cluster) transgene can be turned on conditionally in a cell type-specific manner. The miR-17~92 cluster is known to be highly expressed in cancer cells, but the mechanisms of action of this microRNA in cancer and lymphocyte development are largely unknown. The effects of turning on the transgene in both B and T lymphocytes were tested in a large cohort of mice, about two-thirds of which developed B cell lymphoma. These results show that dysregulation of miR-17~92 expression is sufficient to cause cancer, and suggest that this defect may be one of the primary triggers of human lymphoma. The role of miR-17~92 in autoimmune disease is also being explored by Xiao’s team. A major challenge to the success of T cell-based adoptive immunotherapy is the deletion (removal) of the transplanted T cells or induction of T cell tolerance (non-responsiveness) upon infusion into patients. Using a preclinical model of adoptive immunotherapy, Ryan M. Teague, Ph.D., a CRI investigator at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, discovered that T cell survival and function could be rescued by administration of antibodies against the co-inhibitory molecules CTLA-4, PD-1, and LAG-3, providing durable immunotherapy for advanced leukemia. Moreover, he found that each receptor had a distinct inhibitory role in the process. Blockade of PD-1 and CTLA-4 combined to prevent deletion of adoptively transferred tumor-reactive T cells. The additional blockade of LAG-3, which had no impact when administered alone, was vital for restoring effector function in these surviving T cells. Importantly, this “triple-blockade” strategy was significantly more effective than any single- or double-blockade regimen, providing a strong rationale for strategies targeting multiple checkpoint blockade pathways to enhance T cell immunotherapy. Teague and colleagues recently published these results in the journal Cancer Research. Additional investigations to uncover the signaling molecules involved in these T cell changes are currently under way. Ingunn Stromnes, Ph.D., CRI postdoctoral fellow Ryan M. Teague, Ph.D., a CRI investigator, with members of his lab CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 11 2013 NOTABLE RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS (continued) Peter Savage, Ph.D., a CRI investigator at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, obtained the first direct insight into the basic biology of tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells in a model of prostate cancer. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are thought to pose a challenge to cancer immunotherapy because of their role in suppressing anti-cancer immune responses. However, the basic biology of tumor-associated Tregs—where they originate, which antigens they recognize, and their function within the tumor— has not been elucidated. To address these questions, Dr. Savage established a new model system, allowing him to track the life cycle of a tumor-associated Treg, from its origin to its circulation throughout the body to its recruitment into a developing tumor. Unexpectedly, he found that the antigen recognized by the population of Tregs he followed was not a cancer-specific antigen, but rather a normal, prostate-associated antigen. Moreover, he found that even though prostate tissue is specific to males, Tregs specific to this antigen develop in both male and female mice. Savage has shown that Tregs develop in the thymus, and that this development is dependent on the transcription factor Aire. Aire, for autoimmune regulator, was originally identified as the protein that helps create an immunological “self shadow” of body antigens in the thymus, allowing for elimination of self-reaction T cells. With this work, Dr. Savage has provided the first direct evidence that Aire is also critical for the development of Tregs against naturally occurring antigens. These fundamental discoveries were recently reported in the prestigious journal Science. immunotherapies that target the TNF family of receptors in patients with multiple types of cancer. CLIP investigator Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D., has shown how a novel laboratory technique called ‘exome sequencing’ can rapidly identify previously unknown cancer antigens (the specific molecular fingerprints on cancer cells that make them identifiable to the immune system). Schreiber, a professor of pathology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, is a leading expert on the phenomenon of immunoediting—the Darwinian selection process whereby the immune system sculpts a growing tumor, leading to the emergence of cancer cells with the ability to escape immune detection. His lab has successfully used exome sequencing to identify unique tumor-specific antigens in tumors, even after they have been sculpted by the immune system. Exome sequencing thus has the potential to reveal new targets for cancer immunotherapy and paves the way toward individualized vaccination against cancer. Research by Dimitrios Iliopoulos, Ph.D., a CRI investigator at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, has identified microRNA-214 (miR-214) as a specific marker for ulcerative colitis-associated colon cancer development, but not spontaneous colon cancer. According to Dr. Iliopoulos, miR-214 is the first marker that is able to characterize and distinguish inflammation-associated colon cancers relative to sporadic colon cancers, which could have important clinical implications. Future experiments will reveal if miR-214 can predict which ulcerative colitis patients are at higher risk for developing colon cancer. In addition, Dr. Iliopoulos plans to evaluate if inhibition of miR-214 could have therapeutic potential for colon cancer patients with a history of ulcerative colitis. Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D., director of CRI’s clinical program, generated a flurry of excitement at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting when he presented results of an ongoing phase 1 trial of two Bristol-Myers Squibb-owned antibodies, ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4) and nivolumab (anti-PD-1). Both drugs are designed to turn off certain “brakes” that can stop an immune response against cancer. The two antibodies are being used in combination as a novel treatment for patients with a deadly form of melanoma that typically has an 80% 5-year mortality rate. More than 50% of patients with advanced melanoma who were treated at the best-responding dose had an 80% reduction in the size of their tumors by their first assessment (at or around week 12), and more than 90% of all responding patients continued to respond after 13 months. These exciting results help to validate the promise of immunotherapy— especially the use of multiple drugs in combination—and underscore the wisdom of CRI’s Clinical Accelerator program, which brings together the unique strengths of the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to speed up development of promising immunotherapies for the benefit of patients. In recent papers published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and Cell Cycle, CLIP investigator Jeffrey Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D., of The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, presented research that promises to improve the tumorkilling activity of anti-CD40 antibodies. CD40, a member of the tumor necrosis family of receptors, is found on various cells in the immune system; when stimulated, CD40 can trigger an immune response by tumor-specific T cells. Antibodies to CD40 (antiCD40) have shown great promise in preclinical models, but have so far failed to reap significant rewards in the clinic. Ravetch’s work helps explain why: maximum activation of CD40 requires the “co-engagement” of another receptor, called inhibitory Fcγ, but existing anti-CD40 antibodies do not bind this receptor. Ravetch’s lab is using transgenic technology to engineer new therapeutic antibodies that bind to both CD40 and the Fcγ receptor, for improved tumor killing. This work has the potential to greatly improve the clinical efficacy of antibody-based CRI Scientific Advisory Council associate director Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D. FISCAL YEAR 2013 GRANTS & AWARDS In fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013), CRI awarded more than $14.6 million for cancer immunology research and cancer immunotherapy clinical development at more than 30 research centers worldwide. University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Thornton William Thompson* The role of oncogene-induced senescence in promoting anti-tumor immune responses * Denotes grants newly awarded in fiscal 2013. All others are active grants awarded in previous years. PREDOCTORAL EMPHASIS PATHWAYS IN TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAMS STUDENT TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY (START) PROGRAM Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Bryan D. Choi EGFRvIII-targeted bispecific antibody therapy for malignant glioma Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Jenna Elizabeth Geddes Analyzing the efficacy of galectin-1 ligand inhibition in adoptive T cell therapy Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Alexandria Huynh* The role of PTEN in regulatory T cell stability and immune surveillance Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Jenny Karo* Elucidating the regulatory role of CTLA4 on natural killer cell responses Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Program Directors: Glenn Dranoff, M.D., and Shannon J. Turley, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Program Director: Charles G. Drake, M.D., Ph.D. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Program Director: Yvonne Paterson, Ph.D. Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Queensland, Australia Program Director: Mark J. Smyth, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Denver, CO Program Directors: John Kappler, Ph.D., and Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA Program Director: Philip D. Greenberg, M.D. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Program Director: Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Thomas Chia Ting Fung* Role of innate lymphoid cellcontrolled intestinal barrier function in hepatocellular carcinoma Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY Program Directors: Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D., and Carl F. Nathan, M.D. Albert Lo Regulation of inflammatory and immune response to pancreatic cancer by FAP+ stromal cells Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Course Coordinator: Sergei A. Nedospasov, Ph.D., D.Sc. The Lloyd J. Old Advanced Training Program in Immunology and Oncoimmunology Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA Diane Tseng, M.D., Ph.D. Characterizing the role of anti-CD47 therapy on antigen presentation in solid tumors Immunology/Tumor Immunology Training Course CRI IRVINGTON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Vladimir Vigdorovich, Ph.D. Structure of T cell activation modulatory signal molecules B7-H3 and B7-H4 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Javier Gordon Ogembo, Ph.D. Characterization of the littoral cell of human spleen and identification of its function in health and disease Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA Liron David, Ph.D. Molecular elucidation of the CBM complex in NFκB activation by antigen receptors Chunguang Guo, Ph.D. Complementary functions of ATM and XLF in double strand break repair and lymphocyte development Feilong Meng, Ph.D. Role of cofactors in targeting activationinduced cytidine deaminase activity during class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation Qi Qiao, Ph.D.* Mechanistic elucidation of activationinduced deaminase in immunity and cancer Leng Siew Yeap, Ph.D. Mechanisms by which DNA sequence influence AID targeting in antibody diversity and B lymphocyte cancer Hye Suk Yoon, Ph.D.* Elucidation of V(D)J recombination control elements in the IgH locus California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Hao Yuan Kueh, Ph.D. Regulatory mechanisms underlying T cell fate commitment in hematopoietic progenitors CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 13 Blaise Ndjamen, Ph.D. A model system to investigate antibody bipolar bridging mediated by gE-gI, a Herpes virus Fc receptor Beth M. Stadtmueller, Ph.D. The structural and molecular basis of polymeric IgA function in mucosal immunity and associated cancers Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA Allison M. De Wispelaere, Ph.D. Development of regulated transgene expression switches for enhanced safety of CAR redirected T cells Columbia University, New York, NY Yenkel Grinberg-Bleyer, Ph.D.* Testing the role of NFκB in tumor immunity through its effect on regulatory T cells Vanja Sisirak, Ph.D. Novel regulator of DNA recognition by dendritic cells Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Viviana Cremasco, Ph.D.* Targeted disruption of tumor matrix architecture to restore cancer immunosurveillance Rajesh R. Rao, Ph.D. Novel exercise-induced myokines as modulators of inflammation and defense against chronic diseases Emory University, Atlanta, GA Jin-Hwan Han, Ph.D. Enhanced anti-tumor immunity by regulation of IgG sialylation Alice O. Kamphorst, Ph.D. Role of dendritic cells in T cell dysfunction during chronic viral infections Nicole L. Sullivan, Ph.D. Development of human CD4+ T cell memory against viruses Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA Rupesh H. Amin, Ph.D. Monoallelic expression of mouse TLR4 as a model for transcriptional memory Jeffrey Chou, M.D., Ph.D. Epigenetic modulation for T cell therapy of colorectal cancer Matthew D. Daugherty, Ph.D. Evolution of innate immunity to oncoviruses: Recognition and inhibition of human papillomavirus Michael Kors Fellow Institut Curie, Paris, France Yvonne K. Mburu, Ph.D. Mucosal-associated invariant T cells in anti-tumor therapy Lloyd J. Old Memorial Fellow The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Ying Zheng, Ph.D. The role of HIF-1 in adaptive T cell responses to cancer Donald J. Gogel Fellow Jeffrey Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D., CRI CLIP investigator La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA Aparna Gudlur, Ph.D. Structural studies on the lymphocyte Ca2+ channel pore-forming protein ORAI1 Chan-Wang J. Lio, Ph.D.* Role of long non-coding RNAs in the development of T cell leukemia Sara Trifari, Ph.D. Identification and functional characterization of novel epigenetic and transcriptional regulators of CD8+ T cell differentiation Chan-Wang J. Lio, Ph.D., CRI postdoctoral fellow Ageliki Tsagaratou, Ph.D. Dissecting the role of 5 hydroxymethylcytosine in T cell development, homeostasis, and function Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Read Pukkila-Worley, M.D. A novel live-animal system for the characterization of antifungal innate immunity Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Li Tang, Ph.D.* T lymphocyte engineering with interleukin-2-silica nanocapsules for targeted cancer therapy Alice O. Kamphorst, Ph.D., CRI postdoctoral fellow FISCAL YEAR 2013 GRANTS & AWARDS (continued) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Margaret Callahan, M.D., Ph.D. Immunologic effects of BRAF inhibitors: Towards the rational development of multi-modality therapy for advanced melanoma Lloyd J. Old Memorial Fellow Anne Marie Christine Chauveau, Ph.D. Role of DGKα in cytoskeleton remodeling and T cell effector functions Yongqiang Feng, Ph.D. Role of conserved non-coding elements of Foxp3 in regulatory T cell development and function Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellow Georg A.J. Gasteiger, M.D. Regulation of cytotoxic killer cells by Foxp3+ regulatory T cells CRI Scientific Advisory Council associate director Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D., in the clinic with team member and CRI Lloyd J. Old Memorial Fellow Margaret Callahan, M.D., Ph.D. Jesse Green, Ph.D.* Interactions of regulatory T cells with the tumor endothelium and effects on the tumor microenvironment Samuel and Ruth Engelberg Fellow Katharina Kreymborg, Ph.D. Functional characterization of the new B7 family members B7-H3 and B7x and determining their role in tumor immunology Young Philanthropists Council Fellow NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY Julie Chaumeil, Ph.D. The role of ATM and RAG in maintaining genome stability during Tcra/d recombination in developing T lymphocytes Wendy Jia Men Huang, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms underlying SFBTh17 induction and intestinal tumor pathogenesis Margaret Dammann Eisner Fellow Sudha Kumari, Ph.D. Characterization of a novel molecular compartment modulating regulatory T cell function Vivek Mayya, Ph.D. The role of actin cytoskeleton in regulating the immunological synapsekinapse balance Jeffrey Rathmell, Ph.D., with lab members Amanda Nichols and Peter Siska CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 15 Mickael Mathieu Menager, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of dendritic cell-mediated transfer of HIV-1 to CD4+ T lymphocytes Mo Xu, Ph.D.* Intestinal microbiota-induced Th17 responses in systemic inflammatory disease Joshua W. Ziel, Ph.D. Commensal control of intestinal Th17: Treg balance during homeostasis and carcinogenesis Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Lisa C. Osborne, Ph.D. Regulation of protective immunity following enteric viral infection Edmond J. Safra Fellow The Rockefeller University, New York, NY Shengdong Ke, Ph.D.* RNA epigenetic HITS-CLIP: A new approach to understanding leukemia/ lymphoma The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA Hui Xiao, Ph.D. Study of Pallbearer, an E3-ubiquitin ligase that regulates phagocytosis of apoptotic cells in Drosophila Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA Paola A. Betancur, Ph.D.* In search of the gene regulatory circuitry responsible for the transcriptional upregulation of CD47, the ‘don’t eat me’ signal in cancer cells John S. Burg, Ph.D. Structural studies of Wnt receptor activation Vincent Christopher Luca, Ph.D.* Deconstructing the structural mechanisms of cytokine-mediated JAK activation University Health Network, Toronto, Canada Maureen Ann Cox, Ph.D.* Investigation of the role of HMGB1 in asbestos-driven inflammation and mesothelioma development University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Michele Ardolino, Ph.D.* MHC-deficient tumors inactivate infiltrating NK cells: A new target for cancer immunotherapy Ivan Lilyanov Dzhagalov, M.D., Ph.D. Zone for negative selection in the thymic medulla and the role of AIRE in their function April Price, Ph.D.* Expression and function of Toll-like receptors in intestinal epithelial cells Qi Wang, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of T cell activation by the tyrosine kinase Lck and ZAP-70 Qingrong Yan, Ph.D. Mechanism of immune regulation by the zap-70/syk tyrosine kinase family University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA Malina A. Bakowski, Ph.D. Innate immunity and microsporidia pathogenesis in the nematode C. elegans James A. Harker, Ph.D. The role of gp130-associated cytokines in chronic viral infection Chunyu Jin, Ph.D. Genomic approaches to roles of GPS2 in innate immunology dependent events in prostate cancer Yina Zhu, Ph.D.* Mechanisms that underpin the sequestration of the tumor suppressor ebf1 at the nuclear lamina University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Diego Acosta-Alvear, Ph.D. Regulation of the unfolded protein response in multiple myeloma Lingfeng Liu, Ph.D. Optimizing T cells for cancer therapy: A synthetic biology approach Boryana N. Manz, Ph.D. Negative regulation of SFK and Ras by Dok1 Andrea Reboldi, Ph.D. Analysis of antigen uptake and B cell activation in Peyer’s patches Xiaolei Su, Ph.D.* Mechanisms underlying the dynamic organization of T cell microclusters Jared E. Toettcher, Ph.D. Variable input stimulation: Using engineering approaches to interrogate dynamics and feedback in T cell signaling Tangsheng Yi, Ph.D. Role of EBI2 and its oxysterol ligands in adaptive immunity University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom James Arnold, D.Phil. Immunosuppressive mechanisms of mesenchymal cells and the therapeutic vaccination of cancer University of Maryland, College Park, MD Xin Xiang Wang, Ph.D. Use of directed evolution to assemble TCR-MHC-CD4 and TCR-CD3 complexes for X-ray crystallographic analysis University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA Corrie Ann Painter, Ph.D. Investigating the adaptive immune response to melanoma in the zebrafish Danio rerio University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI Sakie Hosoya-Ohmura, Ph.D. Integration of the transcriptional network that regulates Gata3 during T lymphocyte development University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN Ross B. Fulton, Ph.D. Naïve CD8+ T cells differ in their ability to respond to tumor-associated antigen You Jeong Lee, M.D., Ph.D. IL-4 produced by iNKT cells directs the development of memory CD8+ T cells Justin J. Taylor, Ph.D. Direct tracking of vaccine-specific B cells from naïve precursors FISCAL YEAR 2013 GRANTS & AWARDS (continued) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Timothy Eitas, Ph.D. Regulation of colitis-associated cancer by NLRX1 Haitao Wen, Ph.D. The role and mechanism of Plexin-A4 in colitis-associated cancer University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Nathan Richard West, Ph.D. Analysis of novel susceptibility genes in chronic intestinal inflammation and colon cancer Dimitrios Iliopoulos, Ph.D., CRI investigator at the University of California, Los Angeles University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA Tessa Bergsbaken, Ph.D. A T cell intrinsic role for Caspase-1 in the immune response Elizabeth Gray, Ph.D.* Functional analysis of the interferon stimulatory DNA pathway Andrea Schietinger, Ph.D. Re-programming tolerant CD8+ T cells specific for self antigens to improve cancer immunotherapy Ingunn Margarete Stromnes, Ph.D. T cell therapy of pancreatic cancer targeting normal and oncogenic antigens John Tanner Wilson, Ph.D. A new class of multifunctional smart polymers for cancer vaccine delivery Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D., Wade F. B. Thompson CLIP Investigator at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, Ph.D. XBP1 as a key regulator of dendritic cell pro-tumoral activity Johanna Napetschnig, Ph.D. Structural and biochemical elucidation of the membrane proximal events in Toll-like receptor signaling Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA Giulia Pasqual, Ph.D.* In vivo tracking of B cell-T cell interactions in the germinal center Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Nicola Gagliani, Ph.D.* Targeting Th17 cell plasticity to control colorectal cancer development Dr. Keith Landesman Memorial Fellow Jeffrey E. Grotzke, Ph.D. Membrane receptors and associated signaling pathways in cross presentation Kiwook Kim, Ph.D.* GBP5-NOD2 interactions in gastrointestinal host defense, colitis, and colon cancer James B. Munro, Ph.D. Single-molecule imaging of immune evasion by HIV Env Noah Wolcott Palm, Ph.D.* Role of helminth infections and the commensal microbiota in intestinal inflammation Debrup Sengupta, Ph.D.* Membrane trafficking events regulating cross presentation Grace Teng, Ph.D. Genome-wide mapping of RAG1 and RAG2 protein binding INVESTIGATOR AWARDS Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA Jennifer M. Lund-Friesen, Ph.D. Regulatory T cell modulation of immunity to mucosal viral infections Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA Wendy S. Garrett, M.D., Ph.D. The role of inflammatory monocytes and the gut microbiota in colorectal cancer Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Shobha Vasudevan, Ph.D. Translation regulation of IL1 by AREs and microRNAs in leukemia Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Joseph C. Sun, Ph.D. Natural killer cell responses against cancer and infectious disease CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 17 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Liang Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of action of Ahr in T cell differentiation and function NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY Susan R. Schwab, Ph.D. Sphingosine-1-phosphate distribution and immunity Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Hiroyoshi Nishikawa, M.D., Ph.D. Development of cancer immunotherapy targeting regulatory T cells Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Ryan M. Teague, Ph.D. Overcoming obstacles for improved adoptive T cell immunotherapy The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA Changchun Xiao, Ph.D. The role of miR-17~92 in the immune system and during lymphomagenesis University College London, London, United Kingdom Sergio A. Quezada, Ph.D. Mechanisms underpinning the function of regulatory and effector tumor-reactive CD4+ T cells during tumorigenesis and cancer immunotherapy University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Dimitrios Iliopoulos, Ph.D. Identification of novel molecular circuits that link inflammation to cancer University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Jeoung-Sook Shin, Ph.D. Mechanism and function of ubiquitinmediated membrane traffic in dendritic cells University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Peter A. Savage, Ph.D. Endogenous CD4+ regulatory T cell and CD8+ T cell responses in a mouse model of autochthonous prostate cancer University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ Estela P. Jacinto, Ph.D. mTOR targets in T lymphocyte development CLINIC AND LABORATORY INTEGRATION PROGRAM (CLIP) Austin Health/Ludwig Cancer Research, Victoria, Australia Jonathan S. Cebon, Ph.D., FRACP* Evaluation of ROPN and SPANX as targets for antigen-specific immunotherapy Wade F. B. Thompson CLIP Investigator Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Ph.D.* Metabolic immunosuppression of T cells in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and anti-PD-1 therapy Wade F. B. Thompson CLIP Investigator Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Ming O. Li, Ph.D. The Adrb-cAMP-ICER pathway in control of mammary tumor immune evasion Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D.* MMP-2 promotes melanoma progression through TLR-mediated mechanisms Wade F. B. Thompson CLIP Investigator Osaka University, Osaka, Japan Hiroyoshi Nishikawa, M.D., Ph.D.* Novel cancer immunotherapy targeting regulatory T cells by anti-CCR4 mAb Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Gosse J. Adema, Ph.D. Exploiting in situ tumor destruction techniques for the in vivo modulation of anti-tumor immunity The Rockefeller University, New York, NY Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D. Enhancing the immunotherapeutic activity of anti-CD40 antibodies University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Thomas F. Gajewski, M.D., Ph.D.* Identification of tumor-intrinsic signaling pathways that inhibit host immune CRI investigator Peter A. Savage, Ph.D., at the University of Chicago, is studying the responses of regulatory and CD8+ T cells in prostate cancer. responses as potential therapeutic targets to expand the applicability of immunotherapy Oliver R. Grace CLIP Investigator University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Ellen Puré, Ph.D.* Adoptive T cell therapy targeted to tumor stroma to treat lung cancer University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia Ian Hector Frazer, M.D., FRCPA* Optimising immunotherapy for squamous cancer University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA W. Martin Kast, Ph.D.* Anti-CTLA-4 immune modulation following chemoradiation in cervical cancer patients Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D. A genomics-based approach to facilitate checkpoint blockade cancer immunotherapy COORDINATED CANCER INITIATIVES Centre de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Nantes-Atlantique, Nantes, France Danila Valmori, Ph.D. Assessment of tumor antigen-specific FISCAL YEAR 2013 GRANTS & AWARDS (continued) CD4+ T cells among Tregs and Th17 cells within TIL/TAL in epithelial ovarian cancer Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Hearn Jay Cho, M.D., Ph.D. Vaccine immunotherapy program in multiple myeloma NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY Sharon Gardner, M.D. A phase 1 study of peptide vaccination with tumor-associated antigens mixed with Montanide ISA-51 VG in patients with recurrent or refractory central nervous system disorders University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT Pramod K. Srivastava, M.D., Ph.D. Genomics-driven identification of true tumor-specific antigens and their use in immunotherapy of spontaneous prostate cancers CLINICAL ACCELERATOR Austin Health/Ludwig Cancer Research, Melbourne, Australia Jonathan S. Cebon, Ph.D., FRACP Phase 1 study of NY-ESO-1 vaccine in combination with ipilimumab in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, for whom treatment with ipilimumab is indicated Centre de Lutte Contre Le Cancer Nantes-Atlantique, Nantes, France Danila Valmori, Ph.D., and Maha Ayyoub, Ph.D. Early-phase NY-ESO-1 clinical trials in patients with epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma and monitoring of tumorspecific immune responses Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Patrick Ott, M.D., Ph.D.* Phase 1 study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of anti-PD-L1 (MEDI4736), in combination with tremelimumab in subjects with advanced solid tumors Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA Philip D. Greenberg, M.D. Potentiating T cell therapy targeting NY-ESO-1 with administration of antiCTLA-4 Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan Eiichi Nakayama, M.D., Ph.D. XAGE: A vaccine target for lung cancer Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany Elke Jäger, M.D. NY-ESO-1 and mixed bacterial vaccine clinical trials and immune monitoring Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Cornelis J.M. Melief, M.D., Ph.D. Preclinical toxicity studies to enable the clinical development of the XAGE1b peptide vaccine complete clinical remission; Phase 2 study of CTLA-4 blockade and low dose cyclophosphomide in patients with advanced malignant melanoma after failure of at least one prior therapy Philip Friedlander, M.D.* Phase 1 study of NY-ESO-1 vaccine in combination with ipilimumab in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, for whom treatment with ipilimumab is indicated Sacha Gnjatic, Ph.D. Immunological monitoring for the CVC trials Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Daniel E. Speiser, M.D. Vaccination of melanoma patients (stage II-IV) with ImmuFact IMP321, tumor antigenic peptides, and Montanide® NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY Anna Pavlick, D.O. Phase 2 study of CTLA-4 blockade and low dose cyclophosphomide in patients with advanced malignant melanoma after failure of at least one prior therapy Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Michael A. Pastow, M.D. Phase 1 study of NY-ESO-1 vaccine in combination with ipilimumab in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, for whom treatment with ipilimumab is indicated Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY Kunle Odunsi, M.D., Ph.D.* Phase 1 study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of anti-PD-L1 (MEDI4736) in combination with tremelimumab in subjects with advanced solid tumors Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D., and Margaret Callahan, M.D., Ph.D.* Defining the importance of immunity to NY-ESO-1 in melanoma; Phase 1 study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of anti-PD-L1 (MEDI4736) in combination with tremelimumab in subjects with advanced solid tumors Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan Hiroshi Shiku, M.D., and Shinichi Kageyama, M.D. Phase 1 studies of vaccination with different forms of NY-ESO-1 in patients with esophageal cancer, melanoma, and/or other advanced cancers that express NY-ESO-1 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D. Phase 1/phase 2 open label study of the TLR3 agonist Poly-ICLC as an adjuvant for NY-ESO-1 protein vaccination with or without Montanide® ISA-51 VG in patients with high risk melanoma in University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Christoph Renner, M.D. Developing therapeutic strategies for NY-ESO-1 157-165 / HLA-A2 specific redirected T cells (T bodies) University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Vincenzo Cerundolo, M.D., Ph.D. Developing therapeutic strategies for NY-ESO-1 157-165 / HLA-A2 specific redirected T cells (T bodies) University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Hassane M. Zarour, M.D.* Phase 1 study of NY-ESO-1 vaccine in combination with ipilimumab in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, for whom treatment with ipilimumab is indicated University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA Craig L. Slingluff Jr., M.D.* Phase 1 study of NY-ESO-1 vaccine in combination with ipilimumab in CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 19 patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, for whom treatment with ipilimumab is indicated Reagent/Assay Production and Procurement PolyPeptide Laboratories San Diego* San Diego, CA Production of NY-ESO-1 overlapping peptides for use in a variety of trials Oncovir, Inc.* Washington, DC Poly-ICLC stability testing Leveraged Grants CRI/SU2C Cancer Immunology Translational Research Dream Team Dream Team Leaders: James P. Allison, Ph.D., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, and Antoni Ribas, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, CA Immunologic checkpoint blockade and adoptive T cell transfer in cancer therapy In partnership with Entertainment Industry Foundation/Stand Up To Cancer Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Carl H. June, M.D., and Gregory L. Beatty, M.D., Ph.D. Mesothelin-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for pancreatic cancer In partnership with Lustgarten Foundation CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY CONSORTIUM (CIC) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Thomas N. Denny, M.S.C. Central lab services for the Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium’s Immune Proficiency Panel Program GRANTS & PATIENT SUPPORT Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden George Klein, M.D., D.Sc.* Studies on Epstein-Barr virus, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, tumor immunology, and inhibition of tumor cell growth by stroma cells In partnership with Concern Foundation Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Malcolm A.S. Moore, D.Phil.* The study of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor populations in normal and cancer cells Gar Reichman Laboratory ZERO-The End of Prostate Cancer, Washington, DC Support of the Drive Against Prostate Cancer mobile screening vehicle* Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology Sebastian Amigorena, Ph.D.* Institut Curie, Paris, France AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology James P. Allison, Ph.D.* The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX ANNUAL AWARDS William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology In Basic Immunology Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., FRS* Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D.* Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY Kenneth M. Murphy, M.D., Ph.D.* Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO In Tumor Immunology Dr. Laurie Glimcher receives the 2012 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology from CRI Scientific Advisory Council director Dr. James P. Allison. Carl H. June, M.D.* Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Michel Sadelain, M.D., Ph.D.* Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research Mark P. Frissora* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hertz Corporation, Park Ridge, NJ Dr. Severin Schwan* Chief Executive Officer Roche Corporation, Basel, Switzerland Dr. Carl H. June receives the 2012 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology from CRI Scientific Advisory Council associate director Dr. Jedd D. Wolchok. 2013 FINANCIAL SUMMARY EisnerAmper LLP conducted an independent audit of the Cancer Research Institute’s financial activities for fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013). Our complete audited financial statements are available on our website at www.cancerresearch.org/financials or by request from CRI at One Exchange Plaza, 55 Broadway, Suite 1802, New York, NY 10006. REVENUE SOURCES Contributions (including designated) - $13,876,724 Bequests/Memorials - $2,374,248 Special Events - $1,844,872 Investment Income - $1,674,479 Combined Federal Campaign and Other - $564,995 EXPENSES TOTAL EXPENSES RESEARCH EXPENSES Program Services - 86% Program Services - 86% Marketing & Development - 8% Marketing & Development Administration - 6% Administration - 6% Clinicaland and Translational Investigation Clinical Translational Investigation - 71% - 71% - 8% Laboratory Research Training Laboratory Research andand Training - 25%- 25% Designated Grants - 4% Designated Grants - 4% CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 21 CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. Statements of Financial Position June 30, 2013 2012 ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Pledges receivable Bequests and other trusts receivable Other receivables Prepaid expenses Investments Office equipment and leadhold improvements, net $ 9,328,472 8,610,021 2,770,010 62,525 223,476 37,466,925 312,292 $ 8,349,665 4,820,308 1,684,879 221,016 250,475 35,393,401 317,937 $ 58,773,721 $ 51,037,681 $ 321,180 165,813 30,210,081 255,508 18,400 $ 176,739 166,703 25,870,886 284,715 LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued expenses Annuities payable Grants and fellowships payable Deferred rent Refundable deposit 30,970,982 26,499,043 13,782,218 2,624,026 11,633,289 2,376,322 16,406,244 14,009,611 7,901,104 3,495,391 7,221,477 3,307,550 27,802,739 24,538,638 NET ASSETS Unrestricted: Undesignated, available for operations Board-designated as endowment Total unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted $ 58,773,721 $ 51,037,681 2013 FINANCIAL SUMMARY (continued) CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. Statements of Financial Activities June 30, 2013 2012 Operating support and revenues: Public support: General, trustee, and related Combined federal campaigns Bequests/memorials Lloyd J. Old Endowed Fellowship Fund Special events (net of direct benefit to donors of $274,214 in 2013 and $259,387 in 2012) Designated contributions (including in-kind contributions of services of $609,257 in 2013 and $631,598 in 2012) Total public support Operating revenues: Rental loss (net of related expenses of $150,807 in 2013 and $174,372 in 2012) Investment income allocation Miscellaneous Total operating revenues Total operating support and revenues $ 2,489,267 536,041 2,374,246 153,630 $ 3,292,021 743,783 1,976,364 1,470,761 1,844,872 1,571,370 11,345,471 18,743,527 6,869,745 15,924,044 (111,644) 1,674,479 28,954 1,591,789 (160,411) 1,646,639 3,347 1,489,575 20,335,316 17,413,619 3,385,513 12,820,580 16,206,093 3,297,450 10,843,567 14,141,017 1,098,932 1,575,557 2,674,489 985,653 1,456,586 2,442,239 18,880,582 16,583,256 1,454,734 830,363 Operating expenses: Program services: Science, medical and research information and communications Research Total program services Supporting services: Administration Marketing and development Total supporing services Total expenses Change from operating activities Non-operating activities: Net investment gains in excess of investment allocation Change in value of perpetual trust 1,775,156 34,211 (2,119,362) (28,887) Net assets - beginning of year 3,264,101 24,538,638 (1,317,886) 25,856,524 Net assets - end of year 27,802,739 24,538,638 Change in net assets CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 23 2013 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS The Cancer Research Institute’s ability to advance important science and facilitate the development of immunotherapies is made possible through the generous support of our donors—foundations, corporations, and individuals. We acknowledge them here in gratitude for their commitment to our mission and trust in our work. Acknowledgments listed here reflect contributions to CRI made between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013. $1,000,000+ Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation MedImmune, Inc. Estate of Robert T. Ridley The Thompson Family Foundation $500K – $999K Mr. and Mrs. Brian Riano $100K – $499K Concern Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Cunniffe Leslie and Bob Dahl Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Trust Genentech, Inc. Estate of Victor E. Hansen The Hertz Corporation F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. John Malowany Trust The Ambrose Monell Foundation Estate of Jean Marie Newcomer Julian H. Robertson Jr. Shelter Hill Foundation Betsy and Paul Shiverick The Frederick William Woodworth Charitable Remainder Unitrust The Woodworth Family Trust $50K – $99K Anonymous (1) Achelis Foundation Robert Arnow Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Berner Estate of Ruth E. Bodbyl Jennifer L. Brorsen and Richard M. DeMartini F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. The John and Christine Fitzgibbons Foundation Georgia and Don Gogel Oliver R. Grace Jr. Oliver R. Grace Charitable Foundation Marion Esser Kaufmann Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Lynch MacHeist Orinoco Trust Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Paul The Linda C. Pinkus Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey Lief D. Rosenblatt Jeanne and Herb Siegel Sharzad and Michael Targoff Diane and Tom Tuft Ueberroth Family Foundation The Wildflower Foundation $25K – $49K The Jeanne E. and Jacob A. Barkey Memorial Fund Franci J. Blassberg and Joseph L. Rice III Bloomberg Ann and Geoffrey O. Coley Davis Polk & Wardwell Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Albert Nathan Eisenberg Charitable Foundation Trust Mr. and Mrs. Victor F. Ganzi Goldman, Sachs & Co. Herman B. Golub Charitable Trust Joyce Green Family Foundation Hagedorn Fund Marlene Hess and James Zirin Estate of Nurine C. Hoke Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Langone Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lauder Thomas G. and Andrea Mendell Mr. and Mrs. Jacques C. Nordeman Perri Peltz and Eric Ruttenberg Pictet & Cie The Frank V. Sica & Colleen McMahon Foundation Estate of Mary and James Suthard Estate of George C. Thomas Jr. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Lauren and John Veronis $10K – $24K Anonymous (1) Abbvie Inc. Agenus Inc. Dr. Eva Andersson-Dubin and Mr. Glenn Dubin Mr. and Mrs. Rand V. Araskog AT&T Mary R. Baque Trust Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Estate of Anne Luise Buerger C.R. Bard, Inc. Pat and Gil Caffray James M. Citrin Joseph M. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Collins Jennet Conant and Steven Kroft Frederic R. Coudert Foundation Dancing Tides Foundation Inc. Dendreon Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. DeSimone Thea Duell and Peter Cook Patrick Durkin Mr. and Mrs. John Eckerson Eli Lilly and Company Alixandra G. Englund Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Ferrer GMG Products, LLC Gold Family Fund John G. & Jean R. Gosnell Foundation, Inc. Green Charitable Foundation, Inc. Greenhill & Co., Inc. Shirley and Burt Harris Family Foundation The Hurlbert Family Foundation Estate of Mary L. Hutchins IMS Health Inc. Helen L. Kay Charitable Trust Heidi and Michael Kluger Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation The Florence & Edgar Leslie Charitable Trust James F. McCann Merck KGaA Emil and Toby Meshberg Family Foundation Inc. Donald L. Morton, M.D. Royce E. Oliver Jr. Paul and Anna Oschwald Trust Mr. and Mrs. Terry O’Toole Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Paul Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Rand Red Crane Foundation Elaine Rees Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Estate of Florence V. Richardson Adeline Ringeisen TUA Mrs. Edmond J. Safra Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation Estate of Virginia Schuettpelz Edith M. Schweckendieck Trust Seaman Family Foundation Jane and James Stern Walter & Louise Sutcliffe Foundation Julie Trent Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Tsai Estate of Zelda Uthe Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Estate of Lea Ward Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Weiner, Perelson Weiner, LLP Whiting Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Christian Zugel $5K – $9K Anonymous (3 donors) Marilyn Alfeld James Angel Apeiron Biologics AG Joanne Benedict Curtis G. Bergan BN Immunotherapeutics Cynthia Clift and David Wassong 2013 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS (continued) Steve Cohen Compugen Ltd. Corning Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. Scott Corsair Zoe Cruz CT Atlantic Ltd. Danem Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Brennan Diaz EisnerAmper LLP Mr. and Mrs. Sean P. Fahey Charles Fenster Mr. and Mrs. Norman Freedman Ambassador Charles A. Gargano Gleacher & Company Laura & Peter Grauer Foundation A.L. Hall Trust Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH Immudex Innovate International Intelligence & Integration, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson Mr. and Mrs. George Kaufman Megan V. Kearney Joel Klein Rachel Rutherford Englund Knapp Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Kopec Mr. and Mrs. Philipe Laffont Mr. Leonard Lauder Mr. and Mrs. Francis L’Esperance The Lind Partners Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. McGrath Joseph and Marion L. Mitola Family Fund Estate of Barbara Lynne Nelson OncoTherapy Science, Inc. Floyd Pace and Lily Pace Trust Estate of Eleanor Patterson Michael Perkins Jane and Robert Perkinson Vickie Y. Pitzer Mr. and Mrs. James A. Randel Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor The Edward John and Patricia Rosenwald Foundation Jeffrey H. Salzman Carol Sawdye and John Morisano Paul J. Sekhri Michael Charles Sharp Eric P. Sheinberg Foundation Shionogi & Co., Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Stavis Mr. and Mrs. Leonard N. Stern Tishman Speyer Transgene Viracor-IBT Laboratories Roger Wilkie Edward N. Ziegler and Gladys P. Ziegler Private Foundation $1,000 – $4,999 Anonymous (23 donors) Mr. and Mrs. William Acquavella Activartis Biotech GmbH Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph R. Adamiak AgonOx Saad Ali Jane B. Allen Audrie and Todd Alsdorf Amy Alspach Donald W. Ammerman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Anania Mr. and Mrs. Dale P. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Kim C. Anderson Robert G. Andrews Apple Ann M. Bailey Matthew Banal Bank of America Foundation Cody Barrington The Barrington Foundation, Inc. Brian L. Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bartolomucci Basin Holdings BD Ted and Robbie Beaty Mr. and Mrs. Everett A. Bell Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon Berezinski Kevin Berkemeyer Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Berkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Bermas Mr. and Mrs. and Ms. Mark Berry Mr. and Mrs. James Bertles Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Billen Cathie Black and Tom Harvey Steve and Kelly Bloom Jessica Blum Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Bolton Brandeis Hillel Day School Charlotte Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Brille Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brodsky Tory Burch Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burman Mr. and Mrs. Lucien D. Burnett III Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Califano The Campbell Family Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Canaday Michael Capps Pamela and John Casaudoumecq The Cayuga Foundation Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Jacob M. Chacko Lewis Cheney Chevron Tracy Chou Mr. and Ms. Alex Clain-Stefanelli Charles G. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Clyman Terrell T. Coco C. Payson Coleman Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Competiello Anna and Charles Conigliaro Foundation Sarah Cooper-Davis Mr. and Mrs. Richard Corey Corporate Risk Solutions, LLC Mr. and Mrs. James Coyle William S. Credle Sidney Crews Kirk Cromer Our annual golf outing plays on premier courses and offers several prizes, all in support of CRI’s work. Jody Carlson, Rosemary Ferrer, Amanda Salzman, and Elizabeth Muhr CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 25 Dean Curnutt Mr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis Jr. Dave’s Gourmet, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Roberto de Guardiola Deacon Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Dean Deere & Company Della Calce Private Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dertien The Honorable Martin Dickman Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dobbins John Patrick Driscoll James Dunne Nancy P. Durr Angela and Christian Ehemann E. Joseph Evans Charitable Trust Louise Egdorf Fescine Filipino American United Catholics of the East Bay Kristen Kelly Fisher Amanda Fox Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Franco Connie Frank Foundation Neil Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Galvin Mr. and Mrs. David Ganek Manjit Gardner Linda Gase Judy and Tony Geraci Mr. and Ms. Daniel Gerst Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Gibbons Charles Gibson Kenneth A. Gill Laurie and Jeffrey Goldberger Mr. and Mrs. Adam Goodman Google Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Gordon Gorjana & Griffin, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Vlad Gotlib Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Florida Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. Gretna Presbyterian Church Isaac Guerrero Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hanger Castle Harlan, Inc. Neita Harrigan J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William B. Harrison Harvard Medical School, Division of Immunology Dr. William A. Haseltine Mr. and Mrs. Michael Haus Head Family Trust Mr. and Mrs. Don Healy Donald B. Hebb Jr. The Joan C. & David L. Henle Foundation Diana Hetzel Shawn and Heather Hickey, Christian Rothe, Bert Horton Himoinsa Power Systems, Inc. Deborah A. Hodes Dr. and Mrs. Frank Hoefflin Mr. and Ms. Paul Hoehne Mr. and Mrs. Burt Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hollenbach Patricia Hollis Honeywell International Charity Matching Thomas and Marlene Hoy Foundation Bruce R. Huebner Gregory Hughes Capt. Scott Ingraham Deborah and Arthur Jacobson Peter Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Jaenicke Mark, Stuart & Marylou Jeffs Thomas S. and Margaret Ann Johnson Douglas F. Johnston Hubert Joly Anne and Johnny Jones Mary S. Josephs Alecia Kampff Karuna Foundation Kate’s Cure Glenn Kaun Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kempner Michael D. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kerns Marilyn and Robert Klett Dasha Klyachko Mark N. Koch Col. Richard C. Kowalski William Kremer Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Krestinski Mr. and Mrs. Jules Kroll Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kusel Kustoms For A Cure Mark Kwan Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin V. Lambert Dr. and Mrs. Richard Landesman Mr. and Mrs. Carey F. Lathrop Mr. and Mrs. Matt Lauer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. LeBlanc Mr. and Ms. Gregory P. Lee Dalia and Larry Leeds Jeffrey T. Leeds Morris and Lillie Leibowitz Charitable Trust Dr. and Mrs. Philip R. Lesorgen Allan and Karen Levine Fund Dr. and Ms. Richard U. Levine Pete J. Levitas Mr. and Mrs. Irvin L. Levy Mr. and Mrs. Laurence R. Levy Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lindsay Sara M. Linfante Local Initiatives Support Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lundholm LaTonya Lyles Dr. Thomas Mack Laurence and Tony Magro Chris & Melody Malachowsky Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mandelbaum Uri Mandelbaum Redge and Carole Martin Jane Martin and Stuart Katz The CRI Young Philanthropists Council hosts annual events to raise funds to support a postdoctoral fellow. Alexis Feldman, Sean Kiely, and Samantha Knapik Emily Slater, Rachel Unger, Marissa Kaplan, and Tara Michaels Josefine Bäckström, Katharine Hovey, Christina Brown, and Alexis Hovey 2013 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS (continued) Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mass Dr. Philip Mastman Mr. and Ms. David Mayman Lynn G. McAtee Robert M. McKeon W. Patrick McMullan III Dr. and Mrs. Jeremy McVay Nelson Mead Fund Paul Meggs Melcar Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Melson Trygve Mikkelsen Peter Miles Dr. Stephen Monroe Karen Moody Eric Moomey Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Moore Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Moran Dr. and Mrs. Robert Moskowitz Charlotte Moss and Barry Friedberg Dr. Alfred Muller Mr. and Mrs. John A. Nagy Tracey and Richard Nanula Jenks Necker Charitable Fund Sergei Nedospasov, Ph.D., D.Sc. Lynn Nesbit Sebastian V. Nicastro Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Nolan Deborah Norville and Karl G. Wellner Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Nusbaum Winifred K. Nyce Leeann Ogles Mr. and Mrs. Delbert J. Ohara Ohio Lending Consultants LLC James A. Olson OMD USA, LLC Mr. and Mrs. John Orlando Ottilie Fund Daniel Oxyer Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Palumbo Mr. and Mrs. Sean Park Parkell, Inc. James and Ann Parker Partners Capital Investment Group, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Chetan Patil Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Peek Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Penski John Perry Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Peyton Kevin Pfau Jonathan Pierson Jennifer and Bruce Polnicky Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ponticello Meredith Poster and David Bukzin Robertus Pragoji Samuel W. Puré and M. Alison Friel QMT Associates, Inc. Qualcomm Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Quinn Tami Rable Walter and Renate Rados Grace Rapinchuk Sanjay Rattan Terrie L. Ray Hulda and Michael Refermat Douglas Reichardt Capt. and Mrs. Brian Retherford Mr. and Mrs. Jonas J. Rieter Mr. and Mrs. David Riparbelli Mr. and Mrs. Herald L. Ritch Jason Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Rothman Robert Rushton Rust Family Foundation Stanley Saltzman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Samuels Cathleen Schlader Karen and Henry Schneider Henry C. Schulte and Virgina M. Schulte Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Scotto James M. Scrivanich Charles D. Sears Estate of Dorothy Sefcovic Usha Seth Drs. Abhinav Seth Suril Shah Christopher Shank Rocky J. Sherer Blythe Sheryl Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Shortridge Mr. and Mrs. David T. Siegel Lois V. Smigel Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Q. Smith Linda K. Smith Mary F. Smith Family Foundation Nancy Soiefer Stainman Family Foundation Richard Staley Stamford Hospital The Honorable and Mrs. Kenneth W. Starr Ross L. Stevens Dennis Stovall Mr. and Mrs. Kok Chor Tan Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Taubman Jean and Kenneth Telljohann ThomasARTS Carole A. Thompson Mary Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Tisch Mr. and Mrs. John Trousdale Utility Contracting Co. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey K. Valentine Sr. Van Allen Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Vance Sharon and Cole Varvel Viking Global Investors, LP Robert B. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Webster U. Walker Jr. Barbara Walters Stephen Warren Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Welling Robert P. West Living Trust Julia W. Whitaker Gerald I. White Jytte Winslow Michael Woinsky Wolfensohn Family Foundation Hope Woodhouse and Richard Canty Matthew Wycliff Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zeimet Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zucker $500 – $999 Anonymous (10 donors) Sindhu Abraham Mayette Acker Anne and Richard Adler Jean E. Aeschliman Francis Albert AllianceData American Contract Bridge League Charity Foundation American Family Insurance Garth Ancier Jenny Anthony Jessica Archer Ares Management, LLC Estate of Grace Arnold E. Nelson Asiel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Azara Julie Baham Mr. and Ms. James Baldini Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Basile Thomas I. Batchelder Earle S. Bates Mr. and Mrs. Neil Bayer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Becker Mr. and Mrs. John Bell Dr. and Mrs. John L. Bennett William Bennett Dr. and Mrs. Alex Bernhardt Mr. and Mrs. Alex Binderow Mr. and Mrs. Eric Blum Verne L. Bowers Kerry Boylan Brian M. Brewer Mr. and Mrs. William K. Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Brown Ivan Brusic Ramon and Terri Buckley Jerry Budd Dr. Marcia B. Bull Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burnette Jr. Alexander Burnside Jeffrey Calvello Rohn Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Liborio Campo Arturo Cecena Mr. and Mrs. Chris Cesar Melvin and Sandra Christ Gilmore Chung Laura Clark-Moore Mr. and Mrs. Scott Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Clevenger Jason Cohen Jacki and Robert Colburn Mr. and Mrs. Bradley L. Coley Jr. Charles Collier Mr. and Mrs. John Connors Corbis Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Couture Clark Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Cuomo CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 27 Evelyn Cusack Dr. Emmy Lu Cutler Sean Dague Kelly Daley Mr. and Mrs. Barrie Damson Jennifer J. Dangelo Angel A. Davenport Dr. Mark M. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Marc DeBonis Brent Deines Mr. and Mrs. Rutger deQuay Mili Desai Ralph Destino Marc Andre Dorel Landon Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Greg Egleston Stacy A. Eichenlaub EnergyIQ Richard A. Enz F and MWL Enterprises Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Falgout Alexis Feldman The Milton and Sylvia Feldman Foundation Dr. Anna C. Ferrari Paul and Debbie Feuerborn John A. Flood Mr. and Mrs. Zach Francis Frenzel Foundation Zoe Fried Andrew Friedwald Wayne Gehrt Tim Gill Linda Gleckler Michael Golden Scott Goldman Casey Gordon R. Raymond Gorospe Connie Green Larry Barbie Guerrero Mr. and Mrs. John Hamlet Mr. and Mrs. William Hampson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanscom Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Harris Mr. and Mrs. David Harrison Robert J. Hastings Lisa R. Heffner Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heller Mr. and Mrs. David L. Henle Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hennes Michael J. Herbst John A. Herrmann Jr. Dr. John Holt Dr. and Mrs. Alan Houghton Ruth E. Hubbard Sarah Hudson Laurie A. Hughes Holly J. Hutchinson Illinois Tool Works Foundation Ironman Arizona Stephen H. Israel Dr. and Mrs. Theodore J. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jade The Jaffe Family Foundation CRI’s first Cancer Immunotherapy Awareness Month™, which increased public awareness about the potential of immunotherapy to treat all different types of cancer through a number of educational activities, helped raise more than $35,000 to support its programs. CRI staff and members of the Ludwig Collaborative and Swim Across America lab at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Times Square (top), Agenus (middle), and Basintek (bottom), among many others, joined in wearing white on June 7, 2013. 2013 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS (continued) Johnson & Johnson Cynthia Lynn Jones Matthew M. Jones Rev. and Mrs. Patrick Jones Dr. Victor Jongeneel David Kane Henry Kass Dr. Michael Kazim Admiral Eric Keatley Philip Kent Mr. and Mrs. Nick Kepler Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Kochel Eileen Kramer Sriram Krishnan Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Kubick Benjamin Kuipers Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Kuntz Perry A. Kupietz Dr. Phillip Lam Mark Larrimore Julia J. Larson Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Lesser Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Levitt Jr. Malcolm Levy David Lindsay Dr. Clayton Looney Daniel Loss Richard Loughman Loveall Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Lujan Josefina and Gregory Lyons Jean F. MacDonald Kylie K. MacKinnon Emily R. Marcus Martins Construction Corporation Jamie Mason and Paul Stagg Michael Matejek Ann F. Mather Binu K. Mathew Roy ‘Rem’ Mayes Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McCloskey John McKernan Shaleen Mclaughlin Derek McTyier Susan Melson Andrew C. Merrill Dana Meyer MHRC, LLC Microsoft Angela and Ryan Miller Janice Miller Geoff Minsky Jacquelyn Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Craig Morgenroth Mr. and Mrs. Paul Morken Motorola Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Mozina MRJ Trust Uday R. Naik Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Neidich NewVac LLC John Nowak Michael O’Brien Dr. Jerome Odom Christine Ogata Robert A. Olson The Om Center for Yoga & Massage Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O’Neill Suzanne and Alex Orb Charitable Fund Meghan Orlandi The Outpost Club Vernon L. Pankonin Rick H. Para Mr. and Mrs. Mehmet Pasa Barbara Pasciucco Jaynish Patel Claire M. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Randy Pitchford Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rabin Kristin Reid Cathy L. Reinert Robert P. Rittereiser Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Robson Sarah Robson Barbara Rockow Daniele Rottkamp Mr. and Mrs. John M. Rowe Mr. and Mrs. Mony Rueven Ahmed Sabet Mr. and Mrs. Patrick St. Romain Mr. and Mrs. Geronimo J. Sanchez Mark Schlau Davene A. Schuh Sarah Schultz Marilyn Schwartz Jane Scriptunas Mr. and Mrs. Carl Semmelhaack Walter D. Seward Rebecca Sharpe and Peter Bruck Michael Shelby Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Sherer Jeffrey R. Sherman Alison Shore Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Short Dr. and Mrs. James Sieper SignMeUp.com Roderick Silton Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Paul Simon Mr. and Mrs. Vincent L. Simpson Dan Sindel Edward and Rorie Skei John R. Slosar Ellen and James Smith John T. Smith Shirley C. Smith Charitable Foundation David Snow Greg Soter Pamela Spatz Spencer Stuart David Star State Metal Industries, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steinberg Dr. and Mrs. Rishon Stember Eric Stiff Uros Stosic John Strang Michelle Streit Samantha Styles Rajesh Subramanian Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sweedler Leif R. Syversen Joe Teja Tennis League Network, LLC Felicia Terry Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Thalmann The Thompson Family Dennis Tinsley Jennifer Trainor Mr. and Mrs. James Trant Jeff Travisano Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Travisano Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Triggs Trofholz Technologies, Inc. Jane M. Twomey Ashley A. Tyson Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Udell Reginald Venable Mr. and Mrs. Otto J. Vitale VMware Foundation Carrie L. Walworth Madison L. Watkin Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Wepfer Kent Werth Brian P. Whipple Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. White Williams Dr. Carmen Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Woll Terence Woolf Dr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Wright Dorothy Wrigley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Yamin Jane Zimmy and Ronald M. Neumann ZogSports “Play For Your Cause” Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zolenge $250 – $499 Anonymous (9 donors) Mr. and Mrs. John Adamiak Adobe Systems Incorporated Judith F. Aduddell Aetna Foundation, Inc. Raymond L. Ahrndt AIG Louis T. Alesi Mr. and Mrs. Louis Alfero Becky Allen Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Alleva Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Ambrifia American Saturated Felt Joyce J. Andersen Christy Anderson Michael Angerthal Todd Arden Mr. and Mrs. Steven S. Ausnit Auto-Owners Insurance Company Robert Bach Brendan Baker Leila Balali Michele I. Bank Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bank Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Banks Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Baratta Keith Bartell Mary L. Bartlett CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 29 Barbara Walters, Tony Bennett, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at CRI’s Through the Kitchen event at The Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City on April 21, 2013. Ercan Bas Rosemarie Bassi Mehul Bastawala Ellen Baum The Sally Beatty and Robert Sawyer Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joel Beck Mr. and Mrs. James Becker Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Becker Brandon Bejarano Deborah Belcher Carl Benoit Mr. and Mrs. Garry Bergman The Berkowitz Family Foundation Aaron J. Besen Cheryl Besterman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bierer Dr. and Mrs. Kent Bindl Mr. and Mrs. James Black S.R. Blackman Robert Blasucci Audrey Block Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Boccanfuso Joshua Boger Mr. and Mrs. George Bouse Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Boyd Ruel L. Bradley Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey S. Bradshaw-Mack Harry N. Bragg Mr. and Mrs. Bob Briggs Deborah Keller Brown Keith W. Brown Dr. Paul Bryant Michael Burka Leslie Byelas Andrew Callaway Mario Calvo-Platero Michael Campanile Rev. Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed Mr. and Mrs. Darren Campili The Can Man Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Carey Marie C. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Cash Mr. and Mrs. Joe Castro Annette Chai Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ray Channell Andy Chen Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Chilcoat Dr. Joonun Choi Aswini Chowdappa Karyn Christiansen Bruce Churchill Chad Clark, M.D. Cohen Feeley Charitable Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Bobby Collins Mr. and Mrs. John Confer Mary Jo Conklin Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Conklin Hadley Cooper Rev. and Rev. Thomas S. Cory Chris Covington Kevin Cox Dr. and Mrs. Neil Crellin Mr. and Mrs. Roy Santa Croce Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cummings 2013 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS (continued) Thomas D. Cunningham Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Curreri Lynn Cutter Irving Cypen Family Philanthropic Fund William Dagan Judith R. Dalgin Mr. and Mrs. Rodger D. Daniels David & Gilbert LLP Patricia Delgado Dr. and Mrs. Robert Dempsey Mr. and Mrs. David Diamond Mr. and Mrs. John A. DiBattista Sharon Dietrich Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Dilling Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dilsheimer DIRECTV Elizabeth A. Dolezal Mr. and Mrs. David L. Dorenfeld Dr. Melissa C. Downing Mr. and Mrs. Arthur V. Doyle Susan Dunlap Sandra Dalvit Dunn Ruth Ebel Leslie F. Ebert Cole Eckhardt Edison Township Ice Hockey Parents Association Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Ehrlich Mr. and Mrs. Alan G. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Emerson Mr. and Mrs. John Espy Michael Faccioli Francis J. Farrelly Jr. Dana Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Keith Fernandes Patrick Ferrara Carol J. Finney Heather Fischer Alan W. Forrest Joele Frank Mr. and Mrs. George From Frozen Editorial Team Vanessa Gaby Stephen Gaddy Mark Gallogly Dr. Lisa Garrard Mr. and Mrs. N. Pierre Gaston Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gavin Mr. and Mrs. Todd P. Geismann Jane Gelfand Lydia V. Gerard Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gerding Mr. and Mrs. Vishal Ghiya Tamer Ghoneim Mr. and Mrs. Umberto F. Gianola Gwendolyn M. Gibson Heather Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Barry Ginsburg Matt Given Gregory Givens Deidra Gold Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Goldfein Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goldman Scott Goldstein Henry Goodman Michael Goodman Mike Goss Joseph Graf Paul E. Gray Jr. Helen A. Green Susan M. Gudmundson Mark & Estee Gurwitz Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Haasen Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Haies Susan Hart The Hartford Electric Supply Company, Inc. Tim Hartnett Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hawkins Kathleen Haydel Tisha Hayes Jeff Hengst Ben Henig Stephen E. Herzog Dr. Sausan Hilmi and Mr. Raul Navarrete Mr. and Ms. Barry Hirsch Harriet Hirschmann Janet K. Hise Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Hofman Michael Hollinger Dee Hood Erwin Hosono Anny Huang Jeff Huber Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hughes Hon. and Mrs. Russell Humphrey Sharon Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Brent Hunter Eric R. Hwang Alana Imbruce Dr. and Mrs. Richard Imbruce Robert R. Irving Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Isaacs Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Israel Sy Israel Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Jagid Susan James Linda and Morton Janklow Mr. and Mrs. Chase Jarvis Mr. and Mrs. Lewis O. Johnson David Jonas Robert H. Jones Jeff Josephs Judith Josephs Julia’s Homestyle Bakery Jeffrey P. Kadison Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kahn Anne Kallfisch Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Kaplan Laurence Karst Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kavanagh Kenneth Kelch Kevin A. Kendall Elizabeth Kessler Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kilbon Kimmel & Kimmel, LLC David King Matthew Kinsella Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Klausner Anne Klein Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ko Michele E. Koch Dr. Kathryn B. Kogan Alex Komoroske David Kopis John L. Krazinski Maureen Kucinich Jeremy Landman Mr. and Mrs. Gregory F. Lang Tina Laramie Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lau Gerald I. Lavery Martin Lawler Adam Leapley Alan J. Lebow Daipan Lee Lee Family Fund Faith and Maurice Lefkort Christopher Leggetter Judith J. Levine Mary Lynne Levy Arthur Lewis LexisNexis Sharon J. Liddy Matthew Lindblom Ethan Linen Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lis Zhong Qiang Liu Jean Dominique Lock Wah Hoon Zen C. Lu Mr. and Mrs. John S. Luckstone Abigail Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lyslo Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Magidson Michelle Maier Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan C. Maldon Kristen Malinconico Lauren E. Mansfield Nicholas Marchi Dr. and Mrs. Harold Margolin Renny A. Maslow Melissa Matarrese and Daniel McEnerney Mr. and Mrs. Jari Mattila John Mauro Carson McBain Mr. and Mrs. Russell McCall Chris McCormick Donna M. McDaniel Sean McDonnell Hugh McGaughy Michael McGinn Gail McGovern McKesson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Rod McLain Megan McLees Brian McShane Robert C. Meade Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas I. Melson Sanjay Melwani Mr. and Mrs. Rob Meyer Arthur N. Michell Dr. Wayne Henry Miller Judd Milne Carter Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Rajkumar Molugu CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 31 Regis Philbin Former New York State Governor George Pataki, Lauren Veronis, and Charles Gargano Brenda E. Moore Mr. and Mrs. John R. Morris MWI Veterinary Supply Alan Myers Stuart Neal Gordon R. Nearing John Henry Nelson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Nichols Lisa Nix Daniel Noday Luis A. Noriega Erin Norris Robert Northington Northlake Village Northrop Grumman Corporation Steven Noss Karren O’Donnell Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy S. Oey Siobhan O’Hare Craig Olin Sandra Olson Mr. and Mrs. Vern Onstine Mr. and Mrs. Donal J. Orr Maxwell D. Osborne Kate Parker Mr. and Mrs. James E. Parrish Dr. and Mrs. Michael Parry Brian A. Pasquinelli Andrew T. Patsiner Carolyn M. Patterson David J. Paul Dr. Steven Pearlman Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Pease Ursula Pellegrino Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Peraino Dr. Jerry Perlman Jean Peterson The Pfizer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey P. Picket Gregory Pierce Pinnacle Bank Stephanie Pinney Dr. and Mrs. Robert Plansky Mr. and Mrs. Richard Plese Mr. and Mrs. Fred Plotkin Helene Polin Douglas Pollina Allan S. Posner Howard and Nancy Powell Dr. Matthew H. Power Mr. and Mrs. George L. Poythress Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Pratt Jason Preslar Kimberly Price Marvin Price Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Prince Principal Financial Group Jean S. Prokopow Promise Communispace Steven M. Rabinowitz, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Radziewicz Paul Rago and David Small Trevor Randolph Douglas Ratto Maxine Ray The Red Hat Manor of Merritt Island Mary Redman Sheila K. Reed Daren V. Reid John Reid-Dodick Eric Reimnitz Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Reinert Steve Reinstadtler Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rhodes Christopher Richmond Donna L. Rinehart Col. and Mrs. James L. Roach Linda Robinson John C. Rockwell Mary Jane Rodgers Dr. Dorothy Levin Rosenfeld and Dr. Alvin A. Rosenfeld Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rosenwald Jr. Bernard Ross Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Roth Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rovani Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Guillermo J. Rozas RSI, LLC Darrell Rubens The Rubicon Project Patricia Rubin Jessica Rudman Patricia Sack Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Saft Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sage St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Lawrence E. Samelson, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Sample Kelsie Sams Scott Sands Jane Sapery Mr. and Mrs. George Sarner Barbara Sastre Alice J. Savic Savitsky, Satin and Bacon Denise Schemenauer Mr. and Mrs. Dick Schliesmann Mr. and Mrs. Jon Schmitz Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schnitzer Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Schultz Alexander Seaver MacLean Sellars Mary Setlock Mr. and Mrs. Anish P. Shah Mr. and Mrs. Solly Shamoil Karen Shapiro Betsy H. Sharley Susan Sheeran Mr. and Mrs. Neal Sheladia Barbara L. Sheldon Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sheldon Marti Shelton Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shereff Rahul Shewakramani Michael Shinoda Shoreline Family Chiropractic & Wellness Michael Sirkin Scott Sklar Abby G. Smith 2013 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS (continued) Brad Smith Cindi L. Smith-Walters Jennifer Smith Jody Smith Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sokol Mary Sorgi Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Sperber Elizabeth Speth Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. Allan Stern Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stevelman Stewart Stockdale Joseph E. Stockwell Jr. Robin Strong Terence Sullivan Barbara J. Sutton Mr. and Mrs. Jan Suwinski Peggy J. Sweeney Marc Tabah Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Tag Scott W. Talbert Tampa Orlando Pinellas Jewish Foundation Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Tegels Elizabeth Q. TenEyck Athalie A. Terry Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Terwilliger Todd K. Testerman Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Thomas Thomason Management James L. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson William Thompson Tilcon New York, Inc Lacey Tisch Torch Club of Calistoga Kenneth M. Travis Phyllis F. Trefz Fredrick Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Robert Underhill Mr. and Mrs. Adam Vengrow Kara Ventura Patrick Vien Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vincent Dianne Vorpahl Mr. and Mrs. Mark Waite Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Waldstreicher Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Warner Melani Weber Emily Wellikoff Mary White Charles Wiegold Mr. and Mrs. Laurence S. Wilken Rebecca E. Williams Diane Wilson Lawson T. Winslow Nancy J. Wolff Barbara F. Wood Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Wyman Joel M. Yesley Dr. and Mrs. Way Yin Mary L. Yowell Zachys Wine and Liquor Inc. Strauss Zelnick Lillian Zietz Thomas Zitiello Through the Kitchen at The Four Seasons restaurant in New York City delights guests annually and raises significant funds to support CRI and its Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. 1-800-FLOWERS.com CEO Jim McCann, Marybeth Mullen, and Philip Bleser CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 33 HELEN COLEY NAUTS SOCIETY The Helen Coley Nauts Society recognizes donors who have included the Cancer Research Institute in their estate plans. Through deferred gifts, bequests, trusts, and other planned giving instruments, these thoughtful individuals safeguard the Institute’s financial future. The Society is named in honor of Helen Coley Nauts, CRI’s founder, whose passionate belief that the immune system could one day be harnessed to control cancer has helped make this powerful vision a reality today. If you would like to learn more about making a planned gift to CRI, please contact Emily Livingstone at [email protected], or call us at 212-688-7515. Helen Coley Nauts Anonymous (6) Estelle Abas Peter Adams Abigail Alderman Olga Aleskas Mildred E. Alexander Frederick E. Allard Edith M. Amateau Peggy Anderson Frances Antopol Freda S. Armstrong Grace Arnold Geneva A. Arthur Ruth Ascher Rex and Virginia Ashdown Lee Asher Belle Asherman Alice Auerbach Jeanne Avegno Else Baier Olga Baker Marion Balen Mary R. Baque Dorothy Barbeau Jeanne E. and Jacob A. Barkey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barmore William Barr Florence and Ben Barrack Rose Barrow Isabella Williams Bartholow and Bruce Burdette Bartholow Etta Baum Evelyn Beekman Frank L. Bell Germaine Benesch William A. Berkey Stuart Bernard Lucille Bernot Herta J. Bernstein Vincent L. Bessey Grace M. Bishop John Bittel Guy Bjorkman Leslie J. Blain Anna H. Blankstein Paula J. Blatter Ruth Evelyn Bodbyl Eleanor Bodnar Ronald J. Bogus Lawrence H. and Nancy E. Bonander Mary Borbeck Rita Borenstein Robina C. Bouchard Anna Isabel Boyd Hugh R. Boyd Barbara Brown Boyer Joy B. Breidling Lucille Brents A. Arthur Bressman Brian M. Brewer Victor E. Broll Albert N. Brooks Minnie E. Brown Virginia Bruner Alfred R. Brunner Estate of Anne Luise Buerger Lucille A. Buland Mary C. Bundy Robert W. Burns and Lois M. Burns Dale T. Butterwick Joy Biggs Buttle Tracy Campbell Angelina Carbone Alfred Carlucci Julia Carlucci Pandora Rudland Carroll Donald O. Carswell Melba Case Mary Elizabeth Catto Doris M. Clanin William James Clapp William H. Coffee Bernice Cohn Gwendolyn Colburn Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cole Edythe E. Coleman Bradley L. Coley, Jr. Louis Comedy Phyllis L. Conley Vivian E. Conner and Ross I. Conner Lottie M. and Charles H. Cook Salvatore Corsaro Audrey Cowan Eleanor H. Cromley Elmira Crosby Julia B. and John R. Curtis Vincent D’Amico Annabelle L. Danzig Carleen Davis Alice Dawes Aileen Adele De Long Eustis Dearborn Emma Deters Betty Disbrow Adelaide J. Dodge Sandford Dody Mary Ann Draus Blanche Elizabeth Eckerts Rita Eggert Dorothy M. Eiser Earl R. Elliott Pauline E. Elliott Ruth Engelberg Valera L. Ennis Helen Epstein Nathan Epstein Max G. Eriksen Ned A. and Florence L. Etkin Juanita M. Evans Mary S. Fadeley Helen Jean Falk Herbert Lynn Fann Barbara Feldman Carlos A. Ferrer Adelaide E. Ferris Louise Egdorf Fescine Elsie K. Filonchik Frances E. and Mary H. Flood Josephine Fonti Florence A. Forni Bernard W. Forrest Carole D. Franklin Clay Frazier Lucille O. French Alice M. Fried Anne Fruhner Lena Silverstein Fuhrman Gay H. Gahagan Zoltan Galdi Eugene G. Gallant Peter Gallant Mollie E. Gang Sofie Garafola Salvador Garcia B. I. Garlinghouse E. Yvonne and William O. Geisert Stella Gentile Mildred Gentry Penelope M. Georgiadis Mercedes C. Gerhard Patricia J. Getsfried Janet M. Gifford Regina Gilmour Steven Ginsberg Edna E. Glaessel Eleanor Goldberg Philip Goldblatt Doris Gordon John G. & Jean R. Gosnell Norman Gottlieb Dorothy M. Graham E. Ruth Grant Annette and Owen Gray Bernice E. Grilleaux Floyd Dale Grisham Zoe S. Grove Ronald J. Guglielmino Marianne C. Hafner Jeanine Hair Nelle B. Haire Adrian Leroy Hall Diane Ham Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hamby Frances E. Hanneman The Hansen Trust Loretta D. Hardy Evelyn H. Harris Lori Harris Ottis C. Harris Helaine T. Harrison Yetta Hatch Anne M. Hauser James Leon Hawkins Margaret Hayman Donald P. Heim Virginia Hemme Robert J. Hendry Fredrick Charles Henne Senora Henry Marion Hewett Kay Hilton Margot Hoffmann Nurine Hoke Diane and Don Holmes Eva M. Holmes Nellie Huff Grace M. Humphrey Mary L. Hutchins Fred W. and Idell E. Iltner Madeline Inguagiato Ruby R. Jankiewicz Lynn and Eldon Jasper Warren R. Jecklin Basil and Doreen Joffe Ruth Harvey Johnson Doris Kabat Rosemary Kaplan Sally J. Kaplan Sara Katz Bertha E. Kaufman Samuel Kay Blanche C. Kelly Jean Kemp Hugh W. Kennedy Mercedes E. Kent Elsie E. Kiel Corinne Kiell Theresa A. Kiely Edward L. Kilroe and Mary B. Kilroe Hilda Kirson Shirlene Kisak Marilyn and Robert Klett Hugo and Ruth Klotz Anne Koch Truby Joy Kohl Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kompanek Fred and Juanita Koors Harry A. Kraus Mary T. Kraus Naomi P. Kruse Murray Kupferman Hiroko Kyuba Rose Lachow Sidney G. LaDue Anna Lagstein C. Linda Lambert Jewell Marie Lampkin Marguerite Landis Louise G. Lane Caryl Lou Langford Elizabeth S. Larkin AnneMarie LaValle Florence and Edgar Leslie Polly Annenberg Levee James F. Levens Frances Leventritt Betty Lou Levin Esther Levine Beatrice Levy Simon Lifshatz Patricia A. Lindner George H. Lindskog Roseline Lissak Johanna Loeb Ruby Q. Lokensgard Peter J. Lommen Albie A. Adams Loving Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lyford Gertrude A. Lynch Hjordes Diane Lyttle Eleanor D. MacCracken Emilie Machalinski Catriona Macleod William S. Maddenborough David Madsen Henrietta Malbin Herbert J. Maletz Isabelle C. Malone Anna Malowany John Malowany Ferne Magialardo B. M. Marinko Genevieve Martin Louemma Martin Lowell A. Martin Raleigh L. Martin Blanca Mattalia-Wyrzykowski Mildred G. Matz Margaret Mazzey Michael I. McBride Helen McCann Cecil McClernon Annette McDonald J. Donald McKinney Jr. Norma J. McPherson Jan Mears Grace Muriel Mecchi Nancy Jeanne Merkel Sidney Meskin Ethel L. Meyer Ezilda Michel Helen T. Middleton William D. Miller Alex Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Moore Janet P. Morgan Maza D. Morris Louise and Peter Moseychuk Bryant A. Muenzen Alexander Munchweiler Judith K. Murphy Kathryn T. Murphy Martin F. and Irene R. Murphy Thomas P. Murray Naomi Myers Mayumi Nakagawa and John K. Lai Rita Nasser Alice A. Nauts Paula M. Neal Barbara Lynne Nelson Rose E. Nelson Jean Marie Newcomer William E. Newton and Freda E. Newton Herb H. Nichols Bernard R. Niewoehner Geneva W. Nolen Jacques C. Nordeman Mary M. Nowak Mary Nunez Dorothy B. Nurick Harry A. and Margaret M. Oak Nora Odets Arvilla Ogden Michele A. Ognibene Roselyn R. Olken Alice Orlich Mary O’Rourke Paul and Anna Oschwald Albert Ottinger Floyd Pace and Lilly E. Pace Marjorie W. Packwood Erma N. Panfilio Andrew Reid Paton Eleanor T. Patterson Foster Clae Patton Frederick V. Payne Nancy Elizabeth Pease Donald H. Peper CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 35 HELEN COLEY NAUTS SOCIETY (continued) Agnes Phelps Elizabeth F. Phillips John Piercy Harriet-Anne Pierson Rochelle Pinz Dorothy Plumb Mabel Plunkett Nick J. Pokea David M. Polen Esther Posin Richard Potruch Despina Poulos Joyce A. Prime Dorothy S. Pritchard Aspasia Radoumis Carol Diane Ranken James B. Ransohoff Esther Reed Harry Delos Reich Helen Relkin Floris J. Renk LaDonna Reynolds Florence V. Richardson Adam J. Richter Virginia L. Riddle Robert T. Ridley Adeline Ringeisen Dr. Fred Ringel Veronica A. Rose Susan Rosenberg Moises Rubiano Dorothy and Ernest Rueppel Gloria Ruminsky Hedwig Salzer Lydia B. Scannell Martha Schneller Virginia Schuettpelz Helen R. Schutt Ruth Schwartzman Rev. Harold Bend Sedgwick Dorothy K. Sefcovic Clara Senk Natalie Shebs Dorothy M. Sheese Margaret Sheets Donald Sherwood Renee and Irwin Shishko Laura M. Sidener Katherine U. Silva Belle V. Silverstein Augusta Simon Roma Sinclair Estelle Singer Jean V. Sirles Alice Jean Smith Catherine M. Smith Clarence Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Smith Howard G. Smith Kevin L. Smith Patricia Smith Ruth Sneve Vera Marie Snider Esther and Harold Sohmer Fred E. Spencer Jacqueline Spencer Remy R. Sprouse Brenda M. St. James Gerald J. Steinberg Leopold Steindecker Anna Stephan Robert L. Stevens Mary Malcolm Stiles Frieda Coons Studley Dorothy H. Sullivan Myrtle B. Summers Agnes Katscher Sunley John Supon Mary and James Suthard Mary Carol Talerico Maureen Tannehill Carl E. Thomas George C. Thomas Jr. Geraldine E. Thomas Overton Arnold Thompson Viola Mae Thompson John R. and Anita Timmel Carola S. Trier Jessie C. Tripp John D. Turkel Zelda M. Uthe Paul E. Van Cleve William R. Vass Josephine S. Villeman Antone L. and Myrtle H. Vinelli Anne D. Vinton Linda Vono Esther and Stanley Wade Ethel Wagner David Walker Thomas Walsh Julia Walz Lea Ward Irene M. Watkins Dorothy Waugh Albert L. and Ione A. Weickert Rose C. Weisel Leonard Weiss Robert P. West Anna M. Wheeler Agnella L. Widmer Geneva K. Widmer Margaret Wiegandt Saul J. Wiener Loretta M. Wiggins Lorna Katherine Wilkinson Francis I. and Harriet B. Wilks Josephine H. Williams Ora Brown Windle Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Woodhams Frederick W. Woodworth John A. Wootton Josephine Wootton Nettie Wright Ethel R. Young Marion E. Youngberg Gloria Zaino Marion Zell CENTENNIAL CIRCLE The Centennial Circle celebrates donors who have made a lifelong commitment to supporting the Cancer Research Institute. Members of this loyal group have made 75 or more gifts to CRI during their lifetime. Anonymous (2) Bertha Auerbach Ellen Beloff Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Boskey Lauren B. Burns Harriet E. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Irving Cohen Selma Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Elkin Mr. and Mrs. Ivan S. Fischman Anne E. Gentile Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Ginsberg Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gold Helen A. Green Renee A. Harris Harvey A. Herbert Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Leitner Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Levy Charles J. Lurie Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lyttle II Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nasso Esther Ravin Mr. and Mrs. Jonas J. Rieter Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Rubin Clifford M. Rutter Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Shuman Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Stillman William Tracy Mr. and Mrs. Everett L. Wessner Alan N. White Florence Wisler BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIRMEN John B. Fitzgibbons Chairman and CEO Basin Holdings US LLC New York, NY Paul C. Shiverick Partner Seminole Management Company, Inc. New York, NY VICE CHAIRMEN Edgar R. Berner Partner John Lang, Inc. New York, NY Donald J. Gogel Chairman and CEO Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC New York, NY Jacques C. Nordeman Chairman Nordeman Grimm, Inc. New York, NY TREASURER Glenn J. DeSimone Greenwich, CT Patrick J. Durkin Managing Director Barclays Capital New York, NY Carlos A. Ferrer Founder and Managing Member Ferrer Freeman & Company, LLC Greenwich, CT Margot E. Freedman Larchmont, NY Robert C. Galvin Principal Galvin Consulting Ridgefield, CT G.S. Beckwith Gilbert President & CEO Field Point Capital Management Company Greenwich, CT Mitchell H. Gold, M.D. Chairman Alpine Biosciences Seattle, WA Geoffrey O. Coley New York, NY Oliver R. Grace Jr. Palm Beach, FL SECRETARY Sandra Coudert Graham Oyster Bay, NY Thomas G. Mendell T.G. Mendell Corp. New York, NY MEMBERS Peter L. Bloom Advisory Director General Atlantic LLC Greenwich, CT James M. Citrin Leader, CEO Practice Spencer Stuart Stamford, CT Maurice J. Cunniffe Chairman & CEO Vista Capital Corporation Greenwich, CT W. Robert Dahl Vice Chairman WRD Capital Darien, CT Richard M. DeMartini Managing Director Crestview Partners New York, NY Michael M. Kellen Co-President Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc. New York, NY Alexander P. Lynch Partner White Deer Energy New York, NY James F. McCann CEO 1-800-FLOWERS.com Carle Place, NY Andrew M. Paul Managing General Partner Enhanced Equity Funds New York, NY Brian Riano CEO and Co-Founder Claren Road Asset Management, LLC New York, NY Lief D. Rosenblatt Partner ENE Investco Management New York, NY Howard B. Schiller Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. Bridgewater, NJ Paul J. Sekhri Group Executive Vice President, Global Business Development and Chief Strategy Officer, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Petach Tikva, Israel Frank V. Sica Managing Partner Tailwind Capital New York, NY James A. Stern Chairman and Founder The Cypress Group New York, NY Michael B. Targoff Vice Chairman of the Board Loral Space & Communications New York, NY Andrew K. Tsai Managing Principal Chalkstream Capital Group, L.P. New York, NY Diane Tuft New York, NY Heidi Ueberroth Director Pebble Beach Company New York, NY Lauren S. Veronis New York, NY Ronald G. Weiner President Perelson Weiner LLP New York, NY James A. Wiatt CEO CIW Consulting Los Angeles, CA CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 37 BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL TRUSTEES EMERITI DIRECTOR Carter F. Bales Chairman and Managing Director NewWorld Capital Group, LLC New York, NY James P. Allison, Ph.D. 2,3,5,6,7 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX Howard P. Berkowitz New York, NY Donald G. Calder Chairman Clear Harbor Asset Management New York, NY Stuart P. Davidson Managing Director Labrador Ventures Menlo Park, CA Bruce D. Dixon Retired Partner Ernst & Young Greenwich, CT Mrs. Charles G. Gambrell Charlotte, NC William O. Grabe Advisory Director General Atlantic LLC Greenwich, CT Charles M. Grace Los Angeles, CA Mrs. Oliver R. Grace New York, NY Joyce Green Westhampton Beach, NY Ann W. Jackson New York, NY Arthur L. Jacobson Vice President, Investments SmithBarney Indian Wells, CA Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen New York, NY Robert A. Posner Managing Director Commonwealth Holding, LP Brookline, MA Julian H. Robertson Jr. Chairman Tiger Management LLC New York, NY Winthrop H. Smith Jr. Chairman Summit Ventures NE, LLC Warren, VT Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D. Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR Peter Cresswell, Ph.D. 2,6 Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Glenn Dranoff, M.D. 3,4,5 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA Charles G. Drake, M.D., Ph.D. 5 The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Baltimore, MD Carl F. Nathan, M.D. 2,3,6 Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY Michael L. Dustin, Ph.D. 6 NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY Ellen Puré, Ph.D. 6,7 University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Philadelphia, PA Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., FRS 2 Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 2,3,5,6,7 Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Ludwig Cancer Research New York, NY 4,5 MEMBERS Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D. 2,6 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Richard Axel, M.D. 1,2 Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D. 5,6 Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY Harvey Cantor, M.D. 2 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA Jonathan S. Cebon, Ph.D., FRACP Austin Health/Ludwig Cancer Research Melbourne, Australia Vincenzo Cerundolo, M.D., Ph.D. MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom 4 Thomas F. Gajewski, M.D., Ph.D. 5 The University of Chicago Medicine Chicago, IL Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D. 2 Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY Philip D. Greenberg, M.D. 3,6 University of Washington School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA Patrick Hwu, M.D. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Baltimore, MD Carl H. June, M.D. 4 Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Michael Karin, Ph.D. 2 University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA John M. Kirkwood, M.D. University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Pittsburgh, PA 3,5 Max D. Cooper, M.D. 2 Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA George Klein, M.D., D.Sc. Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden 2,3 Alexander Knuth, M.D. 3,4,5 National Center for Cancer Care and Research NCCCR, Hamad Medical Corporation Doha, Qatar Lewis L. Lanier, Ph.D. 2,6 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D. 2,6 The Rockefeller University New York, NY Dan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D. 2,6 New York University School of Medicine New York, NY Stanley R. Riddell, M.D. 5 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA Tak W. Mak, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.C. 2,6 The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D. 2,6 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY Philippa C. Marrack, Ph.D. 2 National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Denver Denver, CO Cornelis J.M. Melief, M.D., Ph.D. Leiden University Medical Center Leiden, The Netherlands Bijan Safai, M.D., D.Sc. New York Medical College Valhalla, NY Shimon Sakaguchi, M.D., Ph.D. Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University Osaka, Japan 2,3 3 Ira Mellman, Ph.D. 2 Genentech South San Francisco, CA Malcolm A.S. Moore, D.Phil. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY Donald L. Morton, M.D. John Wayne Cancer Institute Santa Monica, CA Lee Nadler, M.D. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA Kunle Odunsi, M.D., Ph.D. 4,5 Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Drew M. Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D. 3,6 The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Baltimore, MD William E. Paul, M.D. 2 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Bethesda, MD Klaus Rajewsky, M.D. 2,3 Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany Anjana Rao, Ph.D. 2,6 La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine La Jolla, CA Lawrence E. Samelson, M.D. 6 National Cancer Institute, NIH Bethesda, MD Hans Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D. The University of Chicago Chicago, IL 3,6 Robert H. Vonderheide, M.D., D.Phil. Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Hao Wu, Ph.D. 6 Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Cassian Yee, M.D. 6 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX Rolf M. Zinkernagel, M.D., Ph.D. University of Zürich Zürich, Switzerland 1,2,3 1 Nobel Laureate 2 Member, National Academy of Sciences 3 Member, Academy of Cancer Immunology 4 Clinical Accelerator Scientific Advisory Committee 5 CLIP Review Committee 6 Postdoctoral Fellowship Review Committee 7 STaRT Review Committee Ton N. Schumacher, Ph.D. The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, and Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands Craig L. Slingluff Jr., M.D. 4 University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, VA Mark J. Smyth, Ph.D. Queensland Institute of Medical Research Queensland, Australia Pramod K. Srivastava, M.D., Ph.D. 3,5 University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, CT Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D. 1,2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA Giorgio Trinchieri, M.D. 3,6 National Cancer Institute, NIH Frederick, MD Emil R. Unanue, M.D. 2 Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO Ulrich H. von Andrian, M.D., Ph.D. 6 Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston; and The Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, and Harvard University Cambridge, MA CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 39 OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND LAY LEADERSHIP CVC TRIALS NETWORK Director & Scientific Advisory Committee Chair Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Ludwig Cancer Research New York, NY Scientific Advisory Committee Jonathan S. 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Harmer Cancer Research Institute New York, NY Global Clinician and Scientist Membership James P. Allison, Ph.D., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Maha Ayyoub, Ph.D., Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Nantes-Atlantique, France Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA Luigi Buonaguro, M.D., National Cancer Institute, Italy Vincenzo Cerundolo, M.D., Ph.D., University of Oxford, United Kingdom Hearn Cho, M.D., Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA George Coukos, M.D., Ph.D., University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Switzerland Lawrence Fong, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, USA Sacha Gnjatic, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA Philip Greenberg, M.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, USA F. 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Smyth, Ph.D., Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia Daniel Speiser, M.D., Université de Lausanne, Switzerland Mario Sznol, M.D., Yale University, USA Suzanne Topalian, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA Danila Valmori, Ph.D., Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Nantes-Atlantique, France Maries van den Broek, Ph.D., University of Zürich, Switzerland Sjoerd Henricus van der Burg, Ph.D., Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands Hisashi Wada, M.D., Ph.D., Osaka University, Japan Ralph R. Weichselbaum, M.D., University of Chicago, USA Cassian Yee, M.D., The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Hassane Zarour, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY CONSORTIUM Consortium Co-Directors & Executive Committee Co-Chairs James P. Allison, Ph.D. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX Axel Hoos, M.D., Ph.D. GlaxoSmithKline Collegeville, PA Executive Committee Members Neil L. Berinstein, M.D. Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Toronto, Canada Mark Frohlich, M.D. Dendreon Seattle, WA Hyam Levitsky, M.D., Ph.D. Roche Glycart AG Schlieren, Switzerland, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD Jens-Peter Marschner, M.D. Affimed Therapeutics AG Heidelberg, Germany Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Ph.D. Cancer Research Institute New York, NY Kunle Odunsi, M.D., Ph.D. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Gerd Ritter, Ph.D. Ludwig Cancer Research New York, NY Pramod K. Srivastava, M.D., Ph.D. University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, CT Kerry Wentworth Agenus, Inc. Lexington, MA Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Ludwig Cancer Research New York, NY CIC Members AbbVie Biotherapeutics Inc. Activartis Biotech GmbH Agenus, Inc. 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