Tower Cancer Research Foundation
Scientific Advisory Board
By combining scientific expertise with a forward-looking approach to innovation, the Scientific Advisory Board helps ensure Tower supports research with the potential to shape the future of cancer care.

Solomon I. Hamburg, MD, PhD
Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board
Clinical Professor of Medicine
UCLA, Department of Medicine and Division of Hematology Oncology
Paul Boutros, PhD, MBA
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
John Carpten, PhD
Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Xiaojiang Chen, PhD
USC Keck School of Medicine
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD
Siteman Cancer Center Washington University
Mitchell Gross, MD, PhD
Ellison Clinic at Saint Johns
Steven Jonas, MD, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Micheal Karin, PhD
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Yun Li, MD, PhD
Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
Akil Merchant, MD
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Saul Priceman, PhD
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Matthew Rettig, MD
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Barry Rosenbloom, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fred Rosenfelt, MD
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Evanthia Roussos Torres, MD, PhD
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Josh Sasine, MD, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Lili Yang, PhD
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
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When you donate to Tower, you’re not supporting a single study. You’re part of an ecosystem that believes the next breakthrough is out there, waiting for someone to believe in it first. Every gift puts resources directly behind the discoveries that would otherwise never see the light of day.