Celebrating 30 Years

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

Support the Journey

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.