has been a practicing academic medical oncologist performing clinical/translational research in early phase clinical trials for over 30 years, and is currently the Associate Director of Experimental Therapeutics at the Yale Cancer Center and director of their Early Phase Clinical Trials Program. She has had continuous NIH/NCI peer review funding for over 28 years, as well as numerous other team science grants, including SPORE funding and other funding mechanisms such as Stand Up to Cancer (Co-Leader: Melanoma Dream Team), the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Komen Foundation (Co-leader, KG111063:Targeting Stem Cells in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) in Different Racial Populations). In addition to serving in NCI extramural positions, Dr. LoRusso is currently serving a 3-year term as the chair of their New Agents Committee (NAC), committees for the Cancer Research United Kingdom (CRUK). Dr. LoRusso has also served in leadership positions of several other organizations, including the Board of Directors and current President-elect of the AACR, and education and scientific committees of the ASCO. Internationally, she has taught several clinical trials educational workshops, educating many physicians and scientists across the globe. Working closely over the past 3 decades with patients suffering from advanced malignancies, Dr. LoRusso has become an advocate, not only for cancer researchers and clinicians, but more importantly for the patients and their caregivers.