MMRC Members and Leaders
| The MMRC brings together an extraordinary assembly of distinguished myeloma researchers and world-renowned academic institutions to speed discovery. Our multidisciplinary leadership team includes expertise in the fields of multiple myeloma research, clinical care, and executive leadership. |
MMRC Member Institutions
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MMRC Leadership
The MMRC leadership team is an exceptional group of individuals with a broad range of experience across industries and disciplines. Along with key leaders from the MMRF, this group selects and oversees the MMRC’s research efforts.
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Paul Giusti President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Daniel Auclair Senior Vice President of Research |
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Shaji Kumar Co-Chair Steering Committee; Associate Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Oncology Department of Hematology, Mayo Clinic |
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Sagar Lonial Co-Chair Steering Committee; Chief Medical Officer, Winship Cancer Institute Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine |
| Dixie Esseltine Medical Advisor |
MMRC Steering Committee
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Daniel Auclair Senior Vice President of Research |
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Sagar Lonial Co-Chair Steering Committee; Chief Medical Officer, Winship Cancer Institute Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine |
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Craig Hofmeister Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine |
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Shaji Kumar Co-Chair Steering Committee; Associate Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Oncology Department of Hematology, Mayo Clinic |
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Paul Richardson Clinical Program Leader and Director of Clinical Research, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center Institute Physician Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
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Hearn Jay Cho Associate Professor Medicine, Hematology & Medical Oncology |
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David Avigan Director, Hematologic Malignancies/Bone Marrow Transplant at Beth Israel Medical Center Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
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Andrzej Jakubowiak Professor of Medicine Director, Myeloma Program University of Chicago Medical Center |
MMRC Team
| Maggie Furlong Associate Director, Clinical Operations |
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Karen Woolley Clinical Operations Manager |
| Dana LeStrange Clinical Trials Assistant |
MMRF Team
| Mark Hamilton Research Project Manager, Immune Initiatives |
| Shaadi Mehr Research Project Manager, Data, Analytics, and Validation |
| Lana Gavrilov Research Project Manager, Prevention Project |
| Jen Yesil Clinical Research Manager |
| Jeannie Calcano Peare Executive Assistant, CFO & Research/Clinical |