"Steve" Ruben Distinguished Chair, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Professor, Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Education & Training Degree-Granting Education Postgraduate Training Licenses & Certifications Experience & Service Faculty Academic Appointments Del and Dennis McCarthy Distinguished Professor, Gastroenterology - Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2025 Associate Professor, Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2012 - 2019 Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2012 Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities Genetics and Gene Regulation, Program Leader, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2025 - Present Associate Vice President for Translational Integration, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present TRACTION Medical Director, Therapeutics Discovery Division, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2022 - Present Deputy Chair for Translational Research, Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - Present GI Program, Program Leader, Cancer Center Support Grant, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - Present Co-Director, Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2022 Other Professional Positions Chair, NCI Colon Task Force, Bethesda, 2017 - 2023 NRG Vice Chair, Colon Cancer, NSABP/RTOG/GOG (NRG) Cooperative Group,, Philadelphia, 2015 - Present Senior Editor, Clinical Cancer Research AACR, Bethesda, 2014 - Present Member, NCI Gastrointestinal Steering Committee, Bethesda, MD, 2014 - 2017 Co-Chair, Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) Translational Sciences GI Sub-Committee, Ann Arbor, MI, 2014 - 2016 Member, SWOG - Southwest Oncology Group, Ann Arbor, MI, 2012 - Present Co-Chair, NCI Colon Task Force, Genomics Subcommittee, Bethesda, MD, 2012 - 2016 Regular Member Graduate Faculty, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 2010 - Present Extramural Institutional Committee Activities Member, MD Anderson/UT Austin Accelerator Scientific Review Board, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2026 - Present Voting Member, Genomic Testing Executive (GTEC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present Member, Joint Steering Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present Member, Joint Steering Committee Member, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present Member, Taiho Alliance (JSC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present Member, External Advisory Board, University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer, 2023 - Present Member, J.P
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