Wafik El-Deiry: Lillian Siu at a fire-side chat with Mitch Stoller

Wafik El-Deiry shared a post on X:

“Lillian Siu, President-Elect of AACR, speaks at a fire-side chat at AACR grantee summit with Mitch Stoller.

She spoke about mentorship and training, and her plans for a leadership program and global efforts with AACR. She mentioned her own mentors, gave career advice, and as like about challenges in oncology including data, cancer biology and the workforce.

Best advice for those starting their career:

‘Come to meetings, become an AACR member, learn about things outside your comfort zone, be curious about things and learn about other areas.’

She would have more work-life balance which she pays attention to more these days.

In response to a question about imposter syndrome with more senior people: Don’t let anyone make you feel that way. Do the super-woman pose; it’s mental. Practice your first two slides really really well.

She has taken up kick-boxing so watch out.”

Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals.

He is the Editor in Chief at Oncotarget. Dr. El-Deiry discovered p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene, cell cycle inhibitor, and tumor suppressor that explained the mammalian cell stress response. Dr. El-Deiry’s research is focused on mechanisms of therapy resistance with major efforts in drug discovery and development.