The Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (JITC) is an open access, peer reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy, from basic research through to clinical applications.
JITC's editorial board is led by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Romero of the University of Lausanne. From there, the journal is published with support from a throng of section and associate editors, who review their specific section areas. Click on a section name below to access the full editor list:
Editor-in-Chief
Pedro J. Romero, MD
University of Lausanne – Switzerland
Novigenix – Switzerland
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
James L. Gulley, MD, PhD, FACP
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health – United States
Basic Tumor Immunology Section
Section Editors
Cornelis J.M. Melief, MD, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center – Netherlands
Sjoerd H. van der Burg, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center – Netherlands
Associate Editors
Scott I. Abrams, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center – United States
Timothy NJ Bullock, PhD*
University of Virginia – United States
Gennaro Ciliberto, MD
IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena – Italy
Khashayarsha Khazaie, PhD, DSc
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine – United States
Michael Platten, MD
Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg – Germany
Stefani Spranger, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – United States
Eric Tartour, MD, PhD*
Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou – France
Viktor Umansky, MD, PhD
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) – Germany
Case Reports Section
Section Editor
Sebastian Kobold, MD
Klinikum der Universität München – Germany
Deputy Editor
Matthew D. Hellmann, MD
AstraZeneca – United States
Associate Editors
Camille Bigenwald, MD, PhD
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus – France
Jack D. Bui, MD, PhD
University of California San Diego – United States
Heinz Läubli, MD, PhD
University Hospital Basel – Switzerland
Clinical/Translational Cancer Immunotherapy Section
Section Editors
Douglas G. McNeel, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center – United States
Claudia Palena, PhD
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health – United States
Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD
NYU Langone Medical Center – United States
Associate Editors
Paulo Antonio Ascierto, MD
Istituto Nazional Tumori-Fondazione 'G.Pascale' – Italy
Richard D. Carvajal, MD
Northwell Health Cancer Institute – United States
Tanja D. de Gruijl, PhD
Amsterdam University Medical Centers – Netherlands
Brian R. Gastman, MD
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center – United States
Margaret E. Gatti-Mays, MD, MPH
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – United States
Hongbo Hu, PhD
West China Hospital, Sichuan University – China
Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI*
Vanderbilt University Medical Center – United States
Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD*
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center – United States
Dung Le, MD
Johns Hopkins University – United States
Yangqiu Li, MD
Jinan University School of Medicine – China
Jason J. Luke, MD, FACP
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center – United States
Ravi A. Madan, MD
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health – United States
Luca Mazzarella, MD, PhD
European Institute of Oncology – Italy
Anna Obenauf, PhD
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology – Austria
Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center – United States
Ravi Patel, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh – United States
Louis M. Weiner, MD
Georgetown University Lombardi Cancer Center – United States
Commentary/Editorials Section
Section Editor
Christian Capitini, MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison – United States
Associate Editors
Ana Carrizosa Anderson, MD
Harvard University – United States
Bryon D. Johnson, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin – United States
William J. Murphy, PhD
University of California, Davis – United States
Gabriel Rabinovich, PhD
Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (IByME) – Argentina
William L. Redmond, PhD
Earle A. Chiles Research Institute – United States
Geoffrey R. Weiss, MD
University of Virginia – United States
Guidelines and Consensus Statements Section
Section Editor
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute – United States
Immune Cell Therapies and Immune Cell Engineering Section
Section Editor
Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital – United States
Associate Editors
Aude Chapuis, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – United States
Yvonne Y. Chen, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles – United States
Marco L. Davila, MD, PhD*
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center – United States
Jennifer L. Guerriero, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital – United States
Christian S. Hinrichs, MD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey – United States
Michael Hudecek, MD
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg – Germany
Larry W. Kwak, MD, PhD
City of Hope – United States
Gerald Linette, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania – United States
Daniel J. Powell Jr., PhD
University of Pennsylvania – United States
Marco Ruella, MD
University of Pennsylvania – United States
Lillian Seu, PhD
Revolution Medicines – United States
Nirali N. Shah, MD, MHSc
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health – United States
Eric L. Smith, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – United States
Maria Themeli, MD, PhD
VUmc Cancer Center Amsterdam – Netherlands
Immunotherapy Biomarkers Section
Section Editors
Ignacio Melero, MD, PhD
Foundation for Applied Medical Research (FIMA) – Spain
Alexandra Snyder Charen, MD
Generate Biomedicines – United States
Deputy Editor
Kurt A. Schalper, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine – United States
Associate Editors
Maria Ascierto, PhD
AstraZeneca – United States
John C. Castle, PhD
Monte Rosa Therapeutics – Switzerland
Alessandra Cesano, MD, PhD*
ESSA Pharma Inc. – United States
Eric Deutsch, MD, PhD
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus – France
Elisabeth G.E. de Vries, MD, PhD
University Medical Centre Groningen – Netherlands
Jolanda de Vries, PhD
Radboud University Nijmegen – Netherlands
Michael D. Kalos, PhD*
CTRL Therapeutics – United States
Rejean Lapointe, PhD
Universite De Montreal, University Hospital (CRCHUM) – Canada
Sanjeev Mariathasan, PhD
Genentech – United States
Christian H. Ottensmeier, MD, PhD, FRCP
University of Southampton – United Kingdom
Graham P. Pawelec, PhD
University of Tuebingen – Germany
Mohini Rajasagi, PhD
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. – United States
Licia Rivoltini, MD
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori – Italy
Barbara Seliger, MD, PhD
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg – Germany
Craig L. Slingluff Jr., MD
University of Virginia – United States
Jinada Yuan, MD, PhD
Merck & Co. – United States
Oncolytic and Local Immunotherapy Section
Section Editor
Howard L. Kaufman, MD, FACS
Massachusetts General Hospital – United States
Associate Editors
John C. Bell, PhD
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute – Canada
Kevin Harrington, PhD, FRCP, FRCR
The Institute of Cancer Research – United Kingdom
Samuel Rabkin, PhD*
Massachusetts General Hospital – United States
K. Dane Wittrup, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – United States
Dmitriy Zamarin, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – United States
Reviews Section
Section Editors
Sandra Demaria, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College – United States
Lawrence Fong, MD
University of California, San Francisco – United States
Associate Editors
Michael B. Atkins, MD
Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Care Center – United States
Ira Mellman, PhD
Genentech – United States
James J. Mule, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center – United States
Specialty Editors
Consulting Editor, Statistical Reviews
Heidi L. Weiss, PhD
University of Kentucky – United States
Consulting Editor
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD
University of Chicago – United States
Social Media Editors
Kristin G. Anderson, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – United States
Praveen Bommareddy, PhD, MS
Replimune, Inc. – United States
Social Media Associate Editor
Cheng Sun, MDP, PhD
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei – China
*Consulting Reviews Editor