Regina Vidaver is the Executive Director of Women Against Lung Cancer, a newly-formed non-profit dedicated to reducing deaths due to lung cancer and helping patients live longer and better through research, awareness and advocacy. Previously, Dr. Vidaver was an AAAS/NSF Science & Engineering Fellow at the National Science Foundation, where she served as Executive Secretary of the National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Science, Human Subjects Research Subcommittee, and was a member of the Science of Learning Centers program implementation committee. Prior to her AAAS/NSF fellowship, Dr. Vidaver held the position of Scientific Programs Manager at the Society for Women¹s Health Research, the only national advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health of women through research. Dr. Vidaver oversaw programs designed to promote and develop the field of sex-based biology - the study of how males and females are similar and different, from the gene to the organism level.

Dr. Vidaver previously served as GWIS Fellowships Coordinator, Chair of the Eloise Gerry fellowship committee, and treasurer of the Beta Chapter. She received her B.A. in biology in 1992 from Amherst College, where she served as co-president of the Amherst Women in Science organization, and her Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999.