Hope S. Rugo is professor of medicine and the director of the breast oncology clinical trials program at the University of California at San Francisco, and an investigator of SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Breast Cancer) in the Bay Area. In 2014 Rugo chaired the advisory panel of OncLive's "Giants of Cancer Care" award program. Rugo was lead investigator on research that investigated the hair-preserving properties of cold caps for patients undergoing chemotherapy.