Dr. Hayes is the Stuart B. Padnos Professor of Breast Cancer Research.at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center. He chairs, or has chaired, several national and international scientific committees, including the Breast Cancer Translational Medicine subcommittee of SWOG, in which he mentored young investigators from other centers. He was the inaugural recipient of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award (2007), given for achievement in translational research and mentoring, and has held many leadership roles in ASCO, including a three-year Presidential term of office (2015-2018). He is a Fellow of ASCO, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Komen Scholar, and a member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Clinical and Climatologic Association.