Steering Committee

Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR
Steering Committee Chair
AACR President 2019–2020
The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Nationwide Foundation Endowed Chair in Genomic Medicine
Co-Executive Director, The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, Ohio

Kimberly Stegmaier, MD
Steering Committee Chair
Chair, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Chief, Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital
David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Institute Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Boston, Massachusetts

Peter C. Adamson, MD, FASCO
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James F. Amatruda, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Director, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute
Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Chair in Cancer Research
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, California

Paula Aristizabal, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of California San Diego
Medical Director International Outreach Program & Quality Improvement Lead
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Population Sciences, Disparities & Community Engagement
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
Dissemination & Implementation Science Center (DISC)
UC San Diego Altman Clinical & Translational Research Institute
San Diego, California

Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President, Drug Discovery and Chief Research Strategy Officer
Ted Williams Chair
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Gregory J. Aune, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Stephanie Edlund Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Cancer Research
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Kathrin Maria Bernt, MD
Pediatric Oncologist, Cancer Center’s Leukemia and Lymphoma Program
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH
Director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship
Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics
School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Samuel C. Blackman, MD, PhD
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Google Ventures (GV)
Founder and Former Head of Research & Development
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
Brisbane, California

Garrett M. Brodeur, MD, FAACR
Director, Cancer Predisposition Program
Audrey E. Evans Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Olivier Delattre, MD, PhD
Director, SIREDO Pediatric Oncology Center
Institut Curie
Paris, France

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Michelle Haber, PhD, FAHMS, FAA
Professor and Executive
Director Children’s Cancer Institute
Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Andrea A. Hayes-Dixon, MD, FACS, PhD
Dean and Vice President of Clinical Affairs
Howard University College of Medicine
Chair, Scientific Management Review Board
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C.

Nada Jabado, MD, PhD
Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist
Montreal Children’s Hospital
Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Oncology
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
McGill University
Quebec, Montreal, Canada

Nirmala Jagadish, PhD
Professor and Deputy Director
Centre for Cancer Immunotherapy (CCI)
Sri Ram Cancer and Superspeciality Center (SRCC)
Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital
Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology
Rajasthan, Jaipur, India

Katherine A. Janeway, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician
Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Director, Clinical Genomics
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Joyce Balagadde Kambugu, MBChB, MMed, CMO (Paeds), MBA
Consultant Paediatric Oncologist
Head Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology
Uganda Cancer Institute/East Africa Center of Excellence for Oncology
Immediate Past President, SIOP Africa
Mulago, Kampala, Uganda

Kyung-Nam Koh, MD, PhD
Professor, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Department of Pediatrics
Asan Medical Center Children’s Hospital
University of Ulsan College of Medicine
Seoul, Korea

Mignon Lee-Cheun Loh, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Research
Division Head of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy
Aldarra Foundation, Bill and June Boeing Founders, Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research
Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle Children’s Hospital
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Philip J. Lupo MPH, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Co-Director, REACH Center
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Crystal L. Mackall, MD, FAAP, FAACR
Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Founding Director, Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy
Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Associate Director, Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford, California

David Malkin, MD, FRCPC, FRSC, FAACR
CIBC Children’s Foundation Chair in Child Health Research
Senior Staff Oncologist, Division of Haematology/Oncology
Senior Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology Program
The Hospital for Sick Children
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Biophysics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Charles W.M. Roberts, MD, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Executive Vice President and Director
St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lillian R. Cannon Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Endowed Chair
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Executive Vice President and Chair, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine
Director, St. Jude Global
Co-Associate Director, Outreach, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Four Stars of Chicago Endowed Chair in International Pediatric Outreach
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Hiromichi Suzuki, MD, PhD
Chief (Principal investigator)
Division of Brain Tumor Translational Research
National Cancer Center Research Institute (Japan)
Tokyo, Japan

Susan L. Weiner, PhD
Founder and Director
Children’s Cancer Cause
Washington, D.C.

Brigitte C. Widemann, MD*
Chief, Pediatric Oncology Branch
Center for Cancer Research (CCR)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, Maryland

Suzanne L. Wolden, MD, FACR
Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Anas Younes, MD
Senior Vice President
Global Head of Haematology Oncology R&D
AstraZeneca
New York, New York

*Dr. Widemann contributed to the development and review of this report but is unable to endorse the request for NIH funding.