Chairperson: Robert J. Arceci, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
The goal of this task force is to increase the representation of pediatric oncologists in AACR and increase their interactions and contributions to cancer research generally. Principal concerns of the task force include promoting age unrestricted research, developing ways to translate adult findings to pediatric cancer and vice versa, encouraging research in survivorship and prevention as they relate to children, and integrating the work of pediatric oncologists into related adult programs and sessions.
Membership of the Task Force on Pediatric Oncology
Robert J. Arceci, M.D., Ph.D., Chairperson
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
Baltimore, MD
Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), ex officio
American Association for Cancer Research
Philadelphia, PA
Stephen B. Baylin, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Renaud Capdeville, M.D.
Novartis Pharma AG
Basel, Switzerland
William E. Evans, Pharm.D.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Stephen H. Friend, Ph.D., M.D.
Merck Research Labs., Merck & Co., Inc.
West Point, PA
William N. Hait, M.D., Ph.D.
Cancer Institute of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
G. Denman Hammond, M.D.
National Childhood Cancer Foundation
Arcadia, CA
Lee J. Helman, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
Steven Hirschfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, MD
S. Percy Ivy, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD
Barton A. Kamen, M.D., Ph.D.
Cancer Institute of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Anna T. Meadows, M.D.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Sharon B. Murphy, M.D.
The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
Gregory H. Reaman, M.D.
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, DC
C. Patrick Reynolds, M.D., Ph.D.
Children's Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Leslie L. Robison, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Stephen E. Sallan, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Kevin M. Shannon, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Malcolm A. Smith, Ph.D., M.D.
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
Timothy J. Triche, M.D., Ph.D.
Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Susan L. Weiner, Ph.D.
The Children's Cause Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
Steven D. Weitman, Ph.D., M.D.
ILEX Oncology
San Antonio, TX
Staff contact: Mark Mendenhall, Program Administrator, (215) 440-9300 or
mendenhall@aacr.org