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PCWG Steering Committee

Katherine A. Janeway, MD
Chair

Katherine A. Janeway, MD

(2021-2023)

Director of Clinical Genomics
Senior Physician
Associate Professor of Pediatrics 
Boston Children’s Hospital 
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

E. Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Chair-Elect

E. Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD

(2023-2025)

Chief, Division of Pediatric Oncology
Benioff UCSF Professor of Children’s Health
University of California San Francisco

Olivier Delattre, MD, PhD

Olivier Delattre, MD, PhD

(2020-2023)

Director, Institut Curie SIREDO Pediatric/AYA Center
Director, Inserm/Institut Curie
Paris, France

Maryam Fouladi MD, MSc, FRCP

Maryam Fouladi MD, MSc, FRCP

(2020-2023)

Professor of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, College of Medicine
Co-Executive Director of Neuro-Oncology, Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

Elizabeth Fox, MD

Elizabeth Fox, MD

(2020-2023)

Senior Vice President, Clinical Trials Research
Associate Director of Clinical Research in the Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Department of Oncology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Julia L. Glade Bender, MD

Julia L. Glade Bender, MD

(2021-2024)

Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Department of Pediatrics
Member, Sarcoma Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Alejandro Gutierrez, MD

Alejandro Gutierrez, MD

(2021-2024)

Principal Investigator
Attending Physician
Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Douglas S. Hawkins, MD

Douglas S. Hawkins, MD

(2022-2025)

Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Group Chair
Children’s Oncology Group
Seattle, Washington

Meredith S. Irwin, MD

Meredith S. Irwin, MD

(2021-2024)

Paediatrician-in-Chief
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada

Mark W. Kieran, MD, PhD

Mark W. Kieran, MD, PhD

(2020-2023)

Senior Director, Pediatric Oncology, Global Drug Discovery
Bristol Myers Squibb
Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Leona Knox, Bsc

Leona Knox, Bsc

(2021-2024)

Head Of Research
Solving Kids’ Cancer UK
Belfast, United Kingdom

Paul A. Northcott, PhD

Paul A. Northcott, PhD

(2021-2024)

Faculty, Associate Member
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee

Charles WM Roberts, MD, PhD

Charles WM Roberts, MD, PhD

(2020-2023)

Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Gudrun Schleiermacher, MD PhD 

Gudrun Schleiermacher, MD PhD 

(2022-2025)

SIREDO Integrated Pediatric Oncology Center
Delegate Director for Translational Research
Team Leader, RTOP Translational Research In Pediatric Oncology
U830 INSERM
Institut Curie
Paris, France