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Conducting Critical Research for Pediatric Cancer
Over 30 leading children’s hospitals across the United States have joined the Sunshine Project Consortium because they believe in our singular mission: to find more effective and less toxic treatments for childhood cancer. The Sunshine Project has a 15-year track record of conducting novel treatment trials for children whose cancers were not curable by standard treatments. We now find ourselves at a critical juncture: it is clear that childhood cancer is too complex to expect one new treatment to cure all patients, or even to cure all patients with certain cancer types.
To overcome this hurdle, the Sunshine Project has launched a multipronged assault on childhood cancer from many angles. To find better, less toxic cures, we must:
To this end, the Sunshine Project has created research task forces comprised of leading clinicians, scientists, and young investigators to focus on these difficult to solve problems. Each task force is centered around a specific type of childhood cancer or a specific treatment domain and is charged with performing the best research that most rapidly moves new therapy strategies into clinical trials. Our philosophy openly welcomes new partnerships, whether children’s hospitals looking to join the Sunshine Project or academic or industry partnerships both within and outside the United States.
– Jonathan Metts, MD & Matteo Trucco, MD, Vice-Chairs of the Sunshine Project
Chief Science Officer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sunshine Project Co-Chair
Moffitt Cancer Center
Sunshine Project Co-Chair
Cleveland Clinic
Sunshine Project Lead
Moffitt Cancer Center
Executive Council, Protocol Committee Co-Chair
Duke Children’s Hospital
Protocol Committee Co-Chair
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Washington University, St. Louis Children's
Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando
Michigan State University
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Washington University, St. Louis Children's Hospital
University of Alabama-Birmingham
University of Kentucky
Montefiore Medical Center