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Collaborative Research Network
The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation® has developed a business model unlike any other in the field of pediatric cancer research. Capitalizing on the strengths of researchers from various scientific fields, we have streamlined the process of protocol development in the hopes of delivering more personalized medicine to children with cancer.
Through the Sunshine Project™, the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation has launched several clinical trials and many new combinations of drugs and therapies have been, and continue to be, tested. The treatment options being discovered through the Sunshine Project are bringing great promise for children who have not experienced positive results under the standard treatment protocol.
The Sunshine Project™ Governance
Damon Reed, MD
Chief Science Officer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jonathan Metts, MD
Sunshine Project Co-Chair
Moffitt Cancer Center
Matteo Trucco, MD
Sunshine Project Co-Chair
Cleveland Clinic
Jessica Crimella, RN, BSN, CCRP
Sunshine Project Lead
Moffitt Cancer Center
Lars M. Wagner, MD
Executive Council, Protocol Committee Co-Chair
Duke Children’s Hospital
Michael Isakoff, MD
Protocol Committee Co-Chair
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Task Force Leaders
Scott Borinstein, MD, PhD
Executive Council, Novel Initiatives Task Force Leader
Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Mas Hayashi, MD
Osteosarcoma Task Force Leader
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Eugene Hwang, MD
Central Nervous System (CNS) Task Force Leader
Children's National Medical Center
Trish Larkin, MD
Executive Council, Novel Initiatives Task Force Leader
St Joseph’s Hospital
Dean Lee, MD
Immunotherapy Task Force Leader
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Bhuvana Setty, MD
Ewing's Sarcoma Task Force Leader, Sunshine Project Site PI
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Elizabeth A. Stewart, MD
Rhabdomyosarcoma Task Force Leader
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Daniel A. Weiser, MD
Executive Council, Novel Initiatives Task Force Leader
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
All Principal Investigators & Researchers
Jonathan Metts, MD
Sunshine Project Co-Chair
Moffitt Cancer Center
Alexander Chou, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Weill Cornell Medicine
Matthew Dietz, DO, MSED
Sunshine Project Site PI
Primary Children's Hospital
Anderson Collier, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI, Researcher
Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville
Jenna Gedminas, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI, Researcher
University of Iowa
Elizabeth Alva, MD, MSPH
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Ajay Gupta, MD, MS
Sunshine Project Site PI, Researcher
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mallery Olsen, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI, Researcher
Phoenix Children's Hospital
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