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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.
Research Leadership Team
Damon Reed
Sunshine Project Leader
Moffitt Cancer Center
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David Frazer
CEO, National Pediatric Cancer Foundation
National Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Ricky Huff
Chairman of Research Program Committee
National Pediatric Cancer FoundationFull Research Team
Elizabeth Alva, MD, MSPH
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Alabama
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Amy Armstrong, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University
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Tom C. Badgett, MD, PhD
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Kentucky
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Julio C. Barredo, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Scott Borinstein, MD, PhD
Sunshine Project Site PI/Vice Chair, Education and Pathway Development
Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
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Matthew Campbell, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Emi Caywood, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
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Alexander Ja-Ho Chou, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Carrye Cost, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI/Vice-Chair, Novel Initiatives
Children’s Hospital Colorado
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Girish Dhall, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Alabama
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Aditi Dhir, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Miami
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Mihaela Druta, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Moffitt Cancer Center
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Douglas Fair, MD, MS, FAAP
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute
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Jonathan B. Gill, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Ajay Gupta, MD, MS
Sunshine Project Site PI
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Richard Gorlick, MD
Johns Hopkins University
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Mas Hayashi, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Children’s Hospital Colorado
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Eugene Hwang, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI/Vice Chair, Neuro-oncology
Children’s National Medical Center
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Michael Isakoff, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI/Chair, Protocol Committee
Connecticut Children’s Hospital
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Theodore W. Laetsch, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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Joanne Lagmay, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Florida
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Trish P. Larkin, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
St Joseph’s Hospital
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Patrick Leavey, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Nicolas Jose Llosa, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Johns Hopkins University
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David M. Loeb, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
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Leo Mascarenhas, MD, MS
Sunshine Project Site PI
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
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Jonathan Metts, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI/Vice-Chair, Central Operations
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
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Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD
Chair, Preclinical Research
University of Florida
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Ramamoorthy Nagasubramanian, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Nemours Children’s Hospital
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Javier Oesterheld, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Levine Children’s Hospital
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Christine Anne Pratilas, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Johns Hopkins University
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Eric Sandler, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Nemours Children’s Specialty Care, Jacksonville
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Elias Sayour, MD, PhD
Sunshine Project Site PI
University of Florida
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Bhuvana Setty, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Patrick Thompson, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI/Vice Chair, Immuno-oncology Initiatives
University of North Carolina
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Matteo Trucco, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI/Vice Chair, External Operations
Cleveland Clinic
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Lars M. Wagner, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI/Vice Chair, External Operations
Duke Children’s Hospital
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Daniel A. Weiser, MD
Sunshine Project Site PI/ Vice-Chair, Novel Initiaties
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
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National Pediatric Cancer Foundation (NPCF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding research to eliminate childhood cancer.
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