Advisory Boards

  1. The Scientific Advisory Board is an autonomous panel of renowned physicians and scientists who help foster the medical and scientific development of St. Jude, providing guidance and insight on research directions, clinical activities and institutional policy.

     

    John Maris, MD – Chair
    Giulio D’Angio Professor of Pediatric Oncology
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Division of Oncology
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, PA 

    Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH – Vice Chair
    Gay and Bew White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology
    Professor, Pediatric Oncology
    Vice Chair for Outcomes Research, Department of Pediatrics
    Director, Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship
    University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
    Birmingham, AL

    Kevin Shannon, MD –Vice Chair
    American Cancer Society Research Professor 
    Roma and Marvin Auerback Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Molecular Oncology 
    University of California – San Francisco 
    Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center 
    San Francisco, CA

    Susan Ackerman, PhD
    HHMI Investigator 
    Stephen W. Kuffler Chair in Biology 
    Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurobiology 
    Vice Dean for Research, UCSD School of Medicine 
    University of California – San Diego 
    La Jolla, CA

    Scott Armstrong, MD, PhD
    President, Dana-Farber / Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Chair, Department of Pediatric Oncology 
    Associate Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
    Boston Children’s Hospital
    David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics
    Harvard Medical School 
    Chief Research Strategy Officer 
    Senior Vice President for Drug Discovery 
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
    Boston, MA

     
     

    Carsten Bönnemann, MD
    Senior Investigator and Chief, Neuromuscular & Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section 
    National Institutes of Health 
    Neuromuscular & Neurogenetic Diseases of Childhood, Neurogenetics Branch
    Bethesda, MD

    Michael Eck, MD, PhD
    Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School 
    Professor of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
    Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center     
    Boston, MA

    David Ginsburg, MD
    James V. Neel Distinguished University Professor  
    Departments of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics
    University of Michigan Medical School 
    Ann Arbor, MI 

    Nathanael Gray, PhD 
    Member, ChEM-H 
    Program Leader, Small Molecule Drug Discovery for the Innovative Medicines Accelerator
    Co-Director, Cancer Drug Discovery 
    Co-Leader, Cancer Therapeutics Research Program 
    Krishnan-Shah Family Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology 
    Stanford University 
    Stanford, CA

    Katherine High, MD
    Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 
    Visiting Professor, The Rockefeller University 
    The Rockefeller University 
    New York, NY 

    Patrick Loehrer, MD
    HH Gregg Professor of Oncology 
    Distinguished Professor 
    Indiana University School of Medicine 
    Indianapolis, IA

     

    Sallie Permar, MD, PhD 
    Pediatrician-in-Chief
    New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Nancy C. Paduano Professor and Chair 
    Professor of Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis 
    Weill Cornell Medicine 
    Department of Pediatrics     
    New York, NY

    Rob Pieters, MD, PhD, MSc
    Board of Directors, Chief Medical Officer
    Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
    Utrecht, Netherlands

    Stanley R. Riddell, MD
    Burke O’Reilly Family Endowed Chair in Immunotherapy
    Professor, Department of Medicine
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
    Seattle, WA

    Kimberly Stegmaier, MD 
    Ted Williams Investigator
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Vice Chair of Pediatric Oncology Research
    Dana-Farber Institute
    Co-Director, Pediatric Hematologic Malignancy Program
    Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Professor of Pediatrics
    Harvard Medical School 
    Member, Broad Institute
    Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center 
    Boston, MA

    Viviane Tabar, MD
    Theresa C. Feng Professor in Neurosurgical Oncology 
    Chair, Department of Neurosurgery 
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, NY

    Sarah Teichmann, FMedSci FRS
    Professor 
    Wellcome – MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute 
    University of Cambridge Department of Medicine 
    United Kingdom 

     
     

  2. Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD
    Chairman, Department of Pediatric Oncology
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Edward (Ed) Chu, MD
    Director, Albert Einstein Cancer Center
    Vice-President of Cancer Medicine, Montefiore Medicine
    Roger and Carol Einiger Professor of Cancer Medicine
    Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Eric Fearon, MD, PhD
    Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Pathology
    Director, University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
    Emanuel N. Maisel Professor of Oncology

    Beverly Ginsburg-Cooper
    Senior Director & Cancer Center Service Team Lead
    Huron Consulting Group

    Stephen Hunger, MD
    Professor of Pediatrics
    Associate Dir. (Pediatric Research), Abramson Cancer Ctr.
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Chief, Division of Pediatric Oncology
    Director, Center for Childhood Cancer Research
    Jeffrey E. Perelman Distinguished Chair in the Dep of Pediatrics
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

    Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD
    Director, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program
    UCSF School of Medicine

    Michelle LeBeau, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer
    Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

     

    Scott W. Lowe, PhD
    Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Chair, Cancer Biology & Genetics Program
    Chair, Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Stephen D. Nimer, MD
    Director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Oscar de la Renta Endowed Chair in Cancer Research
    Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
    University of Miami Health System

    Stanley Riddell, MD
    Prof., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr
    Department of Medicine, University of Washington

    Kevin M. Shannon, MD
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF

    Paul M. Sondel, MD, PhD
    Walker Professor of Pediatrics, Human Oncology, Director of Research
    UW Carbone Cancer Center and American Family Children’s Hospital
    University of Wisconsin

    Cornelia M. Ulrich, MS, PhD (Neli)
    Executive Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute
    Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer Research
    Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah

    Brenda Weigel, MD, MSc
    Division Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
    University of Minnesota
    Associate Director, Cancer Experimental Therapeutics Initiative & Co-Director Sarcoma Program
    Masonic Cancer Center
    Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

     
     
 
 

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