The Principal Investigator (PI) Committee of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group is one of two committees that govern the Group under the leadership of the Group Co-Chairs (the other is the Executive Committee). The PI Committee sets Group policy, approves new members, approves principal investigators at member institutions, participates in annual reviews of member institutions, and approves changes to the ECOG-ACRIN constitution when necessary. It also elects Group Co-Chairs, as needed, through its Nominating Committee.
Each academic-based member institution (see Main Members) has a single vote on the PI Committee, cast by the principal investigator. An NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) can have a single vote if it meets merit-based criteria through ECOG-ACRIN’s institutional evaluation process. Voting terms are unlimited; individuals serve as long as the member institution designates them to do so, and provided that the institution remains in good standing (see Membership section). The entire Affiliate Member classification has a single vote, cast by an investigator chosen by the Affiliate Members. This individual’s term is unlimited.
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PI Committee Co-Chair
Peter J. O’Dwyer, MD
University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center
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PI Committee Co-Chair
Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center
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Robert J. Gray, PhD
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center*
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Constantine A. Gatsonis, PhD
Brown University
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Matthias Weiss, MD, PhD
ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center, an affiliate of the Wisconsin NCORP
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1979
Thomas J. Saphner, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2013
Phillip E. Lammers, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1997
Glenn J. Bubley, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1996
Kathleen J. Yost, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2009
Sean R. (Ray) McDermott, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1976
Kendrith M. Rowland, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1971
Paolo Caimi, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2020
Stanley R. Hamilton, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Ari M. Melnick, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Keisuke Shirai, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1998
Gregory A. Masters, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Daniel P. Barboriak, MD
Biography
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1986
Charles A. Staley III, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1971
Lori J. Goldstein, MD, FASCO
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2004
Sharad A. Ghamande, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1993
Howard A. Zaren, MD, FACS
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1986
Augusto C. Ochoa, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1998
Bryan A. Faller, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1986
Kathy D. Miller, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1970
Julie R. Brahmer, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1973
Paul B. Gilman, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Lecia V. Sequist, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1972
Thomas M. Habermann, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Christopher E. Comstock, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2003
David M. King, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1972
Joseph A. Sparano, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
PI in Transition
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2007
Catherine M. Diefenbach, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1973
Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FASCO
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2009
Carlos S. Vallejos, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2002
David F. Claxton, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1996
PI in Transition
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1990
Heather A. Wakelee, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2002
Thomas E. Lad, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2013
Jinha Park, MD, PhD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
PI in Transition
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2010
David E. Gerber, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2001
Erica Stringer-Reasor, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2013
Zev A. Wainberg, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2005
Chukwuemeka V. Ikpeazu, Sr., MD, PhD, MBA, FACP
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Ruth C. Carlos, MD, FACR
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1972
Jennifer R. Eads, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1973
John M. Kirkwood, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2020
Carla I. Falkson, MBChB, MMed, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
David H. Schiff, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1976
Anne M. Traynor, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1986
Jordan D. Berlin, MD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 2014
Harry D. Bear, MD, PhD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Caroline Chiles, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Barry A. Siegel, MD
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Institution Member Type: Scientific Main
Year Institution Joined: 2012
Anthony F. Shields MD, PhD
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Institution Member Type: Standing Main
Year Institution Joined: 1990
Kurt R. Oettel, MD
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*Lead Academic Participating Site (LAPS) in the National Clinical Trials Network of the National Cancer Institute, cancer.gov
To learn more about the NCI Community Oncology Research Program, visit ncorp.cancer.gov.
Direct inquiries about this committee to:
Jean MacDonald, MPH
Deputy Executive Director
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Phone: 857.504.2900
Email