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.

Voting Privileges

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.

Principal Investigator (PI) Committee – Roster of Voting Members

Group Co-Chairs


	PI Committee Co-Chair Peter J. O’Dwyer, MD University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center Biography		PI Committee Co-Chair Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center Biography

Group Statisticians


	Robert J. Gray, PhD Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center* Biography Email		Constantine A. Gatsonis, PhD Brown University Biography Email

Representative for Affiliate Members


	Matthias Weiss, MD, PhD ThedaCare Regional Cancer Center, an affiliate of the Wisconsin NCORP Biography Email

Aurora NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1979 Thomas J. Saphner, MD Biography Email

Baptist Memorial Health Care/Mid South Minority Underserved NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2013 Phillip E. Lammers, MD Biography Email

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1997 Glenn J. Bubley, MD Biography Email

Cancer Research Consortium of Western Michigan NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1996 Kathleen J. Yost, MD Biography Email

Cancer Trials Ireland


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2009 Sean R. (Ray) McDermott, MD Biography Email

Carle Cancer Center NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1976 Kendrith M. Rowland, MD Biography Email

Case Western Reserve University/Case Comprehensive Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1971 Paolo Caimi, MD Biography Email

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2020 Stanley R. Hamilton, MD Biography Email

Cornell University


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Ari M. Melnick, MD Biography Email

Dartmouth College/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Keisuke Shirai, MD Biography Email

Delaware/Christiana Care NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1998 Gregory A. Masters, MD Biography Email

Duke University/Duke Cancer Institute*


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Daniel P. Barboriak, MD Biography Email

Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986 Charles A. Staley III, MD Biography Email

Fox Chase Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1971 Lori J. Goldstein, MD, FASCO Biography Email

Georgia Cares Minority Underserved NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2004 Sharad A. Ghamande, MD Biography Email

Georgia NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1993 Howard A. Zaren, MD, FACS Biography Email

Gulf South Minority Underserved NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986 Augusto C. Ochoa, MD Biography Email

Heartland Cancer Research NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1998 Bryan A. Faller, MD Biography Email

Indiana University/Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986 Kathy D. Miller, MD Biography Email

Johns Hopkins University/The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1970 Julie R. Brahmer, MD Biography Email

Lankenau Medical Center


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1973 Paul B. Gilman, MD Biography Email

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Lecia V. Sequist, MD Biography Email

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1972 Thomas M. Habermann, MD Biography Email

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Christopher E. Comstock, MD Biography Email

Metro Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2003 David M. King, MD Biography Email

Montefiore Minority Underserved NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1972 Joseph A. Sparano, MD Biography Email

Mount Sinai Hospital/The Tisch Cancer Institute

Institution Member Type: Scientific Main

Year Institution Joined: 2012

PI in Transition

New York University/NYU Cancer Institute


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2007 Catherine M. Diefenbach, MD Biography Email

Northwestern University/Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1973 Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FASCO Biography Email

Oncosalud S.A.C./Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2009 Carlos S. Vallejos, MD Email

Penn State Health Cancer Institute


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2002 David F. Claxton, MD Biography Email

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1996 PI in Transition

Stanford University/Stanford Cancer Institute


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1990 Heather A. Wakelee, MD Biography Email

Stroger Hospital of Cook County Minority Underserved NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2002 Thomas E. Lad, MD Biography Email

The University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2013 Jinha Park, MD, PhD Biography Email

The University of Texas/MD Anderson Cancer Center*