Principal Investigator Committee

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 be allocated a single vote, cast by the principal investigator 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. That 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 in Revision		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 Cancer Center Institution Member Type: Affiliate Year Institution Joined: 1991 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 Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MD Biography

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center


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

Cancer Research Consortium of West 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 Email

Carle Cancer Center NCORP


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

Case Western Reserve University/Case Comprehensive Cancer Center*


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

Cornell University


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

Dartmouth College/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Institution Member Type: Scientific Main

Year Institution Joined: 2012

PI in Transition

Delaware/Christiana Care NCORP


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

Duke University


	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

Gulf South Minority Underserved NCORP


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

Heartland Cancer Research NCORP


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

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 Deirdre J. Cohen, 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 Joseph Aisner, MD Biography Email

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*

Institution Member Type: Scientific Main

Year Institution Joined: 2012

PI in Transition

The University of Texas Southwestern/Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2010 David E. Gerber, MD Biography Email

Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP Biography Email

University of Alabama/UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center*

Institution Member Type: Standing Main

Year Institution Joined: 2001

PI in Transition

University of California, Los Angeles


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2013 Zev A. Wainberg, MD Biography

University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2005 Chukwuemeka V. Ikpeazu, Sr., MD, PhD, MBA, FACP Biography Email

University of Michigan/UM Comprehensive Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Ruth C. Carlos, MD, FACR Biography Email

University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1972 Jennifer R. Eads, MD Biography Email

University of Pittsburgh/UP Cancer Institute*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1973 John M. Kirkwood, MD Biography Email

University of Virginia/UVA Cancer Center


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 David H. Schiff, MD Biography Email

University of Wisconsin/UW Carbone Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1976 Anne M. Traynor, MD Biography Email

Vanderbilt University/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986 Jordan D. Berlin, MD Biography Email

VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) Massey Cancer Center Minority Underserved NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2014 Harry D. Bear, MD, PhD Biography

Wake Forest University/Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Caroline Chiles, MD Biography Email

Washington University in St. Louis/Siteman Cancer Center*


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Barry A. Siegel, MD Biography Email

Wayne State University/Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute*


	Institution Member Type: Scientific Main Year Institution Joined: 2012 Anthony F. Shields MD, PhD Biography Email

Wisconsin NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1990 Kurt R. Oettel, MD Biography Email

*Lead Academic Participating Site 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.

Contact

Direct inquiries about this committee to:

Jean MacDonald, MPH
Deputy Executive Director
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
Phone: 857.504.2900
Email

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