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

The constitution document defines which member institutions are eligible for voting privileges (Article IV). In addition, members with voting privileges must remain in good standing through ECOG-ACRIN’s annual merit-based institutional evaluation process. Each voting member institution has a single vote on the committee, cast by its designated principal investigator (PI). The entire Affiliate Member classification has a single vote, cast by an investigator chosen by the Affiliate Members. Once voted in, individuals may serve as long as the member institution designates them to do so, and provided that the institution remains in good standing.

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 Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare Biography Email

Aurora NCORP


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

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center


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

Geisinger Cancer Institute NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1986 Joseph J. L. Vadakara, MD Biography Email to come

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 NCORP


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

Michigan Cancer Research Consortium NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 2004 Philip J. Stella, MD Biography Email to come

Montefiore Minority Underserved NCORP


	Institution Member Type: Standing Main Year Institution Joined: 1972 Balazs Halmos, 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 Peru


	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 Howard S. Hochster, MD Biography Email to come

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 Asim A. Afaq, MBBS Biography Email to come

The University of Texas/MD Anderson Cancer Center