Peer Review Committee

All of our funding decisions are guided by our Peer Review Committee. This group of doctors, scientists, and researchers are charged with advising CURE in scientific matters pertaining to childhood cancer. They conduct a thorough review of all research proposals to assess both scientific merit and alignment with CURE’s goals. Together they offer guidance to ensure every dollar we invest in research is spent wisely and affords the best chance that one day, every child diagnosed with cancer receives a safe and effective treatment.

The CURE Childhood Cancer is proud to present the current Peer Review Committee:

Sarah Friend, MD
Chair

Nagi Ayad, PhD
Georgetown University

Katayoun Ayasoufi, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine

Irina Balyasnikova, PhD
Northwestern University – Chicago Campus

Scott Borinstein, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)

Erin Breese, MD, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Lorraine Canham, MD
University of Chicago

Sinisa Dovat, MD, PhD
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Anthony Faber, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University

Livia Garzia, PhD
Research Institute of the MUHC

Masanori Hayashi, MD
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus

Aaron James, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jennifer Kamens, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Gary Kupfer, MD
Georgetown University

Suzanne Macfarland, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Stephen Mack, PhD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Scott Moerdler, MD
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey–RBHS–CINJ

Rachel Offenbacher, MD
Sheba Medical Center

Timothy Olson, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Yanxin Pei, PhD
Children’s Research Institute (CNMC)

Andrea Piunti, PhD
University of Chicago

John Prensner, MD, PhD
University of Michigan

Michele Redell, MD, PhD
Texas Children’s Hospital

Jeremy Rubinstein, MD, PhD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Elliot Stieglitz, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Lu Wang, PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Hans-Guido Wendel, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Yubin Zhou, MD, PhD
Texas A&M University