Research Advisory Network
The Research Advisory Network actively engages with the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s leadership to provide highly informed perspectives on the biomedical research enterprise.
This network is an important facet of PBTF’s partnership with the research community. Members contribute insights that help shape PBTF’s funding priorities and evaluate the impact of our research investment on the lives of children diagnosed with brain tumors, as well as on the disease that threatens them. Members volunteer to serve a three-year, renewable term.
Current Members
David Adams, PhD*
Sanger Institute, UK
Senior Group Leader/Head Experimental Cancer Genetics
Kenneth Aldape, MD*
National Cancer Institute
Senior Investigator Pathology
Eric Bouffet, MD
University of Toronto
Professor, Pediatrics
Tom Curran, PhD, FRS
Children’s Research Institute
Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Director
Gerald Grant, MD, FACS
Stanford School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Darren Hargrave, MB.ChB (Hons), MD, MRCP, FRCPCH*
Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Professor Neuro Oncology
Cynthia Hawkins, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Sick Kids Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Eugene Hwang, MD
Children’s National Health System
Attending, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Nada Jabado, MD, PhD*
McGill University, Canada
Professor Pediatrics
Mark Kieran, MD, PhD*
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
VP Clinical Development
Roger McLendon, MD, PhD
Duke University
Professor, Pathology
Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD
University of Florida
Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor, Neurosurgery
Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD*
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Clinical Neurology
Karin Muraszko, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Chair of Neurosurgery
Roger Packer, MD
Children’s National Health System
Senior Vice President, Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine
Stefan Pfister, MD
University of Heidelberg
Professor, Pediatrics
Joanna Phillips, MD, PhD
UCSF
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery and Pathology
Michael Prados, MD
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Professor, Neurological Surgery
Joshua Rubin, MD, PhD
Washington University, St. Louis
Professor, Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology
James Rutka, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Sick Kids
Professor and Chair, Surgery
Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD
Sanford-Burnham Prebys Medical Research Institute
Director and Professor, Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program
* Denotes PLGA Fund at PBTF Advisory Member