Governance

GOVERNANCE

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is in charge of overseeing the activities developed and delivered by ACCELERATE and its working groups. The Committee’s composition reflects ACCELERATE’s multi-stakeholder approach: four representatives each from academia, patient advocates, bio-pharmaceutical industry and regulators, plus three in-tuitu personae. The Committee proposes and decides on ACCELERATE’s plans and initiatives. The Steering Committee also serves as the Scientific Programme Committee of the Annual Conference.

Leadership

Gilles Vassal, MD, PhD

ACCELERATE Chair, ITCC Director, SIOP Europe Past President
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Andy Pearson, MD, PhD

Paediatric Strategy Forum Oversight Committee Chair, ITCC, Retired Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research
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Samira Essiaf

ACCELERATE and SIOP Europe Chief Executive Officer
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Academia

Four representatives from Academia represent the voice of the academic community in the Steering Committee.

Pamela R. Kearns, MD, PhD

Professor, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences / SIOP Europe President
University of Birmingham
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Steven DuBois, MD, MS

Director, Experimental Therapeutics
Dana-Farber / Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
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Lynley Marshall, MB BCH, PhD

Chair, NCRI Children’s Novel Agents Subgroup
The Institute of Cancer Research / The Royal Marsden
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Lia Gore, MD

Professor, School of Medicine School
University of Colorado / Children’s Hospital Colorado
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Patient Advocates

Four representatives of Patient Advocate organizations represent the voice of parents and patients in the Steering Committee.

Donna Ludwinski

Director of Research Advocacy, Solving Kids' Cancer
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Patricia Blanc

Founder and President
Imagine for Margo
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Nicole Scobie

Founding Member President
Zoé4life
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Leona Knox

Head Of Research
Solving Kids' Cancer UK

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Regulators

Four representatives of Regulators represent the voice of regulatory bodies in the Steering Committee.

Dominik Karres, MD

Scientific Officer, Paediatric Medicines Office
European Medicines Agency
EMA Representative as an observer with exclusively an advisory role – excluding advice on individual product development
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Martha Donoghue, MD

Medical Officer at Department of Health and Human Services, FDA
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Sara Galluzzo , MD, PhD

Italian delegate at PDCO, Member Scientific Advice Working Party (SAWP) at EMA
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Alberto Pappo, MD

Head of Division, Solid Tumors
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Chair of FDA Pediatric Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC)
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Industry

Four representatives of the Pharmaceutical Industry represent the voice of Industry in the Steering Committee.

Hubert Caron, MD, PhD

Principal Medical Director, Pediatric Oncology
Roche
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Elly Barry, MD, MMSc

VP Clinical Development
Day One Biopharmaceuticals
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Darshan Wariabharaj, BSc (Hons)

Director, Global Regulatory Lead, Oncology
Janssen Research and Development
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Anjali Sharma, MD

Executive Director Gilead Sciences
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Intuitu personae

Maximum 3 representatives can be part of the Intuitu personae. They represent the voice of the smaller pharmaceutical companies & other relevant organizations.

Jeffrey Skolnik, MD

Vice President, Clinical Development
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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Peter C. Adamson, MD

Global Head, Oncology Development & Pediatric Innovation
Sanofi
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Gregory Reaman, MD

Scientific Director NCI Childhood Cancer Data Initiative
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General Assembly

The General Assembly holds the broadest powers enabling ACCELERATE to achieve its purpose, including those to appoint/remove members of the Board as well as to approve budgets and accounts.

Gilles Vassal, MD, PhD

ACCELERATE Chair, ITCC Director, SIOP Europe Past President
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Pamela R. Kearns, MD, PhD

ACCELERATE Board, Professor, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences / SIOP Europe President
University of Birmingham
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Joe McDonough

President
The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation
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Samira Essiaf

ACCELERATE and SIOP Europe Chief Executive Officer
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Board

The Board holds the broadest powers of administration and management over the Association and it is subjected to the powers reserved to the General Assembly.

Gilles Vassal, MD, PhD

ACCELERATE Chair, ITCC Director, SIOP Europe Past President
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Pamela R. Kearns, MD, PhD

Professor, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences / SIOP Europe President
University of Birmingham
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Samira Essiaf

ACCELERATE and SIOP Europe Chief Executive Officer
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Team

The ACCELERATE team has an office in Brussels and reports to the Steering Committee. The Team oversees the day-to-day activity of ACCELERATE and the implementation of activities of the working groups.

Gilles Vassal, MD, PhD

ACCELERATE Chair
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Andy Pearson, MD, PhD

Paediatric Strategy Forum Oversight Committee Chair
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Samira Essiaf, MS

Chief Executive Officer
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Andrea Demadonna, MS

Coordinator and Operations Manager
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Teresa de Rojas, MD, PhD

Scientific Coordinator
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Beatriz Martinez, MA

Communication and Marketing Coordinator
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Jessica Rigoldi, MA

EU Project Manager
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Volunteers

ACCELERATE gathers a network of more than a thousand of volunteers and participants who bring an immense added value to our work. We would like to thank them all for their hard work and for being part of the ACCELERATE initiative!

ITCC
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SIOPE
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Andrew McDonough
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GOVERNANCE

Steering Committee

Leadership

Gilles Vassal, MD, PhD

Andy Pearson, MD, PhD

Samira Essiaf

Academia

Pamela R. Kearns, MD, PhD

Steven DuBois, MD, MS

Lynley Marshall, MB BCH, PhD

Lia Gore, MD

Patient Advocates

Donna Ludwinski

Patricia Blanc

Nicole Scobie

Leona Knox

Regulators

Dominik Karres, MD

Martha Donoghue, MD

Sara Galluzzo , MD, PhD

Alberto Pappo, MD

Industry

Hubert Caron, MD, PhD

Elly Barry, MD, MMSc

Darshan Wariabharaj, BSc (Hons)

Anjali Sharma, MD

Jeffrey Skolnik, MD

Peter C. Adamson, MD

Gregory Reaman, MD

General Assembly

Gilles Vassal, MD, PhD

Pamela R. Kearns, MD, PhD

Joe McDonough

Samira Essiaf

Board

Gilles Vassal, MD, PhD

Pamela R. Kearns, MD, PhD

Samira Essiaf

Team

Gilles Vassal, MD, PhD

Andy Pearson, MD, PhD

Samira Essiaf, MS

Andrea Demadonna, MS

Teresa de Rojas, MD, PhD

Beatriz Martinez, MA

Jessica Rigoldi, MA

Volunteers

ITCC

SIOPE

Andrew McDonough