Research Advisory Network

The Research Advisory Network (RAN) actively engages with PBTF leadership to provide highly informed perspectives on the biomedical research enterprise. The RAN is an important facet of PBTF’s partnership with the research community. RAN 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 a brain tumor, as well as on the disease that threatens them. Members volunteer to serve a three-year, renewable term.

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

Cynthia Hawkins, MD, PhD, FRCPC, University of Toronto
Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

Eugene Hwang, MD, Children’s National Health System
Attending, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Mark Kieran, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

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

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, University of Toronto
Professor and Chair, Surgery
                    
Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD, Sanford-Burnham Prebys Medical Research Institute
Director and Professor, Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program