46 Member Networks and Programs Receive Commendations for Research Performance

The ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) recently recognized 46 member networks and programs for outstanding achievement in accrual, scientific contribution, and administrative participation following the annual institutional research performance evaluation.

Annual performance evaluations ensure that member institutions meet rigorous standards to conduct cancer research with and through ECOG-ACRIN. This includes a formal audit and quality control assessment of nearly 140 hospital networks and programs, encompassing over 1,400 individual cancer centers and hospitals in total.

For 2023, commendations were awarded in various categories to the academic cancer centers, networks, and community-based programs listed below, with the name of each ECOG-ACRIN Principal Investigator.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, supports ECOG-ACRIN and its members through its National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) and NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP).

Overall Outstanding Performance

• Aultman Health Foundation/Timken Family Cancer Center (Sunitha Vemulapalli, MD)
• Delaware/Christiana Care NCORP (Gregory A. Masters, MD)
• Heartland Cancer Research NCORP (Bryan A. Faller, MD)
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Christopher E. Comstock, MD)
• Metro-Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium NCORP (David M. King, MD)
• National Cancer Center Korea (Ji-Youn Han, MD)
• New York University/NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center (Catherine S. Diefenbach, MD)
• Pacific Cancer Research Consortium NCORP (Charles W. Drescher, MD)
• Southeast Clinical Oncology Research Consortium NCORP (Judith O. Hopkins, MD)
• Stanford University/Standard Cancer Institute (Melinda L. Telli, MD)
• The Ohio State University/The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (James W. Rocco, MD, PhD)
• University of California San Francisco/Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (Thomas A. Hope, MD)
• University of Massachusetts/UMass Cancer Center (Jan Cerny, MD, PhD)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Lisa A. Carey, MD)
• University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center (Jennifer R. Eads, MD)
• Wisconsin NCORP (Kurt R. Oettel, MD)

Accrual, Scientific Contribution, and Administrative Participation

• Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute (Charles A. Staley III, MD)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center (Lori J. Goldstein, MD, now retired)
• Gulf South Minority Underserved NCORP (Augusto C. Ochoa, MD)
• Johns Hopkins University/The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (Julie R. Brahmer, MD)
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (Thomas M. Habermann, MD)
• Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (Howard S. Hochster, MD)
• The University of Texas/MD Anderson Cancer Center (principal investigator in transition)
• University of Wisconsin/UW Carbone Cancer Center (Kari B. Wisinski, MD)
• Vanderbilt University/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (Jordan D. Berlin, MD)
• Washington University at St. Louis/Siteman Cancer Center (Barry A. Siegel, MD)

Accrual and Scientific Contribution

• Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (Frank S. Hodi, Jr., MD)
• Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin (Timothy S. Fenske, MD, MS)
• Moffitt Cancer Center (Jhanelle E. Gray, MD)
• Yale University/Yale Cancer Center (Barbara A. Burtness, MD)

Accrual and Data Management

• Essentia Health NCORP (Bret E. Friday, MD)
• Georgia NCORP (Guilherme Cantuária, MD, PhD)
• Upstate Carolina NCORP (James D. Bearden III, MD)

Accrual

• AHN Cancer Center-Allegheny General Hospital (Nathan Bahary, MD PhD)
• Carle Cancer Center NCORP (Kendrith M. Rowland, MD)
• CERIM of Argentina (Daniel E. Lehrer, MD)
• Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital (Mitchell Haut, MD)
• Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center at White Plains Hospital Center (Karen B. Green, MD)
• Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (Syed H. Jafri, MBBS)
• Stamford Health Bennett Cancer Center (Salvatore A. Del Prete, MD)
• Tufts Medicine Cancer Center (Rachel J. Buchsbaum, MD)
• Yonsei University /Yonsei Cancer Hospital of South Korea (Joohyuk Sohn, MD)

Scientific Contribution

• University of Washington/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Evan Y. Yu, MD)

Data Management?

• Aurora NCORP (Thomas J. Saphner, MD)
• Cancer Research Consortium of West Michigan NCORP (Kathleen J. Yost, MD, BS)
• Puerto Rico Minority Underserved NCORP (Luis J. Santos Reyes, MD)

A News From ECOG-ACRIN blog post contains details about the evaluation process.