The consortium is orchestrated by scientists from The Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), which is a joint institution of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and the University of Heidelberg (Uni HD).

 

Coordination team

Prof. Dr. Stefan M. Pfister
Dr. David T. W. Jones
Prof. Dr. Felix Sahm
Dr. Dominik Sturm
Dr. Martin Sill
Dr. Olfat Ahmad

Additional Main Investigators of Heidelberg Team

Dr. Areeba Patel
Dr. Daniel Schrimpf
Dr. Natalie Jäger
Dr. Steffen Hirsch
Dr. Supat Thongjuea

Managerial Support

Dr. Stefan Hamelmann
Dr. Iris Oezen

Central Database Team

Prof. Dr. Martin Lablans
Nabe Al-Hasnawi
Zachariah Frank
Dr. Monique Stenzel

Website Team

Michael Hain, Technical Advisor
Dr. Lioba Courth, Technical Advisor and Administrator
Dr. Olfat Ahmad, Content Creator, Designer and Administrator

Principal Investigators and Coordinators of Partner Institutions

(Arranged in alphabetical order of institutions)

Dr. Felipe D'Almeida Costa, ACCCC, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Vaishali Suri, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Dr. Ahmed Gilani, AKU, Karachi, Pakistan
Dr. Shahenda Elnaggar, CCHE57357, Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Cristovam Scapulatempo Neto, DASA, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Dr. Horacio Martinetto, Fleni, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Maysa Al-Hussaini, KHCC, Amman, Jordan
Dr. Sith Sathornsumetee, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Dr. Thidathip Wongsurawat, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Ludi Dhyani Rahmartani, RSCM, RSUI, UI, Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Wouter R.L. Hendrickx, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
Dr. Paromita Roy, TMC, Kolkata, India
Dr. Rimpa Achari, TMC, Kolkata, India
Dr. Sushant Vinarkar, TMC, Kolkata, India
Dr. Pablo Zoroquiain, UC CHRISTUS, Santiago, Chile
Prof. Dr. Leslie Kulikowski, University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Dr. Mohamed Abdelbaki, WashU, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Dr. Lorena Baroni, WashU, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Steering Committee 2025

Dr. Felipe D'Almeida Costa, Representative of South America, Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Shahenda Elnaggar, Representative of Africa
Dr. Wouter R.L. Hendrickx, Representative of West Asia
Prof. Dr. Vaishali Suri, Representative I of south Asia
Dr. Sith Sathornsumetee, Representative II of South Asia
Dr. Mohamed Abdelbaki, External Member
Dr. Helge Lubenow, Representative of Heidelberg Epignostix, GmbH
Stefan Pfister, Representative of DKFZ, and Principal Investigator of the Consortium
Prof. Dr. Felix Sahm, Representative of UKHD, Committee Chair
Dr. Olfat Ahmad, Scientific Project Coordinator and Committee Co-Chair