External Advisory Committee (EAC)
Responsibilities of an EAC Member
i) Advise on scientific matters, programmatic development and assist in identification of potential additional resources when relevant.
ii) Assess and critique scientific progress of the Center as a whole, the individual research projects and the maturation of Target Investigators on their path to independent status.
iii) Participate in 2 meetings a year (one in person) with the COBRE team members providing a year end written critique of discussion, recommendations and actions taken, which will be included in the annual progress report to the NIH.
Lamia P. Barakat, Ph.D.
Director of Psychosocial Services, CHOP Cancer Center
Director of Psychosocial Services in Oncology
Director, Section of Behavioral Oncology, Center for Childhood Cancer Research
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania
3501 Civic Center Blvd., 10303 CTRB
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Nancy S. Green, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Associate Director, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Associate Dean of Academic Operations
Columbia University Medical Center
630 West 168 St., Black Building 2-241
New York, NY 10032
Charles G. Irvin, Ph.D., FERS
Associate Dean for Faculty, College of Medicine
Vice Chairman for Research, Department of Medicine
Director, Vermont Lung Center
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics College of Medicine
University of Vermont
Room 226, HRSF
149 Beaumont Street
Burlington, Vermont 05405-0075
Bertram H. Lubin, M.D.
Executive Advisor for Children’s Health Associate Dean of Children’s Health
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
747 52nd Street
Oakland, CA 94609
Charles N. Serhan, Ph.D.
Executive Advisor for Children’s Health
Associate Dean of Children’s Health
Center Director
Simon Gelman Professor of Anesthesia (Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology)
Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard University
Endowed Distinguished Scientist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Institutes of Medicine
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur (HIM 829)
Boston, Massachusetts 02115