About Beat Childhood Cancer | Beat Childhood Cancer

The Beat Childhood Cancer research consortium is a group of 40+ universities and children's hospitals that offer a worldwide network of childhood cancer clinical trials coordinated by Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital.

Beat Childhood Cancer has a proven track record of managing multi-site clinical trials from start to finish. We have successfully opened nineteen Phase I and II trials for pediatric cancer patients including four Feasibility trials using Molecular Guided Therapy in children with relapsed cancers. Six Phase I/II trials have been completed to date and are published or in submission for publication.

Beat Childhood Cancer has successfully managed four FDA approved IND applications, two FDA approved IDE applications, as well as multiple FDA approved EIND applications.

Giselle Sholler, MD	Chair, Beat Childhood Cancer
Patrick Lacey	Executive Advisor \| Founder, Beat Nb
William Ferguson, MD	Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Jaqueline Kraveka, DO	Medical University of South Carolina
Genevieve Bergendahl, PNP, MSN, CCRP	Clinical Program Director, Beat Childhood Cancer

Giselle Sholler, MD	Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
William Ferguson, MD	Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Don Eslin, MD	Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Jaqueline Kraveka, DO	Medical University of South Carolina
Javier Oesterheld, MD	Levine Children’s Hospital
Valerie Brown, MD, PhD	Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Children’s Hospital
William Roberts, MD	University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Peter Zage, MD, PhD	University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Genevieve Bergendahl, MSN, PNP, CCRC	Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Randal Wada, MD	University of Hawaii Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Jessica Foley, MD	Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Deanna Mitchell, MD	Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Theodore Laetsch, MD	Children’s Health
Albert Cornelius, MD	Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Jawhar Rawwas, MD	Children’s Hospital of Minnesota
Virginia Harrod, MD	Dell Children’s Hospital

Beat Childhood Cancer Coordinating Center

Giselle Sholler, MD, Beat Childhood Cancer Chair

Patrick Lacey, Executive Advisor

Sharon McKee, Executive Administrator

Genevieve Bergendahl, Beat Childhood Cancer Clinical Program Director

Alyssa Vander Werff, Beat Childhood Cancer Clinical Program Manager

Ron Brand, Beat Childhood Cancer Clinical Program Coordinator

HDVCH-Pediatric Hematology-Oncology-Haworth Family Innovative Therapeutics Clinic

Dr. Giselle Sholler, MD, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Haworth Family Endowed Director

Dr. Deanna Mitchell, MD, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Principal Investigator

Dr. Al Cornelius, MD, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist

Dr. Jessica Foley, MD, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist

Sarah Klaus, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Physician Assistant

Craig Vandellen, Social Worker

Julie Steinbrecher, Clinical Research Nurse

Mary Durston, Clinical Research Coordinator

Torrey Horness, Clinical Research Coordinator

Zachary Mulder, Clinical Research Coordinator

Pediatric Oncology Translational Research Laboratory

Elizabeth VanSickle, Laboratory Manager

Abhinav Nagulapally, Senior Computational Biologist

Tracey Avequin, Research Technician

Divya Gandra, Research Technician

Austin Goodyke, Scientist

Shannon Kelly, Research Technician

Tyler Maser, Research Technician

Joe Zagorski, Scientist