Leadership

Ian Davis, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator (UNC)
G. Denman Hammond Professor of Childhood Cancer
Associate Director of Basic Research, Children's Research Institute

Kanecia Zimmerman, MD
Principal Investigator (Duke)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care Medicine)
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute

Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD
Track 1: Discovery Lead (Duke)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Assistant Professor in Cell Biology

Barbara Savoldo, MD, PhD
Track 1: Discovery Lead (UNC)
Professor, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 
Assistant Director, UNC Lineberger Cancer Center Immunotherapy Program

Michelle Hernandez, MD
Track 2: Clinical Trials Lead (UNC)
Associate Professor, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
Director, NC Child Health Research Network
Associate Medical Director, NC Children's Allergy and Asthma Center
Associate Director of Clinical Research, Children's Research Institute

Dwight Koeberl, MD, PhD
Track 2: Clinical Trials Lead (Duke)
Professor of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics)
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Michael Kappelman, MD, MPH
Track 3: Real World Evidence Lead (UNC)
Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Jennifer Li, MD
Track 3: Real World Evidence Lead (Duke)
Beverly C. Morgan, MD, Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Cardiology in the School of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute