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2020 AACR Team Science Award Recipients: TCGA Pilot Project Team

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Pilot Project Leaders

TCGA Founders

Anna D. Barker, PhD
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Directors During Launch of TCGA Pilot Projects

Andrew C. von Eschenbach, MD (2002-2006)
John E. Niederhuber, MD (2006-2010)

National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) Working Group on Biomedical Technology Leaders

Eric S. Lander, PhD, FAACR (Co-chair)
Leland H. Hartwell, PhD, FAACR (Co-chair)

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Pilot Project Network Members

TCGA Project Management Team

Anna D. Barker, PhD (Chair)
Mark S. Guyer, PhD (Co-chair)
Carolyn C. Compton, MD
Peter A. Covitz, PhD
Gregory Downing, DO, PhD
Daniela S. Gerhard, PhD
Peter J. Good, PhD
Bradley A. Ozenberger, PhD
Jane Peterson, PhD
Elizabeth J. Thomson, RN, MS
Joseph G. Vockley, PhD

TCGA Advisory Committee

Ronald A. DePinho, MD, FAACR (Chair)
Geoffrey M. Duyk, MD, PhD (Co-chair)

Cancer Genome Characterization Centers

Devin M. Absher, PhD
Stephen B. Baylin, MD, FAACR
Cameron W. Brennan, MD
Lynda Chin, MD
Gaddy A. Getz, PhD
Joe W. Gray, PhD, FAACR
David Neil Hayes, MD, MPH
Raju Kucherlapati, PhD
Marc Ladanyi, MD
Peter W. Laird, PhD
Matthew L. Meyerson, MD, PhD
Richard M. Myers, PhD
Charles M. Perou, PhD
Paul T. Spellman, PhD

Genome Sequencing Centers

Stacey B. Gabriel, PhD
Richard A. Gibbs, PhD
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, FAACR
David A. Wheeler, PhD
Richard K. Wilson, PhD

Biospecimen Core Resource Center

Robert J. Penny, MD, PhD

Data Coordinating Center

Kenneth H. Buetow, PhD
Ari B. Kahn, PhD