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Education Committee

The Education Commitee is responsible for reviewing abstracts and selecting those to be presented Annual Meetings, monitor the Constitution and By-Laws for needed amendments as circumstances dictate, being available to the Board for drafting of changes to the By-Law the Board deems advisable, and presenting the Board with an annual assessment of the Constitution and By-Laws.  The current members are:

Rima Jubran, Chair
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California, USA

Karin Beutel
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf - Hamburg, Germany

Naoko Kinugawa
Janssen Pharmaceutical Company - Tokyo, Japan

Kenneth McClain
Texas Children's Cancer Center & Hematology Service - Houston, Texas, USA

AnnaCarin Horne
Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital - Stockholm, Sweden

Kimo Stine
UAMS/Arkansas Children's Hospital - Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Diego Rosso
Hospital Garrahan - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee is responsible for review proposals for research and related activities according to guidelines developed by the Board and making recommendations to the Board, and present the Board with annual reports and plans concerning the Society’s research activities.  This Committee also reviews the applications submitted through the Histiocytosis Association of America's annual research funding program.  The current members are:

Michael Jordan, Chair
Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Itziar Astigarraga
Hospital de Cruces - Baracaldo, Spain

K. Scott Baker
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center- Seattle, Washington, USA

Jean Donadieu
Hospital Trousseau - Paris, France

Riccardo Haupt
Gaslini Children's Hospital - Genova, Italy

Carl Allen
Texas Children's Hospital Clinical Care Center - Houston, Texas, USA

Johannes Visser
Leicester Children's Hospital - Leicester, United Kingdom