Committees 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 Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 Karin Beutel University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf - Hamburg, Germany Term of Office: 2010 - 2012 Riccardo Haupt Gaslini Children's Hospital - Genova, Italy Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 AnnaCarin Horne Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital - Stockholm, Sweden Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 Rebecca Marsh Cincinnatti Children's Hospital - Cincinnatti, Ohio, USA Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 Kenneth McClain Texas Children's Cancer Center & Hematology Service - Houston, Texas, USA Term of Office: 2010 - 2012 Diego Rosso Hospital Garrahan - Buenos Aires, Argentina Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 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: Carl Allen, Chair Texas Children's Hospital Clinical Care Center - Houston, Texas, USA Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 Itziar Astigarraga Hospital de Cruces - Baracaldo, Spain Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 Yenan Bryceson Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm, Sweden Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 Matthew Collin Newcastle University - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Term of Office: 2010 - 2012 Michelle Hermiston University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco, California, USA Term of Office: 2010 - 2012 Akira Morimoto Jichi Medical University - Shimotsuke, Japan Term of Office: 2011 - 2013 Johannes Visser University Hospital of Leicester - Leicester, UK Term of Office: 2011 - 2013