EORTC Translational Research Advisory Committee (TRAC)

The Translational Research Advisory Committee (TRAC) was created to support and provide expert advice from a scientific and practical perspective on translational research projects conducted within the EORTC. The aims of TRAC are to ensure the independence of the EORTC, the relevance of translational research efforts, and to guarantee scientifically sound results so as to increase the
scientific visibility of the EORTC. As a pre-clinical scientists advisory committee, TRAC also acts as a permanent EORTC forum between the Clinical and Translational Research Divisions by fostering
interest in translational research within Clinical Research Division Groups and promoting clinical development ideas/concepts emerging from Translational Research Division Groups.

Missions of TRAC are to:
• Lead Strategic translational research developments within the EORTC;
• Assist EORTC Clinical Groups in optimizing translational research studies and integrating translational research approaches into their scientific strategy;
• Stimulate EORTC translational research projects either as side studies of new EORTC clinical trial protocols or on the use of existing sets of clinically annotated bio-samples;
• Provide expert advice on any translational research project conducted within the EORTC both from scientific and practical perspectives;
• Ensure optimal flow of information between EORTC Translational Research and Clinical Research Divisions and contribute to the reinforcement of the EORTC platform of pathologists and laboratory
scientists;
• Support the Early Project Optimization Department (EPOD).

TRAC comprises permanent members and ex officio members. All the main disciplines of translational research in oncology are represented in the review panel.

Each member of TRAC is elected for a renewable three-year term.

 

Members

Chair: S. Sleijfer, Rotterdam (NL)
Vice-Chair: S. Tejpar, Leuven (BE)

F. Cardoso, LIson (PT)
J.-A. Chapman, Kingston (CA)
M.G. Daidone, Milano (IT)
M. Debiec-Rychter, Leuven (BE)
T. de Witte, Nijmegen (NL)
J. Foekens, Rotterdam (NL)
O. Hoekstra, Amsterdam (NL)
R. Iggo, Fife (UK)
K. Kerr, Aberdeen (UK)
P. Lambin, Maastricht (NL)
S. Michiels, Paris (FR)
G. Peters, Amsterdam (NL)
M. Schmitt, München (DE)
C. Sotiriou, Brussels (BE)
S. Stroobants, Edegem (BE)
F. Sweep, Nijmegen (NL)
A. Wozniak, Leuven (BE)
N. Zaffaroni, Milano (IT)

Ex-Officio Member
J. Hall, Brussels (BE)
N. Harbeck, Köln (DE)
J.-C. Soria, Villejuif (FR)


Last updated 23-02-2011