Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Susan M. Blaney, M.D., is the Elise C. Young Chair of Pediatric Oncology and the Director of Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital.
She has served as the Vice Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) since 2011, Prior to that she was COG’s Chair for Developmental Therapeutics 2008 – 2013. She has also served as the Executive Vice Chair for the Department of Pediatrics as well as the Vice President for Clinical and Translational Research at BCM.
Dr. Blaney has more than 30 years of experience in the design, development, and implementation of all aspects of NCI- and industry-sponsored new agent clinical trials for children with refractory/recurrent cancer. She also has extensive experience in the design and evaluation of preclinical in vitro and pharmacology studies of anti-cancer agents. Dr. Blaney has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and serves as an Editor for the 8th edition of Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology. She has served on NCI Special Emphasis panels for new agent development, the NCI Investigational Drug Steering Committee, the NCI Clinical and Translational Research Committee, FDA advisory groups and industry advisory panels.