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Members

CLIC researchers are located all over the world.
As of March 2024, key numbers about CLIC include:

• 6 Continents
• 19 Countries
• 65 Principal Investigators (PIs) and Delegates
• ~ 50 Studies
• > 32000 Leukemia Cases
• > 14000 Brain Tumor Cases
• > 16000 Embryonal Tumor Cases
• > 3.9 Million Controls
• 1 Data Coordination Center

The countries of CLIC

Study Locations / PIs and Delegates and Their Institutions

Australia

Elizabeth Milne, PhD
Telethon Kids Institute
Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
ORCID

and

Rodney Scott, PhD
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
ORCID

and

Helen Bailey, PhD
Curtin University
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
ORCID


Brazil — Multiple Studies

Maria S. Pombo-de-Oliveira, MD, PhD
Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ORCID

and

Daniela P. Mendes de Almeida, PhD
Fiocruz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ORCID


Victor Wünsch-Filho, PhD
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
ORCID

and

Maria Elizangela R. Junqueira, PhD
University of the State of Bahia
Bahia, Brazil
ORCID


Karina Braga Ribeiro, DDS, PhD
Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences
São Paulo, Brazil
ORCID


Canada — Multiple Studies

Rayjean J. Hung, PhD, M.S.
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Sinai Health System
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ORCID


Claire Infante-Rivard, MD, PhD
McGill University
Montréal, Québec, Canada


Daniel Sinnett, PhD
CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montréal
Montréal, Québec, Canada
ORCID

and



and

Vincent-Philippe Lavallée, PhD
CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montréal
Montréal, Québec, Canada
ORCID

Alain Bataille, PhD
CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montréal
Montréal, Québec, Canada
ORCID


Costa Rica

Ana María Mora, MD, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
ORCID

and

Jennifer Crowe, MPH, PhD
National University of Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica
ORCID


Denmark

Johnni Hansen, PhD
Danish Cancer Society Research Center
Copenhagen, Denmark
ORCID

and

Julia E. Heck, PhD
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas, USA
ORCID


Egypt

Wafaa M. Rashed, PhD, MSc, BPharm
Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357
Cairo, Egypt
ORCID


Finland

Anssi Auvinen, MD, PhD
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
ORCID

and

Atte Nikkilä, MD, PhD
Tampere University
Tampere, Finland
ORCID


France — Multiple Studies

Jacqueline Clavel, MD, PhD
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm)
Paris, France
ORCID

and

Audrey Bonaventure, MD, PhD
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm)
Paris, France
ORCID

and

Stéphanie Goujon, PhD
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm)
Paris, France
ORCID


Germany

Joachim Schüz, PhD
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Lyon, France
ORCID

and

Friederike Erdmann, PhD, MPH
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Mainz, Germany
ORCID


Greece

Eleni Th. Petridou, MD, PhD
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
ORCID

and

Evangelia Ntzani, MD, PhD
University of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece
ORCID

and

Theodoros N. Sergantanis, MD
University of West Attica
Athens, Greece
ORCID

and

Theodora Psaltopoulou, MD
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
ORCID

and

Maria Kantzanou, MD
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
ORCID


Guatemala

Libby Morimoto, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
ORCID


Italy — Multiple Studies

Marco Vinceti, MD, PhD
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
ORCID

and

Tommaso Filippini, MD
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
ORCID


Lucia Miligi, DSc
Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer (ISPRO)
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
ORCID

and

Corrado Magnani, PhD
University of Eastern Piedmont,
Novara, Italy


Japan

Satomi Sato, PhD
St. Luke’s International University
Tokyo, Japan
ORCID

and

Kevin Y. Urayama PhD, MPH
National Center for Child Health and Development
Tokyo, Japan
ORCID


Mexico

Juan Manuel Mejía-Aranguré, PhD
National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN)
Mexico City, Mexico
ORCID

and

Juan Carlos Núñez-Enríquez, PhD
Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)
Mexico City, Mexico
ORCID


New Zealand

John D. Dockerty, MBChB, DipComH, PhD
University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
ORCID


Sweden

Maria Feychting, PhD
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
ORCID

and

Giorgio Tettamanti, PhD
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
ORCID


Taiwan

Pei-Chen Lee, PhD
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
ORCID

and

Julia E. Heck, PhD
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas, USA
ORCID

and

Ming-Tsang Wu, MD, ScD, MOH
Kaohsiung Medical University
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
ORCID


United Kingdom — Multiple Studies

Richard McNally, PhD
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
ORCID


Eve Roman, PhD
University of York
York, England, United Kingdom
ORCID

and

Eleanor Kane, PhD
University of York
York, England, UK
ORCID


United States — Multiple Studies

Catherine Metayer, MD, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
ORCID

and

Alice Y. Kang, MPH
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
ORCID


Joseph Wiemels, PhD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, USA
ORCID

and

Xiaomei Ma, PhD
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, USA

and

Adam de Smith, PhD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, USA
ORCID


Logan G. Spector, PhD
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ORCID


Erin Marcotte, PhD, MPH
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ORCID


Jen N. Poynter, PhD, MPH
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ORCID


Andrew F. Olshan, PhD
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
ORCID

and

Tania Desrosiers, PhD, MPH
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Publications


Greta R. Bunin, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Oncology (retired) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

and

Arupa Ganguly, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
ORCID


Michael E. Scheurer, PhD, MPH
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA
ORCID

and

Philip J. Lupo, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
ORCID

and

Jeremy Schraw, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
ORCID


Beth A. Mueller, DrPH
University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, Washington, USA
ORCID

and

Eric J. Chow, MD, MPH
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, Washington, USA
ORCID

and

Lisa Force, MD, MPH
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Seattle, Washington, USA