Susan M. Blaney, M.D. is the David G. Poplack, MD Chair in Pediatric Oncology and The Elise C. Young Chair in Pediatrics Oncology. She is Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) where she serves as the Division Chief in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. She is also the Director of Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center at Texas Children's Hospital. She has extensive experience in clinical and translational research with a focus on the development of new treatment strategies for children with brain tumors and other refractory cancers. In the past, she served as the Vice President for Clinical and Translational Research at BCM, Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Vice Chair for the Children’s Oncology Group, an international clinical trial cooperative group supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and Chair of the NCI's Pediatric Phase 1 and Pilot Consortium. She has served on the Clinical Trial Advisory Committee for the National Cancer Institute and as a consultant of the FDA’s pediatric Oncology Drug Advisory Committee.