Minke Huibers Co-Chair Judy Schoeman Co-Chair The objectives of the GHN Nutrition Working Group are: Education & Training:  Establish and create nutrition resources and training programs for institutions to learn about nutrition assessment and intervention. Research: Perform research to further understand the prevalence of under- and over-nutrition, examine nutrition indices classifying nutrition status, and examine [...]

After a call for nominations to the SIOP membership, the following SIOP members are to stand for election for below position(s). Secretary Elect Alan Davidson Marry M van den Heuvel-Eibrink Scott Howard David Walker Scientific Committee Members (you will need to vote for 2 candidates) Ira Dunkel Richard Grundy Gertjan J.L. Kaspers Rejin Kebudi Mariana Kruger […]

Networking Event Dublin 2016 Last year we organized the first YI Collaborative Event, sponsored by Texas Children’s Cancer center. This event in Cape Town was a great success with 100 attendees. Both young and experienced investigators were very enthusiastic about this event and we are looking forward to organize another collaborative event in cooperation with [...]

The SIOP Advocacy Task Force under the chair of Gabriele Calaminus continues its work to gain WHO recognition as an NGO in parallel with CCI. JJ Divino, the senior advocacy manager has moved to New York and we are very happy that now Julia Challinor, RN, PhD, co-chair of PODC has taken over this position […]

A great thank you to all those involved in the organization of SIOP 2015 in Cape Town.  This was a very successful and fun meeting with 1408 delegates from 91 countries.  An encouraging demographic was the increase in young investigators participating.  Concern was expressed on the evaluations of the congress, that the new format for […]

The Scientific Committee (SC) and the SIOP Dublin Local organizing Committee (LOC) are working hard to organise the scientific program of the next annual SIOP meeting, the only one specifically devoted to all pediatric cancers. It will provide SIOP delegates the best level of new scientific information, education and networking from a transversal, multi-disciplinary and […]