MelaNostrum Consortium Members

For investigators not part of a group already working in the Consortium and potentially bringing with him/her other people from their group:

• The candidate must contribute data and/or biospecimens from melanoma patients (sporadic and/or familial, and possibly healthy controls) for the Consortium's projects. A brief description of the studies and related material that the candidate can contribute should be made available to all MelaNostrum PIs for their consideration.
• The candidate must respect absolute confidentiality about any discussion of data/projects within the Consortium. Failure to observe this requirement may result in exclusion from the Consortium.
• The candidate can be introduced by an existing member of MelaNostrum who can speak for his/her high quality of work. A candidate may alternatively approach the Consortium directly with the request to participate, in which case the decision to accept the request will be determined by the MelaNostrum PIs.
• The candidate or a person from his/her group should strive to participate in the regular video-calls of the Consortium and attend each annual meeting in person.
• The decision on whether to accept a new member or not should be made collegially by the MelaNostrum PIs. The decision can be communicated to Dr. Maria Teresa Landi privately by email and if consensus is not reached and more discussion is required, a decision may be postponed to the Consortium annual meeting.

If the candidate is a member of a group already working in MelaNostrum, it is enough if the PI who invites the person explains why he/she wants to bring this person and the type of expertise that this candidate can bring (e.g. in genetics, statistics, molecular biology, pathology).

Bethesda

Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
Maria Teresa Landi (PI)
Kevin Brown
Phuc Hoang
Linh Bui-Raborn
Nesreen Shahrour

Zagreb

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sestre 

Milosrdnice University Hospital Centre
School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb
Mirna Šitum (PI)
Marija Buljan 

Nicosia

Nicosia Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology
The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
The Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine

Nice

Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Nice University Hospital
Nice Hospital-integrated Biobank, University of Côte d'Azur
Paul Hofman (PI) 
Elodie Long-Mira 

Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire 
Michael Cerezo 
Ana Basto 

Dermatology and skin cancer Department, University Hospital of Nice
Henri Montaudié (PI) 
Alexandra Picard-Gauci 
Laura Roin 
Perrine Rousset 
Emmanuelle Pradelli (Clinical Trial Manager/CMT)  

Barcelona

Melanoma Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS
Universitat de Barcelona
Susana Puig (PI)
Paula Aguilera 
Beatriz Alejo 
Lucia Alos 
Raquel Albero
Joan Anton Puig-Butille
Celia Badenas 
Jaume Bagué Companys 
Alba Català
Abel Caño 
Cristina Carrera 
Natalia Castrejon
Francesca Crespí Payeras 
Natalia Espinosa
Àngels Herrero
Pablo Iglesias 
José Luis Villanueva-Cañas 
Josep Malvehy 
Judit Mateu Aniento 
Rui Milton Patricio da Silva Júnior 
Manuel Molina García
Alba Monjas Tejero 
Javiera Pérez Anker
Sebastian Podlipnik 
Miriam Potrony 
Silvia Riera
Ana Claudia Rivas
Pau Rosés
Alejandra Sandoval
Agustín Toll
Teresa Torres Moral 
Agustí Toll
Florencia Vera

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Badalona
Aram Boada (PI)
Nina A, Richarz
Manel Martinez Molina
Jose Luis Manzano
Anna Martinez Cardus
Ariadna Quer

Madrid

Servicio de Dermatología Hospital 12 de Octubre
Pablo Ortiz-Romero (PI)
Jorge Arroyo
Giselle de Barros
José Luis Rodríguez-Peralto
Cristina Vico-Alonso

València

Instituto Valenciano de Oncología
Eduardo Nagore (PI)
José Bañuls-Roca
Esperanza Manrique-Silva
Zaida García-Casado
Rajiv Kumar
David Millán
Celia Requena
Arantxa Rodríguez-Hernández
Víctor Traves
María Niveiro
María José Juan

Barretos

Barretos Cancer Hospital
Vinicius de Lima Vazquez (PI)
Ana Carolina Laus
Raquel Descie Veraldi Leite

Rio de Janeiro

Instituto Nacional de Câncer – INCA
Patricia Abrão Possik (PI)

Sao Paulo

AC Camargo Cancer Center
João Duprat (PI) 

Bogota

FICMAC, Lobaratorio de investigacion y diagnostic en Cancer
Alejandro Ruiz (PI)
Maria Bravo

Colombia National Cancer Institute
John Nova (PI)
Xavier Rueda
Carolina Pozzobon
Lina González
Luz Dary Gutiérrez

Lima

Universidad Cientifica del Sur - UCSUR
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas
Carlos Castaneda (PI)
Miluska Castillo 

Constantine

Department of Pathology, University of Constantine
Meriem Boukhenaf (PI)
Tarek Mansoul
Sariyah Ayachi
Zerrouk Dalal
Aymen Sahli