Assoc. Prof. Ruth Ladenstein, MD, MBA, cPM

• Head of S²IRP Studies and Statistics on Integrated Research and Projects/Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI) of the St. Kinderkrebsforschung e.V., Vienna since 1996
• Head of the department for paediatric solid tumours St. Anna Children’s Hospital, Vienna since 1998

Assoc. Prof. Ladenstein, MD, MBA, cPM has considerable experience in the management of academic concerted actions, she is:

• President of SIOP EUROPE since September 2009 (board member since September 2006) 
• Project coordinator of the EU FP7 funded Network of Excellence: “EUROPEAN NETWORK for CANCER research in CHILDREN and ADOLESCENCE”
• Advisory board member of SIOPEN (SIOP Europe Neuroblastoma Group) since May 2011 (president from May 2007 – May 2011)

SIOP European Neuroblastoma Research Network (SIOPEN-R-NET) is the European Association for clinical research in neuroblastoma established with the initial support of a European Union 5th Framework grant (EC grant no. QLRI-CT-2002-01768) and was coordinated by Dr. Ladenstein. It now involves more than 200 clinics from more than 20 countries. Currently Dr. Ladenstein is co-ordinating various neuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma and soft tissue sarcoma trials on international and national level.