Donna Ludwinski

Donna Ludwinski is mother to Erik who was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma in 1991 at age 6. In spite of his very poor prognosis, he recovered from the intensive therapy and was thriving in all aspects until his sophomore year in college, when he shockingly relapsed after 13 years. Erik enrolled on clinical trials in four states, but died in 2010 after almost five years of treatment at age 24. Donna has been very involved in the patient/parent community for more than 15 years and is currently the Director of Research Programs at Solving Kids' Cancer based in NYC.  She serves on the Parent Advisory Council for New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) Consortium and Scientific Review Committee for NANT.  She also serves on the FDA Pediatric Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee (ODAC), is a founding Board Member of the Coalition Against Childhood Cancer (CAC2), and was on the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Pediatric Cancer Working Group Steering Committee.  Donna has a BS in Chemical Engineering, raised 4 children, now lives in West Virginia with her husband, and spends all her free time with her 6 grandchildren.