Dr. Victor Santana is a member of the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine and Department of Oncology at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. He is a current member of the National Cancer Institute Pediatric Central IRB and the NCI Clinical Trials Advisory Committee both located in Washington, DC and also a past member of the FDA Pediatric Advisory Committee. Dr. Santana has a distinguished career and numerous awards to his credit, including receiving the inaugural appointment to the Charles B. Pratt Endowed Chair in Solid Tumor Research at St. Jude, and being recognized in 2009 by the Society of Clinical Research Associates with the President’s Award for Distinguished Service.  In addition,  recently he has been active in global activities providing strategy and implementation of education and training in clinical research, as well as co-leading a new Masters in Clinical Investigations degree granting program at the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.