About GLOW

Learn more about GLOW, our network of NLPHL experts and patient advocates, and a few of our milestones below.

Mission

 To optimize the diagnosis and treatment of NLPHL through international collaboration that will allow for rigorous scientific investigations of this rare disease.

Vision

To optimize the treatment of NLPHL for every adult and child.

GLOW Structure

GLOW achieves its aims through the use of expert committees.   


The GLOW Executive Committee is comprised of NLPHL experts and patient advocates from around the world who are responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of GLOW research. 


GLOW research committees are comprised of NLPHL experts who design, implement, and analyze collaborative projects to address the scientific priorities of GLOW.


 

The GLOW Advocacy, Education, & Outreach Committee disseminates and promotes GLOW findings to key stakeholders.

 

Members

Specialty

Country

Treatment Population

adult
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pediatric
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both
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GLOW Leadership

Founders

Jamie Flerlage, MD, MS

Pediatric Oncologist

University of Rochester, USA

Michael Binkley, MD, MS

Radiation Oncologist

Stanford University, USA

Staff

Monica Palese, MPH

Consortium Manager

University of Rochester, USA

Suzi Birz, MScMI, FHIMSS

Suzi Birz, MScMI, Life FHIMSS

Governance Expert

HiQ Analytics, LLC, USA

Senior Advisors

Ranjana Advani, MD

Oncologist

Stanford University, USA

Graham P. Collins, MA, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPath, DPhil

Haematologist

Oxford University, UK

Richard T. Hoppe, MD

Radiation Oncologist 

Stanford University, USA

Kara Kelly, MD

Pediatric Oncologist

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA

GLOW Committee Chairs

Jamie Flerlage, MD, MS

Executive Committee

Prospective Trial Committee 

University of Rochester, USA

Michael Binkley, MD, MS

Executive Committee

Retrospective Analyses Committee 

Prospective Trial Committee 

Stanford University, USA

Rachel Mariani, MD

Pathology & Translational Biology Committee

Phoenix Children’s Hospital, USA

Aliyah Sohani, MD

Pathology & Translational Biology Committee

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Ajay Major, MD, MBA

Patient-Reported Outcomes Committee

University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA

GLOW Executive Committee

North America

Dominic Biney-Amissah, Patient Advocate, USA

Sharon Castellino, MD, MSc, Pediatric Oncologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, USA

Lorilei Goes, Patient Advocate, USA

Miranda Goes, Patient Advocate, USA

Ann LaCasce, MD, MMSc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA

Andrea Lo,  MD, MPH, FRCPC, Radiation Oncologist, BC Cancer Vancouver, Canada

Ajay Major, MD, MBA, Early Career Investigator, University of Colorado, USA

Rachel Mariani, Pathologist, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, USA

Matthew J. Maurer, DMSc, Statistician, Mayo Clinic, USA

Sarah Milgrom, MD, Radiation Oncologist, University of Colorado, USA

Yasodha Natkunam, MD, PhD, Pathologist, Stanford University, USA

Jennifer Seelisch, MD, MSc, Early Career Investigator, Children’s Hospital London Health Sciences Centre, Canada

Yiwang Zhou, PhD, Statistician, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA

Europe

David Cutter, MBBChir, MRCP, FRCR, DPhil, Radiation Oncologist, Oxford University, UK

Daphne de Jong, MD, PhDPathologist, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Karin Dieckmann, MDRadiation Oncologist, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Dennis Eichenauer, MDOncologist, University Hospital of Cologne, Germany

Sylvia Hartmann, MDPathologist, University Hospital of Essen, Germany

Amy Kirkwood, MSc, Statistician, University College London, UK

Christine Mauz-Körholz, MD​, Pediatric Oncologist, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany

Caroline Page-Kirby, Patient Advocate, Switzerland

Marius Rohde, MD, Early Career Investigator, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany

Andrea Visentin, MD, PhD, Early Career Investigator, University of Padova, Italy

Global Regions

Ana Rosa Braz Costa, MD, PhD, Pediatric Oncologist, Hospital de Câncer Infantojuvenil de Barretos, Brazil

Michael Dickinson, MBBS (Hons), DMed Sci, FRACP, FRCPA Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre,  Australia

Laura Korin, MDEarly Career Investigator, Instituto Alexander Fleming, Argentina

Michael MacManus, MDRadiation Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

Cristiane Milito, MD, PhD, Pathologist, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leanne Super, MBBS, FRACP, Pediatric Oncologist, Monash Children’s Hospital, Australia

Nicole Wong Doo, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, Pathologist, Concord Clinical School, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, Australia

GLOW Milestones

2019

 Dr. Jamie Flerlage approaches international pediatric research groups about joining forces to revive NLPHL research via an international consortium. 

 

Dr. Michael Binkley begins building the largest international cohort of data from adult patients with NLPHL.

2020

GLOW is formally established as a joint effort between pediatric and adult cooperative research groups around the world to study NLPHL and establish a standard of care across the age continuum. 

 

Dr. Michael Binkley and GLOW collaborators publish Stage I-II nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma: a multi-institutional study of adult patients by ILROG, which presents the data from the cohort to date (559 patients  ages 16 and older) diagnosed with with low-stage NLPHL. 

2021

GLOW Pathology & Translational Biology Committee launches.

2022

 Drs Andrea Lo and Ajay Major and GLOW collaborators publish Practice patterns for the management of nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL): an international survey by the Global NLPHL One Working Group (GLOW), which provided evidence of the significant variability in practice patterns for management of NLPHL among global physicians. This study clarified the international resources that would be needed  to establish a standard of care treatment regimen to prevent the over-treatment of patients with NLPHL and to reduce avoidable toxicities of unnecessarily  aggressive treatment regimens.

 

The GLOW Executive Committee, Patient-Reported Outcomes Committee, and Prospective Clinical Trial Committee launch.

2023

Members of the GLOW Executive Committee present on GLOW work to date at major conferences including Congresso SLAOP/ SOBOPE, SIOPE, ICML, ISCAYAHL, and ASCP. 

 

Patient advocates join the GLOW Executive Committee.

2024

Drs. Michael Binkley and Jamie Flerlage and GLOW collaborators publish International Prognostic Score for Nodular Lymphocyte–Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, an international retrospective study of 2,243 patients of all ages across 38 contributing institutions who were diagnosed with NLPHL of all stages.  Clinical and pathologic factors of NLPHL were assessed and used to develop a lymphocyte-predominant international prognostic score (LP-IPS), which allows for identification of low-risk patients in whom de-intensification of therapy should be further studied. 

 

GLOW’s Patient-Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life in Adult and Pediatric Patients with Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma (NLPHLPRO) study opens in North America.

 

The Advocacy, Education, and Outreach Committee launches.

 

The GLOW Executive Committee pilots its Publication Policy and Project Request Application form.

Suzi Birz Commitment to Collaboration Award

The Suzi Birz Commitment to Collaboration Award was initiated in October 2022 at the 1st GLOW Summit to celebrate GLOW members’ dedication to global collaboration. The award is named in honor of GLOW’s founding consortium manager and governance expert, Suzi Birz, MScMMI, Life FHIMSS.

Award Recipients

2022     Suzi Birz, MScMI, FHIMSS 

Suzi Birz, MScMI, FHIMSS
Suzi Birz, MScMMI, Life FHIMSS

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