Alexis A. Thompson, MD, MPH1,2, Timothy S. Olson, MD, PhD1,3, Mark C. Walters, MD4, John B. Porter, MD5*, Jennifer Schneiderman, MD, MS6, Suradej Hongeng, MD7*, Andreas Kulozik, MD, PhD8, Marina Cavazzana, MD, PhD9,10,11, Martin G. Sauer, MD12, Adrian J. Thrasher, MD, PhD13*, Isabelle Thuret, MD14*, Ashutosh Lal, MD15, John E. J. Rasko, MBBS, PhD16,17,18, Evangelia Yannaki, MD19*, Shamshad Ali, MS, MStat20*, Gloria Tao, PhD20*, Himal L. Thakar, MD20*, Ami Deora, PhD20*, Katiana Gruppioni, MPH20*, Richard A. Colvin, MD20*, Franco Locatelli, MD, PhD21,22 and Janet L. Kwiatkowski, MD, MSCE1,23
1Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2Division of Hematology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
3Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section, Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
4UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA
5Research Department of Haematology, University College London Hospital, London, GBR
6Division of Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
7Department of Pediatrics, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THA
8Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology and Hopp-Children’s Tumor Center, University of Heidelberg and DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
9Pediatric Immunology, Imagine Institute, Paris, FRA
10Department of Biotherapy, Hospital Necker, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France
11Biotherapy Clinical Investigation Center, Inserm Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
12Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
13Section of Molecular and Cellular Immunology, University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, GBR
14Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Timone, Marseille, France
15Division of Hematology, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, CA
16Gene and Stem Cell Therapy Program, Centenary Institute, Camperdown, Australia
17Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
18Department of Cell and Molecular Therapies, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, AUS
19Gene and Cell Therapy Center, Hematology Department-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Unit, G. Papanikolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
20bluebird bio, Inc., Somerville, MA
21Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
22Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
23Division of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA