Children’s Oncology Group – Group Chair
Seattle Children’s Hospital – Pediatric Hematology Oncologist
University of Washington School of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Hawkins is the Group Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), a National Cancer Institute supported consortium of more than 200 centers across North America, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Europe, which conducts clinical-translational research including large-scale clinical trials in children with cancer. Dr. Hawkins is also a clinician at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Prior to becoming COG Group Chair in 2020, he was the Chair of the COG Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee and a member of the COG Bone Tumor Steering Committee. Dr. Hawkins was also the chair of two COG clinical trials, one for Ewing sarcoma and another for rhabdomyosarcoma. He chairs the international EURO EWING Consortium External Advisory Board and also chairs the international Frontline and Relapse in RhabdoMyoSarcoma Study (FaR-RMS) Data Monitoring Committee.
Dr. Hawkins earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine.