An Affiliation Board with representation from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP)/Be The Match^® provides general oversight of the CIBMTR budget and operations.

Responsibilities

• Review and approve an annual budget
• Review and approve a research plan on a periodic basis
• Assess CIBMTR productivity on an annual basis
• Establish other CIBMTR committees as needed
• Amend terms of the affiliation agreement as necessary
• Review and approve data access and confidentiality policies for submission to NMDP/Be The Match and MCW

Membership

• Voting members include: the NMDP/Be The Match Chief Executive Officer, NMDP/Be The Match Chief Financial Officer, and two MCW representatives appointed by the Dean of MCW. One of the latter is assigned from the MCW Financial Controller’s office
• Non-voting members include: the CIBMTR Chief Scientific Director, Chief Statistical Director, Associate Scientific Director, Senior Scientific Director, CIBMTR Vice President and CIBMTR Administrator

Meetings

The Joint Affiliation Board meets annually.