Up to $10 million in funding will allow investigators from the Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine to develop a new cloud-based toolkit for accessible data sharing.
At the 13th Annual Dream & Promise Gala, set to be held tonight in New York, the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation will honor Tom Curran, PhD, FRS, with the 2015 Fred J. Epstein, MD, Lifetime Achievement Award.
Shana E. McCormack, MD, recently featured on Pediatric Research’s “Pediapod” podcast spoke about her review of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome, also known as false brain tumor, in which patients experience the symptoms of a brain tumor despite not having one.
A pediatric brain tumor expert and Deputy Scientific Director of the Research Institute, Dr. Curran was one of seventeen volunteers appointed to the PBTF’s newly created Research Advisory Network.
Phillip B. "Jay" Storm, MD, has been appointed to the leadership position of chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Storm's surgical practice is primarily focused on brain tumors and complex spine tumors. He has pioneered several innovative procedures and is recognized as a leader in endoscopic skull base surgery and complex reconstructive spine surgery.
A world-renowned cancer investigator at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will be honored by the American Association for Cancer Research as it inaugurates the first class of the Fellows of the AACR Academy.
