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Faculty Spotlight: Immunotherapy and the Brain with Jessica Foster, MD

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Apr 9, 2025

Immunotherapy and the Brain with Jessica Foster, MD

Jessica Foster, MD, this month’s Faculty Spotlight, is working hard to bring immunotherapy treatments for brain and spinal cord tumors from bench to bedside.

Bhatia Laboratory

The Bhatia Laboratory develops and evaluates advanced imaging techniques to further understand the imaging biomarkers of brain tumors in children that will help in diagnosis, prognosis, and accurate monitoring of treatments.

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Taking CAR T-Cell Therapy to Solid Tumors and Beyond

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Sep 19, 2022

Where Discovery Leads: CAR T-Cell Therapy Research

CHOP physician-scientists discuss their CAR T-cell therapy research for childhood cancers in Where Discovery Leads.

Leftover Surgical Specimen Collection Study (Brain Tumor Focus)

The Philadelphia Coalition for a Cure (PC4C) study is interested in collecting blood and saliva samples from you, as well as leftover tissue and cerebrospinal fluid from surgeries at CHOP.

ALRN-6924 in Pediatric Cancer

Evaluate the side effects and benefits of ALRN-6924 in patients with relapsed or treatment refractory solid tumor or brain tumor, and to determine the best dose of ALRN-6924 for children and adolescents.

Phase 1 Trial of CUDC-907

The overall goals of this study are to evaluate the side effects and benefits of CUDC-907 in patients with relapsed or treatment refractory solid tumor, brain tumor, or lymphoma, and to determine the best dose of CUDC-907 for children and adolescents.

Resnick and Storm Laboratory

Work in the Resnick and Storm Lab focuses on the cell signaling mechanisms of oncogenesis and tumor progression in brain tumors. The lab studies signaling cascades and alterations to elucidate the molecular and genetic underpinnings in order to develop targeted therapies.

Children's Brain Tumor Network Collection Protocol

The Children Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium (CBTTC) is a collaborative multi-institutional cooperative research program dedicated to the study of childhood brain tumors.

Cole Laboratory

The Cole Lab focuses on finding therapeutic vulnerabilities in specific types of pediatric brain cancers. Their goal is to identify effective therapies and improve cure rates for children with malignant brain tumors.

Jessica B. Foster, MD

Dr. Foster’s current research focuses on immunotherapy for pediatric solid and brain tumors. Specifically she is investigating chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for neuroblastoma, high-grade gliomas, medulloblastomas, diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas, and other brain tumors. The goals of her research are to develop pre-clinical CAR T cells for translation into clinical trials to help these devastating tumors.

E-mail:

fosterjb [at] chop.edu