Neurobiology & Brain Tumor Program Members
Suzanne Baker, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: PTEN and key signaling pathways in brain tumors
Frederick A. Boop, MD
Department of Surgery
Research interests: brain tumor clinical trials; functional neuro-imaging in children; advanced surgical techniques in children
James Boyett, PhD
Department of Biostatistics
Research interests: statistical design and analysis of clinical trials
Alberto Broniscer, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: biology and treatment of high-grade gliomas
Heather Conklin, PhD
Department of Psychology
Research interests: cognitive outcomes of childhood cancer treatment
David Ellison, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology
Research interests: pathologic/molecular classification of CNS tumors
Amar Gajjar, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: novel treatments for children with brain tumors
Richard Gilbertson, MD, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: the cellular and molecular origins of brain tumors
Young-Goo Han, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: Primary cilia in brain development and tumorigenesis
Kathleen Helton, MD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: cerebral perfusion and white matter connectivity
Julie H. Harreld, MD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: development of novel MR contrast mechanisms and their application to the study of pediatric brain tumors and CNS treatment sequelae
Larry Kun, MD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: improving diagnosis and therapy of brain tumors
Peter McKinnon, PhD
Department of Genetics
Research interests: DNA damage responses in the nervous system
Thomas Merchant, DO, PhD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: radiation-related CNS effects
James Morgan, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: control of neuronal death and differentiation
Robert Ogg, PhD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: brain function in survivors of childhood diseases
Guillermo Oliver, PhD
Department of Genetics
Research interests: development of the CNS and lymphatic vasculature
Arzu Onar-Thomas, PhD
Department of Biostatistics
Research interests: Ph I-II designs, bioinformatics, survival analysis
Brent Orr, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology
Research interests: Molecular classification of tumors of the nervous system
Atmaram Pai-Panandiker, MD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research Interests: Generation of novel therapies in the context of molecular targeted and other multidisciplinary trials
Zoltán Patay, MD, PhD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: multimodality tumor tissue characterization by MRI
Junmin Peng, PhD
Department of Structural Biology
Research interests: Proteomics to ubiquitin biology and human disease
Ibrahim Qaddoumi, PhD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: low grade gliomas as unique diseases; advancing the study of pediatric brain tumors in developing countries through international collaboration, twinning, and telemedicine
Wilburn Reddick, PhD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: white matter injury and neurocognitive functioning
Giles Robinson, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: Origin and genomics of medulloblastoma, translational studies
Noah Sabin, MD, JD
Department of Radiological Sciences
Research interests: the imaging of brain tumors and neuroimaging of long-term survivors of childhood cancer
David Solecki, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: cell polarity in neuron precursor differentiation
J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: To understand the roles of catabolic pathways
Michael Taylor, PhD
Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
Research interests: using zebrafish to study the development, maintenance, and function of the blood-brain barrier; model pediatric brain tumors; perform high-throughput small molecule screens
Cynthia Wetmore, MD, PhD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: Developmental therapeutics, Phase I/II studies in neuro-oncology
Matthew Wilson, MD
Department of Surgery
Research interests: vascular disorders and brain tumors
Karen Wright, MD
Department of Oncology
Research interests: Ependymoma, atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors, infant brain tumors
Stanislav Zakharenko, MD, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: synaptic and neuronal mechanisms of schizophrenia
Jian Zuo, PhD
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
Research interests: hair cell function and regeneration in mice