Discussing Brain Tumor Research with Dr. Michael Taylor & Dr. Nabil Ahmed

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/TwBmCwq3gJc
This week was International Brain Tumor Awareness Week & we're closing out the week with this engaging discussion. TWIPO Host, Dr. Timothy Cripe, met with Dr. Michael Taylor, from SickKids in Toronto, Canada, and Dr. Nabil Ahmed, from Texas Children's Hospital, to discuss their recently published paper on a novel immunotherapy approach for children with metastatic medulloblastoma and ependymoma.
You can read their full paper here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32341580/

Discussion on Impact of COVID-19 in the Pediatric Cancer Community

As our world faces the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, it’s vital that we address key topics important to children & families in the Pediatric Cancer CommunityPlease listen to this informative webinar to hear from experts, ask questions, and share information on:- An overview of COVID-19 pandemic: Fact versus fiction- COVID-19: What are the risks to immunocompromised patients?- Impact of COVID-19 on care and clinical researchExpert Discussion Leaders:Timothy P. Cripe, MD, PhD – Chief of Hematology and Oncology at Nationwide Children’s HospitalJeffery J. Auletta, MD - Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program and the Host Defense and Immunocompromised Infectious Diseases Program at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
 
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TWiPO #72 - Dr. Eugene Hwang discusses his work with immunotherapy and pseudo-progression

Hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe, Dr. Keri Steby, Dr. Ryan Roberts, and Dr. Jonathan Finlay from Nationwide Children's Hospital are joined by Dr. Eugene Hwang, who is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington D.C. Dr. Hwang discusses his work with immunotherapy and pseudo-progression, as well as explains the basics of a solid tumor clinical trial he created in conjunction with Dr. Catherine Bollard. Listen in to learn more.

TWiPo #59 ~ Interview with Dr. Sajid Qureshi

Host Dr. Timothy Cripe and co-Host Nilay Shah interview Dr. Sajid Qureshi, a professor of Pediatric Oncology at the Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, India. Dr. Qureshi is an Executive Committee Member of the International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO). In this episode Dr. Qureshi provides a fascinating, first-hand glimpse into the successes and challenges of delivering quality care to larger, as well as remote, pediatric cancer populations. The episode concludes with Dr. Qureshi's thoughts on how international research collaboration could provide access to relapsed children worldwide.

TWiPO #58 ~ Interview with Dr. Damon Reed

TWiPO Host Dr. Timothy Cripe, with co-hosts Dr. Nilay Shah and Dr. Bhuvana Setty welcome Dr. Damon Reed, Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Program at Moffitt Cancer Center and Leader of the Pediatric Cancer Foundation's pediatric phase I consortium, the Sunshine Project. Dr. Reed shares his view points on how we can improve and accelerate the current trajectory with regard to pediatric therapy development. 

TWIPO #56 ~ Interview with Dr. Mark Hatley

On today's podcast, TWIPO host Dr. Timothy Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) and co-host Dr. Ryan Roberts (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) interview Dr. Mark Hatley (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital). Dr. Hatley discusses how he got into the field of Biological Chemistry in Oncology. Also Dr. Hatley gives an indepth explaination about his research in G-Proteins.

TWiPO #55 ~ Interview with Dr. Chrystal Louis

On this episode of TWiPO podcast Dr. Timothy Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) and co-host, Dr. Nilay Shah (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) and Dr. Keri A. Streby (Nationwide Children's Hospital) interview Dr. Chrystal Louis (Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine.) Dr. Louis talks to the hosts about her role in both the academic and industry side of oncology. 

TWiPO #54 ~ Interview with Dr. Kim Kramer

On today's TWiPO Podcast host Dr. Timothy Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) and co-host, Dr. Nilay Shah (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) interview Dr. Kim Kramer (Pediatric Oncologist of Memorial Sloan Kettering.) In this interview they discuss a new cutting edge therapy for treating brain tumors, which involves targeting the tumor intravenously just like any other tumor.

TWiPO #53 ~ Interview with Linda McAllister-Lucas

On today's podcast TWiPO host Dr. Timothy Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) and co-hosts, Dr. Nilay Shah (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) and Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children’s Hospital) Interview Dr. Linda McAllister-Lucas (Chief of Service, Hematology/Oncology of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In their discussion Dr. McAllister-Lucas talks about her research on MALT1 Lymphoma and how this research could advance the field of oncology 

TWIPO #50 ~ Interview With Dr. Jonathan Finlay

In this most recent TWiPO podcast hosted by Dr. Timothy Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), he interviews Dr. Jonathan Finlay (Program Director of Neuro-Oncology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital) about sparked in research interest in brain tumors. One of Dr. Finlay’s mentors, helped launch a new treatment, which was able to rescue a proportion of newly diagnosed children who failed conventional chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. That novel treatment is now a growing method of treating medulloblastoma.