This Week in Pediatric Oncology
pediatric cancer
Episodes
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
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In this episode, our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is joined by Dr. Seth Rotz - pediatric hematologist/oncologist and the Director of the Fertility Preservation Program at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Listen in as they discuss Dr. Rotz’s career & specialty in fertility preservation for cancer patients: how he got into the field, what was needed to start the program, & the process and risks associated with oncofertility.
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
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Listen in as our hosts, Dr. Tim Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Al Gustafson, from The Swifty Foundation, and Dr. Angela Waanders, from Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, to discuss the "Gift from a Child" program. This program is led by The Swifty Foundation & helps advocate and educate about post mortem pediatric brain tissue donations. Al & Dr. Waanders discuss the genesis of the program, what the program entails, as well as the benefits of tissue donations to empowering research.
To learn more about "Gift from a Child", please visit: https://www.giftfromachild.org/
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Listen in & join the TWiPO team in this special live recorded episode. Our host, Dr. Tim Cripe, along with his Nationwide Children’s Hospital colleagues, Dr. Ryan Roberts, Dr. Elaine Mardis & Dr. Katherine Miller, are joined by Dr. Trevor Pugh, who is a clinical laboratory geneticist from the University of Toronto in Canada. Tune in as they all discuss Dr. Pugh’s specialty in genomics & his recent work regarding the early identification of cancers in patients with Li Fraumeni Syndrome.
To learn more about this study, visit https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.07.22280848v1.full.pdf
Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
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Join our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children's Hospital, as he’s joined with Dr. Jim Geller from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to discuss his expertise in pediatric liver cancer - hepatoblastoma. In this episode, we are also specially joined by Kelly & Jessica Woolwine as they tell their story of how they navigated the hepatoblastoma landscape to seek treatment for their daughter, Charlotte.
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
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Tune in as our host, Dr. Brenda Weigel from the University of Minnesota, is joined by Dr. Garrett Brodeur to discuss his expertise in genetic predispositions in childhood cancer. Dr. Brodeur is the Director of the Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) - and listen in as he discusses his journey leading up to cancer predisposition, what the program entails, as well as the process of screening & surveillance protocols.
To learn more about this program, please visit https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/hereditary-cancer-predisposition-program
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
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This Week in Pediatric Oncology #105 - January 3, 2023
Happy New Year from the TWiPO team! We are opening up this new year with an episode on building a pediatric cancer disease community. Our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children's Hospital, with special co-host, Donna Ludwinski from Solving Kids' Cancer, is joined by Ann Graham - Executive Director & Founder of MIB Agents. Listen in as they discuss Ann's personal cancer journey, how it spearheaded her own advocacy efforts, starting MIB Agents & their role in advocating within the childhood cancer research landscape.
To learn more about MIB Agents, you can visit https://www.mibagents.org/
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
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This Week in Pediatric Oncology #104 - December 13, 2022
In this episode, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Dr. Joshua Schiffman - CEO & Co-Founder of PEEL Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Schiffman’s own personal childhood cancer journey paved his way into the pediatric cancer field. Listen in as he discusses the formation of PEEL, their research work utilizing nanoparticles & nanotechnology, and the opportunities/challenges that are in PEEL’s future.
To learn more about PEEL Therapeutics, Inc, please visit https://peeltx.com/
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
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This Week in Pediatric Oncology #102 - November 10, 2022
Tune in as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined again by Dr. Douglas Hawkins - who is the current Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). They discuss in depth the findings of a presented published paper regarding the inequities of childhood cancer outcomes based on external socioeconomic factors such as neighborhood and household poverty.
To read the full paper, visit https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC7936051&blobtype=pdf
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
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Happy 100th Episode to the This Week in Pediatric Oncology Podcast! In this special milestone episode, our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Scott Kennedy & Donna Ludwinski from Solving Kids' Cancer to reminisce on the history & creation of TWiPO and talk about their favorite podcast episodes from over the years.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
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Tune in as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Dr. Samuel Volchenboum who is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics from the University of Chicago. Dr. Volchenboum spearheaded an international effort through two data platforms called the Pediatric Cancer Data Commons (PCDC) & GEARBOx (Genomic Eligibility Algorithm at Relapse for Better Outcomes). Listen in as he explains the importance behind these two platforms, as well as the challenges and barriers to data collaboration.
To learn more about the Pediatric Cancer Data Commons, you can visit http://commons.cri.uchicago.edu
To learn more about GEARBOx, you can visit http://gearbox.pedscommons.org