This Week in Pediatric Oncology
2014-02
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
Wednesday Feb 26, 2014
February 26, 2014New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology (TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced that Patrick Brown, MD, from The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, is a featured guest on its most recent episode. In this episode, Dr. Brown talks about treating infant leukemia and the challenges of doing clinical trials in this patient population with hosts Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's Hospital) and Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children's Hospital).Dr. Brown is the Director, Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Program and Associate Professor of Oncology and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
January
27, 2014
New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology
(TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced
that Kathleen Neville,MD, from Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, is a
featured guest on its most recent episode. In this episode, Dr. Kathleen
Neville talks about the challenges of drug development in pediatric cancer with
with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's Hospital).
Kathleen Neville is the Director of
Experimental Therapeutics in the pediatric cancer program at Children's Mercy
Hospital in Kansas City. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the
division of pediatric clinical pharmacology, medical toxicology and
hematology-oncology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of
Medicine. She is also the chair of the education committee of the American
Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and a consultant on FDA
pediatric advisory committee, and serves on the FDA Pediatric Oncology
Subcommittee of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
December
02, 2013
New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology
(TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced
that Robert Johnson, PhD, is a featured guest on its most recent episode, In
this episode, Dr. Johnson speaks with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's
Hospital) and co-hosts Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children's Hospital and Dr.
Lionel Chow (Cincinatti Children's) about the third most common type of brain
tumor in children, ependymomas.
Robert A. Johnson, PhD, is a principal
investigator at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of
Medicine. The primary focus of the Johnson laboratory is the development of
novel therapies for the treatment of ependymoma, the third most common
pediatric brain tumor, by identifying and targeting the genetic changes
responsible for the formation of the disease.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
November
14, 2013
New York, NY -- This Week in Pediatric Oncology
(TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced
that Nancy Ratner, PhD, is a featured guest on its most recent episode, In this
episode, Dr. Ratner speaks with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children's
Hospital) and co-host Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children's Hospital).
Dr. Ratner is interested in understanding
mechanisms of peripheral nerve tumor (neurofibroma) formation in
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a common inherited disorder in which children
are predisposed to cancer of the nervous system, to learning problems, bone
disorders, and other cancers. She identified EGFR as a potential therapeutic
target in NF1 peripheral nerve tumorigenesis, and has developed cell culture
and mouse models of NF1 nerve tumorigenesis. Her laboratory has also used
analysis of gene expression to identify critical genes in neurofibroma and
their malignant derivatives, MPNST.
Dr. Ratner is currently a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati, and the program leader for
Cancer Biology and Neural Tumors Program in the Cancer and Blood Disorders
Institute where she holds the Beatrice C. Lampkin Endowed Chair in Cancer
Biology and serves as PI of the NINDS P50 “Cincinnati Center in NF Research.”
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
October
31, 2013
New York, NY—This Week in Pediatric Oncology
(TWiPO), the first podcast focusing on pediatric cancer research, announced
that Gavin Lindberg is a featured guest on its most recent episode, entitled
Effective Advocacy. In this episode, Mr. Lindberg speaks with host Dr. Tim Cripe
(Nationwide Children’s Hospital), and co-host Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide
Children’s Hospital), about his work to increase funding for childhood cancer
research.
Mr. Lindberg is the President and Co-Founder of
The Evan’s Victory Against Neuroblastoma (EVAN) Foundation, which was
established in memory of his only child Evan Lindberg. Evan bravely battled
neuroblastoma for four years before passing away at the age of 7 in 2010. The
Foundation funds research aimed at fostering new therapies for children with
neuroblastoma, and sponsors patient-wellness programs for childhood cancer
patients enduring long and difficult stays in the hospital.
While his son was in treatment, Mr. Lindberg
served as the founding president of the Band of Parents, an organization that
raised over $1 million to develop a new humanized antibody for neuroblastoma
currently used at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, in New York City. Mr.
Lindberg and his wife Wendy also work to increase awareness of neuroblastoma
among policymakers in Washington, DC and have successfully advanced new
opportunities for federal support of neuroblastoma research within the
Department of Defense.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
October
18, 2013
Eric Kodish, MD, is a featured guest on the
recent episode of This Week in Pediatric Oncology. In this episode, Dr. Kodish
speaks with host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide Children’s Hospital), and co-host
Dr. Andy Kolb (AI DuPont), about informed consent and ethics surrounding
childhood cancer clinical trials.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
October
03, 2013
Dr. Joseph Neglia (University of Minnesota) is
nationally and internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of
childhood cancer long-term effects. He is the featured guest in this week's
podcast episode, and answers questions from host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide
Children’s Hospital), and co-hosts Dr. Robyn Dennis (Nationwide Children’s
Hospital), Dr. Andy Kolb (AI DuPont), and Donna Ludwinski (Solving Kids’
Cancer), about late effects and the risk of secondary cancers among childhood
cancer survivors.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
September
19, 2013
Recently, several published papers have
discussed the risk of cancer among family members of children with
cancer. TWIPO host Dr. Timothy Cripe and fellow co-host Dr. Robyn Dennis
(Nationwide Children's) break down the topic of familial cancer risk with
certified genetic counselor Elizabeth Varga (Nationwide Children's) and Donna
Ludwinski (Solving Kids' Cancer) and what families should take away from these
studies.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
September
05, 2013
New revelations in DNA damage and cell repair
mechanisms in childhood cancer may help scientists identify the underlying
cause of pediatric solid tumors and lead to the development of new therapies.
Dr. Peter Houghton (Nationwide Children's) speaks with TWIPO host Dr. Timothy
Cripe and fellow co-hosts Dr. Lionel Chow (Cincinatti Children's) and Dr. Robyn
Dennis (Nationwide Children's) about his recent paper published in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences on the mTOR pathway and role of
ATM.
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
August
15, 2013
TWIPO host Dr. Tim Cripe (Nationwide
Children's) and co-hosts speak with Vickie Buenger from Texas A&M
University about her role as a childhood cancer advocate. A founding member of
the Coalition Against Childhood Cancer, Buenger discusses the organization's
principles and future projects to bring the childhood cancer community
together.