Creating a Super Army to Target CNS Tumors

Clinical Trial Spotlight: Creating a super army to target CNS tumors Following the noted success of CAR-T cells in treating leukemia, Eugene Hwang, M.D., and a team of physicians at Children’s National are studying the efficacy of using these white blood cell “armies” to fight central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Maureen E. Lyon, Ph.D. receives American Cancer Society grant Children’s Clinical Health Psychologist Maureen E. Lyon, Ph.D., has received the “Judy White Memorial Clinical Research Pilot Exploratory Projects in Palliative Care of Cancer Patients and their Families” grant from the American Cancer Society. Pathology chief appointed to board of pathology advisory committee The American Board of Pathology has appointed Meghan Delaney, D.O., M.P.H., the chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Children’s National, to its Test Development and Advisory Committee for blood banking and transfusion medicine. Getting to know SPR’s future President, Beth Tarini, M.D., MS In May 2019, Beth A. Tarini, M.D., MS, became Vice President of the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR). Over the next few years, Dr. Tarini will make it her personal mission to ensure that more pediatric researchers get to know SPR and become active members. Steven Hardy, Ph.D., awarded prestigious NIH grant Steven Hardy, Ph.D., a pediatric psychologist in the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s National, has been awarded a K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Kurt Newman, M.D., shares journey as a pediatric surgeon in TEDx Talk In an independently-organized TEDx event, Kurt Newman, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Children’s National, shared his poignant journey as a pediatric surgeon, offering a new perspective for approaching the most chronic and debilitating health conditions.

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