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Brain Tumor Research Center Our mission is to find a cure Continuously funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1972, the Brain Tumor Research Center (BTRC) at UCSF is internationally recognized as a major research and treatment center for adults and children with tumors of the brain and spinal cord. The basic science laboratories of the BTRC and the Michael Douglas Pediatric BTRC, in collaboration with the Brain Tumor Center's Clinical Neuro-Oncology Program, emphasize translational research into the biology and behavior of brain tumors - research in which scientists and health care clinicians work in partnership to translate laboratory findings into new or improved forms of clinical therapy. Many BTRC researchers are also members of UCSF's Comprehensive Cancer Center, a designated National Cancer Institute (NCI) research center. Multi-laboratory studies: Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE): The BTRC is one of four institutions to have received a SPORE grant for the study of brain tumors by the NCI. SPORE grants are intended to foster interaction between basic and applied scientists, providing them with the flexibility to rapidly test new approaches to the prevention and treatment of cancer. Program Project Grant: The BTRC has been funded by a program project grant for 32 years. In 2007, BTRC investigators took this program in a new direction by incorporating studies of convection enhanced delivery into the the program's overall focus on neuroimaging. Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Pre-Institute Award : In 2006, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) awarded the BTRC a grant to central nervous system tumors in children. The grant funds five research projects that focus on pediatric brainstem glioma and medulloblastoma. Pediatric Low Grade Astrocytoma Foundation Award: Investigators in the BTRC have been given a research award by the nonprofit Pediatric Low Grade Astrocytoma Foundation to study stem cells in pediatric fibrillary astrocytoma. More about the BTRC... Manish Aghi MD, PhD Oncolytic viral therapies; vascular biology of glioma Arturo Alvarez-Buylla PhD Developmental neuroscience; stem-cell neurobiology Krys Bankiewicz MD, PhD Convection drug-delivery systems; gene therapy Mitchel Berger MD Brain mapping; molecular genetic basis, biology, and therapy of brain tumors Gabriele Bergers PhD Angiogenesis; tumor invasion Soonmee Cha PhD Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging Joe Costello PhD Functional genomics Nalin Gupta MD, PhD Pediatric brain tumors; cell-cell interactions Daphne Haas-Kogan MD Apoptosis and genetic mutations; therapeutic irradiation enhancement Graeme Hodgson PhD Characterization of genes that contribute to the cancer phenotype C. David James PhD Molecular biology of CNS cancer; Analysis of mutant epidermal growth factor receptors in malignant gliomas; Rodent model testing of experimental therapies Sandeep Kunwar MD Immunotoxins by convection-enhanced delivery; pituitary tumors Anita Lal PhD Biology of meningiomas Katherine Lamborn PhD Biostatistics Andrew Parsa MD, PhD Immunotherapy Russ Pieper PhD Signal transduction, models of human gliomagenesis and drug resistance William Weiss MD, PhD Mouse models of human brain tumors John K. Wiencke PhD Epidemiological and clinical studies in neuroepidemiology Margaret Wrensch PhD Epidemiology and biostatistics BTRC Associates James Barkovich MD Pediatric neuroradiology Andrew W. Bollen DVM, MD Neuropathology William P. Dillon Jr. MD Neuroradiology, magnetic source imaging and functional magnetic resonance imaging Joe W. Gray PhD UCSF Cancer Center, cancer genetics Randall A. Hawkins MD Radiology, neural imaging Frank McCormick PhD Director, UCSF Cancer Center, signal transduction, gene therapy Tracy McKnight PhD Magnetic resonance spectroscopy Sarah J. Nelson PhD Magnetic resonance spectroscopy John Park MD Immunoliposomes Patricia (Penny) K. Sneed MD Radiation oncology, hyperthermia David Stokoe PhD Molecular genetics Daniel B. Vigneron PhD Magnetic resonance spectroscopy William M. Wara MD Pediatric radiation neuro-oncology
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To contact the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery with questions about medical matters, call 415-353-7500 or fax 415-353-2889. For information about the UCSF Neurological Surgery Residency Program, call 415-353-3904 or fax 415-353-3907. Copyright ©2003 UCSF Neurosurgery. All rights reserved. |
