The current focus of the research program is to discover the cellular, molecular, and mathematical basis underlying the growth patterns of malignant brain tumors (glioma, GBM), and the interactions between cancer cells with the tumor microenvironment, in both experimental models and in human patients.
R. C. Schneider Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
Director, NIH Cancer Biology Training Grant
Steering Committee Member, Woman of Color in the Academy Project (WOCAP)
Richard C. Schneider Collegiate Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
What does it mean to be a part of brain cancer research? At the University of Michigan, the neurosurgery researchers have extremely rare access to the workings of the patient experience, studying the cancer, and then following through with patients on the advancements - while other cancer research institutions may only have a hand in a portion of the process. No where else in the world can replicate the complete exposure to all the different stages from idea to implementation. At the University of Michigan, the researchers have the ability to take the cancer mass right from the operating room to the lab to undergo cellular and molecular testing.
Having complete exposure reduces the about of funding that would otherwise be spent just on acquiring cancer samples. With that said, the researchers you see above, and their team, operate on a shoe string budget. MaxYourBrain is here to help support these researchers as they proceed in their research and discover even more innovative pathways. Donating to MaxYourBrain helps play a part in providing funds directly to what is needed to push innovation.
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