tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64805355176442793032024-03-12T23:57:58.914-07:00Young SIOP Network BlogThe YOUNG SIOP NETWORK is an international multidisciplinary network of any SIOP members under the age of 40 years*, from any clinical or academic background, and no postgraduate qualifications are necessary.
(*if the potential member is able to demonstrate that they have been away from the field, for example, for a career break, carers or parental leave or long-term sick leave, this will be taken into account when considering the upper age limit).Young SIOP Network Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363020223852137036noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-40967054339632265092023-10-03T21:00:00.032-07:002023-10-03T21:00:00.151-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Marion Mateos<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Marion Mateos, YI from Australia, in their own words. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHy-M8Yeai2xTS7bjAhDBVbBZZRUVpMxsmiW8By0rqmaOq27o2nOYHly_2-YYYtQAT-Xg4FV25pPV88f4-nRsxmP3OH5xuX4Qv_V24i5-K4wgqK_HavunMYiFBTIRgRSWLN8SExXkB8HXHzIF-KR6nwlw0_IeAPregymQIiFGnEzc5hvQFxX4rLdHCRbI/s4500/2022_11_29_UNSW_MH_Marion_Mateos-008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHy-M8Yeai2xTS7bjAhDBVbBZZRUVpMxsmiW8By0rqmaOq27o2nOYHly_2-YYYtQAT-Xg4FV25pPV88f4-nRsxmP3OH5xuX4Qv_V24i5-K4wgqK_HavunMYiFBTIRgRSWLN8SExXkB8HXHzIF-KR6nwlw0_IeAPregymQIiFGnEzc5hvQFxX4rLdHCRbI/s320/2022_11_29_UNSW_MH_Marion_Mateos-008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-align: justify;">I am a Paediatric Oncologist and early career clinician researcher. I have appointments at Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick, the University of New South Wales and the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My clinical practice focuses on treatment of childhood brain tumours and leukaemia. I have research interests in clinical trial development for high-risk childhood cancer, biomarker development and application of liquid biopsy, as well as research aimed at reducing treatment-related toxicities. My overseas post-doctoral fellowship focused on biomarker analysis using RNA sequencing data in medulloblastoma, as well as clinical research in germline variants. My core experience lies in large clinical datasets, precision medicine, genomics and genome-wide association-studies.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Despite only 2.4 years full-time research equivalent post PhD, I have published 18 peer-reviewed papers and have attracted >$8M as a named investigator from external funding sources. </span><span style="text-align: left;">My PhD work led to an American Society of Hematology (ASH) Oral Abstract presentation and ASH Abstract Award (2016). I undertook an overseas postdoctoral fellowship in the United Kingdom (2017-2019), returning to Australia in 2019 after receiving a prestigious Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellowship (2020-2023). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have recently been awarded an inaugural Col Reynolds Clinical Research Fellowship from The Kids Cancer Project to continue my germline research and liquid biopsy research in high-risk brain cancer (2024-2027). My co-lead role in developing a world-first clinical trial in high-risk brain cancer (ACTRN12623000104651 Deflexifol at Relapse Trial (DART)) was recently featured on an Australian news channel (Channel 7) and radio station (Radio 2SM). My recent work leading an international collaboration examining germline cancer predisposition in high-risk brain cancer (diffuse midline glioma) has resulted in an oral abstract presentation at the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Ottawa Canada (October 2023) and a SIOP Young Investigator Award (2023).</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-30861172047670628432023-10-01T21:00:00.002-07:002023-10-01T21:00:00.142-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Tao Liu<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Tao Liu, YI from China, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4Bb7EtD07TYrFHyZUnMTrBg-rKt6SPbQupJgup6LfhKl9X6GSN8bpw8pOK7oDtyi5-LD14DOuDNHJjF3t1td0uXd6tSTNxyEiIb0YcXMxB7lHZMic1Yz9DVBHh_hgmrEPHbZPH3ET58cMAxbcO5du6KvXDDAgE4SgdtvwVRO6b2eqfLpSQV6Di93Jbc/s1280/Tao%20Liu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1280" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4Bb7EtD07TYrFHyZUnMTrBg-rKt6SPbQupJgup6LfhKl9X6GSN8bpw8pOK7oDtyi5-LD14DOuDNHJjF3t1td0uXd6tSTNxyEiIb0YcXMxB7lHZMic1Yz9DVBHh_hgmrEPHbZPH3ET58cMAxbcO5du6KvXDDAgE4SgdtvwVRO6b2eqfLpSQV6Di93Jbc/s320/Tao%20Liu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I am a 28-year-old woman, born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. I obtained my bachelor's degree in clinical medicine from Chongqing Medical University. I then earned a master's degree in pediatrics and am currently pursuing a doctorate in surgery at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Additionally, I am a Chinese pediatric surgeon who currently resides and works in Shanghai, China. I completed a residency in pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Shanghai. My primary research interests are pediatric solid tumors, particularly neuroblastoma.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-40616828722511090532023-09-28T21:00:00.013-07:002023-09-28T21:00:00.143-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - John Isiiko<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet John Isiiko, YI from Uganda, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCUhtEHlEcsBWhsWRA3gYOThQyyYNJyZnNdiWBwuLpVIZTpuTWnAZmQlNcIBl46-443Wb96f_P0Sf5nlISjP3GFyVRD58ODW1BfjGAwTFMZhjQThM_9G-4vZe3V1oWsX9Rzdx3WWXDRrlb1jzKdg5ZPLpbTSdIo14znhP8rv_fPibCsQ3cbGzAMeT30M/s318/John%20Isiiko.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="262" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCUhtEHlEcsBWhsWRA3gYOThQyyYNJyZnNdiWBwuLpVIZTpuTWnAZmQlNcIBl46-443Wb96f_P0Sf5nlISjP3GFyVRD58ODW1BfjGAwTFMZhjQThM_9G-4vZe3V1oWsX9Rzdx3WWXDRrlb1jzKdg5ZPLpbTSdIo14znhP8rv_fPibCsQ3cbGzAMeT30M/s1600/John%20Isiiko.png" width="262" /></a></div><br /><p>I am Dr. John Isiiko, a Clinical Oncology Pharmacist working at the Department of Pharmacy, Uganda Cancer Institute, Mbarara Regional Centre, Uganda, and lecturing at the Department of Pharmacy, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Uganda. I am a Ph.D. Scholar and completed my Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy in 2021 at MUST. I also completed my fellowship in Oncology Pharmacy at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, UK.</p><p>My primary area of research focuses on optimizing cancer treatment outcomes with an emphasis on childhood cancers in limited-resource settings. In this regard, my projects entail Pharmacoeconomic modeling, minimizing the cost of treatment yet optimizing therapeutic outcomes. Other projects focus on minimizing drug therapy problems and optimizing the safety of cancer care delivery. The Pharmacoeconomic study that focussed on dose rounding as a strategy for minimizing the cost of treatment of childhood cancers was awarded the Young SIOP Investigator Award in 2023. I am deeply honored to have received recognition for this work and I am looking forward to the 2023 conference in Ottawa this year!</p><div><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.6971930999999932.7884183632508623 -146.0096931 88.054640836749144 -5.3846930999999927tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-25547325420140523162023-09-26T21:00:00.011-07:002023-09-26T21:00:00.141-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Sonia Simon<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Sonia Simon, YI from Peru, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-l_G6B7l5yIB6tlsln_GuWxsSDBxrr6ZumenjsaEg1uMB0rNLXnK0NixrJ3AbXUNNB_DK7xUi7G2STqrHbGqkGpfeFbs0bhjuEZ3LczebvvAkKG9Q1fkbaakFvUA-ap7mbp7n8RMfbamCvaA3Wx3hop1DT1ASN3dMfQ_pyN9_RJIexS8WCJxIhVgkWY/s338/siop%202023%20canada.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-l_G6B7l5yIB6tlsln_GuWxsSDBxrr6ZumenjsaEg1uMB0rNLXnK0NixrJ3AbXUNNB_DK7xUi7G2STqrHbGqkGpfeFbs0bhjuEZ3LczebvvAkKG9Q1fkbaakFvUA-ap7mbp7n8RMfbamCvaA3Wx3hop1DT1ASN3dMfQ_pyN9_RJIexS8WCJxIhVgkWY/s320/siop%202023%20canada.png" width="309" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I am Sonia Simon, a radiation oncologist at Rebagliati Hospital in Lima, Peru. Since my undergraduate studies at San Marcos University, I have been interested in research and continuous training, this is how rotating at Weill Cornell University-New York motivated me to show the medicine of my country to the world. When I finished my training as a specialist in Radiotherapy, I rotated in Santiago de Chile – IRAM Clinic, with the aim of learning new treatment techniques that could benefit my patients. With what has been learned during these years of academic training and promoted by the attendings of the Radiation Oncology Service, we set the goal of reporting the casuistry of our pediatric patients, which can contribute to the scientific community and show possible treatments in rare pediatric diseases. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">We achieved the first objective, which is to present 02 clinical cases and 01 case series at SIOP 2023. I have the vision that the Radiotherapy Service of my hospital continues to grow in techniques and applying modern protocols for pediatric patients, thus seeking our second objective: to become a reference hospital for the management of pediatric oncological pathologies. Other oncology topics in which I participate as a member of the multidisciplinary team are gynecological tumors, lung cancer and cancer of the central nervous system. </p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-59919671430191218632023-09-24T21:00:00.011-07:002023-09-24T21:00:00.138-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Hellen Mugarra Kabahweza<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Hellen Mugarra Kabahweza, YI from Uganda, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYydnDpuTjeudi2taydDLD8SBTTwImgbnRo0nJcfoKSHvMnp4fowxjokOeIKgTY46hO-KQnKLSfikO78XaccRU74zZoDFYWyuj_775Fg_n_qXgxi69kogNj5r1vi0fBWkqCPN0NGYclUUaiFL7i3Qpw-0uMBG6E9upujAx90txjRbZ2jQ_NHePd3b6dE0/s232/Hellen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="180" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYydnDpuTjeudi2taydDLD8SBTTwImgbnRo0nJcfoKSHvMnp4fowxjokOeIKgTY46hO-KQnKLSfikO78XaccRU74zZoDFYWyuj_775Fg_n_qXgxi69kogNj5r1vi0fBWkqCPN0NGYclUUaiFL7i3Qpw-0uMBG6E9upujAx90txjRbZ2jQ_NHePd3b6dE0/s1600/Hellen.png" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p>My name is Hellen Mugarra Kabahweza, a public health specialist and research coordinator from Uganda. I work at the Joint Clinical Research Centre, Global-Hope’s Uganda site of paediatric hematology-oncology, based at the Mulago national specialized hospital. I am a registered nurse with a bachelor's degree in health services management (2012), masters’ degrees in monitoring and evaluation (2017) and public health from the University of Manchester (2022).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My research interests are in strengthening health systems, and, more lately, providing psychosocial support to children with cancer. I have taken part in a variety of initiatives, primarily to support patients with cancer, their families and caregivers. This has mostly been done alongside the provision of counselling services, bereavement support, securing funding for patient transportation, clothing, supportive care, and nutritional support. Due to the lengthy nature of treatment, this support has decreased the caregivers' workload and enhanced the retention of children in care. An abstract describing these efforts was approved for presentation at the SIOP 2023 Congress.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My other research was a systematic review to assess the efficacy of chemotherapy alone in managing children with Hodgkin lymphoma in SSA. Using the random effects model, the pooled estimate for overall survival in that population was 67.8 % (95% CI: 42.1-88.8%), mortality was 30.8 % (95% CI: 12.9-52.3%), and treatment-related deaths were 8.2 % (95% CI: 1.4-19.7). These results suggest that chemotherapy alone may be sufficient for treating children with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma however, more studies with adequate power are required to ascertain this. An abstract on this has been submitted for possible publication and has been accepted for presentation at the SIOP 2023 Congress.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have been privileged to be awarded the Young SIOP Investigator Award 2023, and I'm excited to present those presentations in Canada this year. </p><div><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-40695225290702611882023-09-21T21:00:00.016-07:002023-09-21T21:00:00.149-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Padma Sagarika Karri<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Padma Sagarika Karri, YI from India, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdWFrg1wLJPMAChm7-6X54BGcyFHoS8NDnMUlJQLtjU5kGW5Ea9cWk13G7eiw6nsgenz2WFHApCSoXNWWnTHzmevdF3soG0iT2W0dRhdQcloXAgwvSO6bv_0DHglvczwqZm6LJdqEUi1v2ahCqaQjZbLqJufbtD_Dwq2nnDePel3swgwIeOkyGZQ8gQM/s640/Profile.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdWFrg1wLJPMAChm7-6X54BGcyFHoS8NDnMUlJQLtjU5kGW5Ea9cWk13G7eiw6nsgenz2WFHApCSoXNWWnTHzmevdF3soG0iT2W0dRhdQcloXAgwvSO6bv_0DHglvczwqZm6LJdqEUi1v2ahCqaQjZbLqJufbtD_Dwq2nnDePel3swgwIeOkyGZQ8gQM/s320/Profile.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Hello, everyone. I’m Padma Sagarika Karri, a Fellow in Pediatric Oncology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. I hail from Vizag, the city of destiny, located on the east coast of India. I’ve completed my medical school training and residency in Pediatrics at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry. It is here that I learned to use technical skill, scientific knowledge, and human understanding with courage, humility, and wisdom, in the care of the suffering. Evolving science, challenging patient care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and teamwork involved in Pediatric Oncology have led to my interest in the subject. Astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience (I'm an astronomy enthusiast and Carl Sagan fan), and I feel Pediatric Oncology does the same. The art of it is more intriguing than the science. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It is said that the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. It has been a privilege to have been trained at institutes that provide exemplary care, free of cost, to the socio-economically disadvantaged. I aspire to work at centers that focus on providing low-cost quality care to the socio-economically disadvantaged sections of the community. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">My research interests include the epidemiology of childhood cancer, quality improvement, and implementation science. I’d like to advance my knowledge in these areas of interest. Optimal utilization of available resources is crucial for the delivery of quality cancer care and more work needs to be done in our setting to achieve this. I firmly believe in Doug Altman’s words – we need better research, research done for the right reasons.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I’m thankful to Foundation S - My Child Matters and Young SIOP Network for the scholarship. Our work on the feasibility of an oral-supportive care regimen during high-dose methotrexate administration in children with hematolymphoid malignancies has been selected for presentation at SIOP 2023. It would be a pleasure to attend my first SIOP annual conference and experience global collaboration for the improvement of the lives of children with cancer.</p><p>Onwards and Upwards!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-60103907015951650492023-09-19T21:00:00.011-07:002023-09-19T21:00:00.205-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Elvia Grillo<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Elvia Grillo, YI from Colombia, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9tSXm68-mlGNBaKTcn2OAjyHebl1HUS91kOzOXCRPMRssoKlbJLvcr-0ZbFvqSVe0XiQUOxNR6kAxwDaOx4ASNm0MakmrIUt9uYoYtKgLDLzIUuT99ZrgyogFEn10cQSHCV5ui4nosdCKodaGkcG8GD1HLF9-LZgicaC8f2nhOGQXyrAYL8SIuUxS7g/s5473/Elvia%20Karina%20Grillo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3649" data-original-width="5473" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9tSXm68-mlGNBaKTcn2OAjyHebl1HUS91kOzOXCRPMRssoKlbJLvcr-0ZbFvqSVe0XiQUOxNR6kAxwDaOx4ASNm0MakmrIUt9uYoYtKgLDLzIUuT99ZrgyogFEn10cQSHCV5ui4nosdCKodaGkcG8GD1HLF9-LZgicaC8f2nhOGQXyrAYL8SIuUxS7g/s320/Elvia%20Karina%20Grillo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I am graduated from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. I have completed my post-graduated training in El Bosque University and La Rioja University. Since 2018, I have been engaged with the Population-based Cancer Registry of Cali-Colombia (RPCC) at Universidad del Valle, Colombia, and advanced my studies for Epidemiology MSc. and Doctorate in Health in the same university, with the accompaniment of Dr. Luis Bravo.</p><p>From 2019, I have been involved with POHEMA Foundation, the main non-governmental organization for pediatric cancer research, advocacy, and education in Colombia. I have participated in pediatric cancer projects as VIGICANCER and NAVIGUIA, with the accompaniment of Dr. Oscar Ramírez and Dr. Jesús Ardila.</p><p>The identification of factors related with inequities in pediatric cancer and treatment abandonment has been the major focus of my research. My doctorate studies have been directed to epidemiological approaching of public health issues such as pediatric cancer based on clinical data analysis. With treatment abandonment as focus of my studies, I constructed and validated a risk score for treatment abandonment in pediatric cancer, in Colombia.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-73939237282638967452023-09-17T21:00:00.010-07:002023-09-17T21:00:00.136-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Ryan Summers<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Ryan Summers, YI from the Unites States, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0NtwUT7zMRWgMKlFDGjJ3LjZfcoT7u8R_gI3qBwjzaQq5YQXp1ScPoAdl9eTxL_NWbdDm6BprtGZ4a1RFjCIVLrDghme-am4k70e7HOdajH5ZGVYyjX8RjhRft_Fhj8vFfqS-gc9lQA7CG0yLWffueL_LWYvjanM6aNFHoBl5GzRjK8Va6v2qC4I9-I/s794/Headshot_cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0NtwUT7zMRWgMKlFDGjJ3LjZfcoT7u8R_gI3qBwjzaQq5YQXp1ScPoAdl9eTxL_NWbdDm6BprtGZ4a1RFjCIVLrDghme-am4k70e7HOdajH5ZGVYyjX8RjhRft_Fhj8vFfqS-gc9lQA7CG0yLWffueL_LWYvjanM6aNFHoBl5GzRjK8Va6v2qC4I9-I/s320/Headshot_cropped.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I am an Assistant Professor on the Leukemia/Lymphoma team at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. I completed my undergraduate degree in Genetics and Cellular Biology at the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!) and my medical degree and residency at Emory University School of Medicine, serving an additional year as Chief Resident. I completed my fellowship training at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, during which I worked in the laboratory of Dr. Douglas Graham on a translational project involving small molecule inhibition of the receptor tyrosine kinase MERTK in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and early T-precursor (ETP) ALL. </span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My current research focuses on the implementation of precision medicine approaches in pediatric oncology through our institutional precision medicine program, generously supported by the CURE Childhood Cancer Foundation, where I lead the Molecular Tumor Board. I am an active member of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) T-ALL task force, through which I have worked to investigate the role of ETP and MRD as prognostic risk factors in T-ALL patients treated on the COG trials AALL0434 and AALL1231. I am also interested in understanding treatment-related adverse events (AEs) in T-ALL and in designing AE-related clinical trial aims.</span><br /><p><br /></p></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-12044156524410219042023-09-14T21:00:00.022-07:002023-09-14T21:00:00.145-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Sebastian Bon<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Sebastian Bon, YI from the Netherlands, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPm5lTL-SafSE8Ftyu7a3_hlCmdSX229w-ZBkot6f_baP-M5HTGn8aXQrywJjYMk_6QbxMKo7J_d2lAsj1-ONXLsLzy7g0faOEtP-TVVLsjL2fq3KTFxbqV2dA1SNaje-LOCggGmM7TB0whOXpN1r6t5gKS4am9IWX1XB5BxoXCB8OEkZbCDFJAGC4w7w/s720/Werkfoto%20Seb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPm5lTL-SafSE8Ftyu7a3_hlCmdSX229w-ZBkot6f_baP-M5HTGn8aXQrywJjYMk_6QbxMKo7J_d2lAsj1-ONXLsLzy7g0faOEtP-TVVLsjL2fq3KTFxbqV2dA1SNaje-LOCggGmM7TB0whOXpN1r6t5gKS4am9IWX1XB5BxoXCB8OEkZbCDFJAGC4w7w/s320/Werkfoto%20Seb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">My name is Sebastian Bon, and I work as a clinician PhD-student at the Prinses Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht, The Netherlands. My PhD project focuses on the psychosocial aspects of germline sequencing in children with cancer. A topic at the intersection of pediatric oncology, psycho-oncology, ethics, and genetics that has fascinated me since I first encountered it as a master's student. The interdisciplinary nature of this field is also reflected in the diverse backgrounds of my supervisors, including prof. dr. M.A. Grootenhuis, prof. dr. M.M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink, dr. M.C.J. Jongmans and dr. R.H.P. Wouters. Our study is conducted in close collaboration with genetic researchers, such as prof. dr. R Kuiper, prof. dr. HM. Merks, dr. J. Hol and J. Bakhuizen.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">What I like about our work is that we conduct both qualitative and quantitative research. Interviews </span><span style="text-align: left;">with parents and patients allow us to really zoom in on the experiences of a small number of </span><span style="text-align: left;">families, while our questionnaire study provides us insight into the experiences of a large number of </span><span style="text-align: left;">families. In general, we find that families want to be actively involved in decisions regarding their DNA. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Parents and adolescents also believe that children should, from a young age onwards, receive </span><span style="text-align: left;">information regarding genetic testing. It is also important to note that a significant proportion of the </span><span style="text-align: left;">families refuses germline genetic sequencing. In the final stages of our project, we will develop </span><span style="text-align: left;">educational tools to support counseling. Our aim is to ensure that every family can make a choice </span><span style="text-align: left;">that suits them.</span></p><p>We are honored that the SIOP scientific board has recognized our interview study among adolescents with a SIOP Young Investigator Award 2023. I look forward to presenting our work in Ottawa!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-26434080923747425292023-09-12T21:00:00.010-07:002023-09-12T21:00:00.147-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Zeinab van Gestel-Fadaie<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Zeinab van Gestel-Fadaie, YI from the Netherlands, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9SreqwvtWWIlBtatHLsl_njAYqza1hLxopBYRuzZdcryLK2sSrfyzjIjnxHMIo_U-H4NNBttQEW0SiQXyWbBMNoZ3QWyJry--h1TGjDLN-yez4fxkFA7NCccHVJ_tOJHCeiNLyBDwDvhvcLxHmqsUC78FwnoLC9xJtNqZ7q_LHCnCElobI8uz8v1yoA/s760/Zeinab%20van%20Gestel%20pro%20picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="760" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9SreqwvtWWIlBtatHLsl_njAYqza1hLxopBYRuzZdcryLK2sSrfyzjIjnxHMIo_U-H4NNBttQEW0SiQXyWbBMNoZ3QWyJry--h1TGjDLN-yez4fxkFA7NCccHVJ_tOJHCeiNLyBDwDvhvcLxHmqsUC78FwnoLC9xJtNqZ7q_LHCnCElobI8uz8v1yoA/s320/Zeinab%20van%20Gestel%20pro%20picture.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I am a committed, and organized person with broad interests and a passion for science and research, a young scientist who likes to challenge herself and learn new skills. During my study in human genetics back at home (Iran), I showed a great interest in genetics and molecular biology. I immigrated to the Netherlands to pursue a career in science. I have obtained PhD in Human genetics departments in RadboudUMC in Nijmegen. As a PhD researcher, I have investigated the identification of disease-causing variants in inherited retinal diseases. In this period, I learned how to analyze large sequencing datasets and perform in vitro functional assays.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I pursue my career as postdoctoral researcher at Princess Maxima Center for pediatric oncology in Utrecht where we investigate the application of liquid biopsy sequencing in pediatric tumors. The diagnosis of any tumor is based on morphology and genetic analysis which is only possible by biopsy. However, it is not always feasible to obtain tissue tumor biopsy due to its invasive nature. Also, the tumor heterogeneity and minimal residual disease (MRD) will remain undetected. To overcome these problems, liquid biopsies can be a non-invasive alternative. Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in liquid biopsies from patients with cancer can be used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. The level of ctDNA at diagnosis correlates with tumor burden. Liquid biopsies also overcome the problem of spatial or (sub)clonal tumor heterogeneity, facilitating increased diagnostic accuracy and enabling MRDs detection and therapy response monitoring. Furthermore, ctDNA offers the opportunity to investigate clonal evolution of the tumor and possible distant lesions throughout the body at several time points during treatment. We aim to translate ctDNA-based sequencing approaches of liquid biopsies into pediatric patients – specifically, those with solid tumors.</span></span></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-40030478720839057052023-09-10T21:00:00.013-07:002023-09-10T21:00:00.236-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Lydia Rink<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Lydia Rink, YI from Germany, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7C1bqhdlcp9wEEE_aSW4hsq38bsCcVY1f67B3tQt6Hh6ImXuGjchIVkm9FppP1bCONCRFEIHmdyR62KOClYFZG8RNJr_utZVkygnkR5karPVekx8umwOPgPHo-RnLMGkXXxk9EgbUFCkPqpIM3O8ZriqOXKiBR1fE6JgEbMamBsKYtFzHJGPNhYglxA/s1636/Headshot_LRink_ySIOP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="1636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7C1bqhdlcp9wEEE_aSW4hsq38bsCcVY1f67B3tQt6Hh6ImXuGjchIVkm9FppP1bCONCRFEIHmdyR62KOClYFZG8RNJr_utZVkygnkR5karPVekx8umwOPgPHo-RnLMGkXXxk9EgbUFCkPqpIM3O8ZriqOXKiBR1fE6JgEbMamBsKYtFzHJGPNhYglxA/s320/Headshot_LRink_ySIOP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hello, my name is Lydia Rink and I am a fifth year pediatric resident at the university hospital of Essen,</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Germany. I started my research on the topic of recurrent brain tumors in children as part of the German</div><div style="text-align: justify;">HIT-REZ registry, a registry for children with recurrent brain tumors under the guidance of Prof. Gudrun Fleischhack.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since then my work mostly concerned patients with relapsed medulloblastomas. With retrospective</div><div style="text-align: justify;">studies I try to further evaluate the feasibility of different regimes of chemotherapy as well as surgery</div><div style="text-align: justify;">and re-irradiation in this collective of heavily pretreated patients, with an emphasis on outpatient therapy regimens. Simultaneously the unwanted side effects and tolerability of said therapies are of great interest to me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope to continue my research in the area of pediatric neuro-oncology with more fascinating projects</div><div style="text-align: justify;">with the beginning of my pediatric haemato-oncology fellowship next year. I am very grateful for the</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Young Investigator Award, and I am excited to take part in the SIOP 2023 Congress and look forward to</div><div style="text-align: justify;">meet all knowledgeable participants and to present my research it in Ottawa this year.</div><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-37418512213745607272023-09-07T21:00:00.012-07:002023-09-07T21:00:00.163-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Yuehan Wang<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Yuehan Wang, YI from The Netherlands, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvYQPIYmVc5jD5bW2z3lvi-Zpxr7t19IViFnPLW-AiIGkYuNEQ5S5tmcMFgYbrwaYUhmPigkE0juoe1Ya2ZtUPpU5GYhAOvh4FLQj1-wof1bGG0PyKy1Qp1Q2-vT3Y_ZAi_Iqde2ee_aRdd1mY_h3a6_TsVpLz7Is99HbNPgcCm3uocWaOMX0a4D0N48/s722/Yuehan_Wang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvYQPIYmVc5jD5bW2z3lvi-Zpxr7t19IViFnPLW-AiIGkYuNEQ5S5tmcMFgYbrwaYUhmPigkE0juoe1Ya2ZtUPpU5GYhAOvh4FLQj1-wof1bGG0PyKy1Qp1Q2-vT3Y_ZAi_Iqde2ee_aRdd1mY_h3a6_TsVpLz7Is99HbNPgcCm3uocWaOMX0a4D0N48/s320/Yuehan_Wang.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>My name is Yuehan Wang. I am a trained epidemiologist and recently completed my Ph.D. research at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in the Netherlands. My doctoral research focused on determining and quantifying the risks and risk factors associated with subsequent breast cancer in female and male childhood cancer survivors using internationally pooled data. </p><p>For female breast cancer, we set up an international consortium and pooled data from seven well-established childhood cancer survivors cohort in Europe and North America at the Princess Máxima Center. With the data of this large international cohort, we are studying the risks of female breast cancer associated with chest radiotherapy and anthracycline exposure for childhood cancer. </p><p>I hope that my research will contribute to improving the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors. I am honored that my work on subsequent breast cancer risk has received the Young Investigator Award. </p><p>I will soon move to the U.S. for post-doc training at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and to continue second cancer late effects research. I am looking forward to the SIOP 2023 congress and I am excited to meet researchers in pediatric oncology around the world!</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-43709347544334060492023-09-05T21:00:00.055-07:002023-09-05T21:00:00.147-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Perri Tutelman<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Perri Tutelman, YI from Canada, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfm3SOEU9D0rg2JDr-3qkC1hW3aGC4m_2HzWjoEKXW9gpPCLvtqV1soxGxlC3OjnUFsPGMYfIyxaXpPEvNAamwbjGlc4tr1JXPw5lJks88HKAgyFtcAQSjE5CckJoGpDQ7PtdCTdtFLYslk3Q2kBowRMIjUh1ko38z8fRKUNk9mRdDnS5JgLJ6oIrMa44/s6192/Tutelman1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="6192" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfm3SOEU9D0rg2JDr-3qkC1hW3aGC4m_2HzWjoEKXW9gpPCLvtqV1soxGxlC3OjnUFsPGMYfIyxaXpPEvNAamwbjGlc4tr1JXPw5lJks88HKAgyFtcAQSjE5CckJoGpDQ7PtdCTdtFLYslk3Q2kBowRMIjUh1ko38z8fRKUNk9mRdDnS5JgLJ6oIrMa44/s320/Tutelman1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I obtained my PhD in Clinical Psychology from Dalhousie University in 2022 including a predoctoral residency in Pediatric &amp; Child Clinical Psychology at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. I am currently a CIHR-funded Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychosocial Oncology at the University of Calgary. My research is centered at the intersection of psychosocial oncology, pain, and mental health and is focused on developing novel patient-oriented interventions to support children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with cancer. My work has been recognized nationally and internationally, including by the World Health Organization as evidence on the burden of cancer-related chronic pain in children. As a</div><div style="text-align: justify;">clinician-scientist, I also provide clinical care to children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer through Cancer Care Alberta.</div><div><br /></div><div>I work closely with patient partners to co-design research that addresses what matters most to patients and their families. Currently, I am co-leading a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership to establish the Top 10 research priorities for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer in Canada (#AYACancerPSP). I was the 2021 recipient of the Research Impact Canada Engaged Scholarship Award for my work to increase awareness outside academia and change stakeholder practices in the area of pain and childhood cancer</div><div>and am passionate about advocating for inclusion of patients as partners in research.</div></div><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-1881622194083120162023-09-03T21:00:00.011-07:002023-09-03T21:00:00.150-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Hinke van der Hoek<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Hinke van der Hoek, YI from The Netherlands, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Er-KH5gN1ko42C_KdYJEAwcjayMwz8Ao-RXaHLX_8A0QjkZyrYk8LXdKmyNSy6PqktIRazg4eFIlIV_ACgXJJl2VYyViLjN2bgYOG5HSHTjnNjyiFRGyKiwAp1tWcjAQi00AYfq-jkrBe_IULlvYW6iJ2Z63djfM0VY7OAWP_nOLkRgta24cO5WqSBM/s720/Photo%20Hinke%20van%20der%20Hoek.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Er-KH5gN1ko42C_KdYJEAwcjayMwz8Ao-RXaHLX_8A0QjkZyrYk8LXdKmyNSy6PqktIRazg4eFIlIV_ACgXJJl2VYyViLjN2bgYOG5HSHTjnNjyiFRGyKiwAp1tWcjAQi00AYfq-jkrBe_IULlvYW6iJ2Z63djfM0VY7OAWP_nOLkRgta24cO5WqSBM/s320/Photo%20Hinke%20van%20der%20Hoek.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>My name is Hinke van der Hoek and I’m 26 years old. I work as a PhD student in the field of psycho-oncology (research group of Prof. Martha Grootenhuis) at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht, the Netherlands.</p><p>During my PhD I’m focusing on advances in care for children and adolescents during and after childhood cancer. There are two topics I’m especially interested in. The first one is sleep and interventions for children who experience sleep problems. I work together with Dr. Raphaële van Litsenburg. The second topic is the psychosocial functioning (such as body image, emotional well-being, and quality of life) of children with and survivors of a bone sarcoma. We hope to gain more insight in this specific patient group. On this topic I work together with Prof. Hans Merks. With the findings from these studies we hope to optimize the care for the children in our hospital.</p><p>I obtained a master in Clinical Child, Family and Education Studies. I have also been working as a psychologist with children with brain tumors and bone tumors at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology. I really enjoy combining research with doing clinical work.</p><p>In the future I hope to keep contributing to the field of pediatric oncology and integrating our research findings into the standard care for the children with cancer. I’m very honored to have won a Young Investigator Award! During SIOP 2023 I will present the results of our randomized controlled trial about the effectiveness of iSleep, an online cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for insomnia for survivors of childhood cancer.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-30243460888348074522023-08-31T21:00:00.013-07:002023-08-31T21:00:00.149-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Mala Joosten<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Mala Joosten, YI from The Netherlands, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdodnoXWCnnxjWHnx3DYC5czrzDT7AHMZ1l4re5EGx3FYXNYT7pS0-chzZrSgY_cTPMoytKQgT1lm8RJp_-0mghdZsY_dkT_rf5HzfcsBlvJg9wQyc8__qd3qnm4-eLvivC074ReJeImqm78uoV-LcNmPCz1wpe67bzjshUetIf565w-buSTcj-BWUso/s273/Afbeelding-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="273" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdodnoXWCnnxjWHnx3DYC5czrzDT7AHMZ1l4re5EGx3FYXNYT7pS0-chzZrSgY_cTPMoytKQgT1lm8RJp_-0mghdZsY_dkT_rf5HzfcsBlvJg9wQyc8__qd3qnm4-eLvivC074ReJeImqm78uoV-LcNmPCz1wpe67bzjshUetIf565w-buSTcj-BWUso/s1600/Afbeelding-1.png" width="273" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px;">My name is Mala Joosten. By training I am a psychologist and I have been working in pediatric psychology and psycho oncology under supervision of Martha Grootenhuis since 2015. I currently work as a PhD student at the Princess Máxima Centre in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In my research projects, I am very interested in family members of children with an illness. For example, I have been studying long-term psychosocial wellbeing of parents and siblings of children with cancer. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 22px;">Besides, I like to focus on collaboration between research and practice: I’ve been working on an RCT to study the efficacy of an online intervention for parents of children with cancer. The results are promising and we are currently working towards implementation of the intervention. I am happy to share more about this project at SIOP 2023! </span></span></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.6971930999999931.3916409036932009 -146.0096931 89.4514182963068 -5.3846930999999927tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-67790328013347779662023-08-29T21:00:00.002-07:002023-08-29T21:00:00.146-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Eleonora Looze<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Eleonora Looze, YI from The Netherlands, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBijp0ef-Xw_mLu-YgisYDTNnublklCGq5wsbSXJg6c4Y5sawEMVbfBDLELeN-Z58WTm7z7Sq3AmcCzbtCpmaCvfXXP7FdVlsP59P1CAsXTyQpgkLCw3bd54IYpYYdide3PBIA0BJte5Fij0A1F0ilILuge1vcIo2h-hcdTSgP1n-jiSkHVrsCKWZKmI/s1296/Photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBijp0ef-Xw_mLu-YgisYDTNnublklCGq5wsbSXJg6c4Y5sawEMVbfBDLELeN-Z58WTm7z7Sq3AmcCzbtCpmaCvfXXP7FdVlsP59P1CAsXTyQpgkLCw3bd54IYpYYdide3PBIA0BJte5Fij0A1F0ilILuge1vcIo2h-hcdTSgP1n-jiSkHVrsCKWZKmI/s320/Photo.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p>My name is Eleonora Looze, and I am a PhD student at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I hold a Master of Science in Oncology from the VU University in Amsterdam and I am currently finishing up my medical degree at the University of Amsterdam. </p><p>My PhD project, supervised by Prof. dr. Jan J. Molenaar and Dr. Karin P.S. Langenberg, focuses on drug sensitivity profiling on patient derived tumour material in the context of precision medicine. Within a global collaboration, including precision medicine program iTHER (The Netherlands), INFORM (international), and ZERO (Australia), we aim to integrate high-throughput drug screening with molecular profiling to predict treatment response. Our ambition is to integrate this functional approach to avoid ineffective treatments, and to identify novel treatment options for children with relapsed and refractory cancers.</p><p>We are very honored to be rewarded the SIOP Young Investigator Award 2023 and look forward to meet you in Ottawa.</p><div><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-71335199603818103842023-08-27T21:00:00.013-07:002023-08-29T12:57:18.514-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Noor Al Dahhan<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Noor Al Dahhan, YI from Canada, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvPNRWwJpckM6zuEAjiSOcQPh8cog0eCIVBDDN-AdfuOlNZlvqTeXCzPbpwgRToFk2qtWDSARpJLQCiFp6d5zBlqz9eYqsBRvVewb3TV0Ispx94H8arwGWisJw47uAap0DMoZ6D3E91ioH__19_OkreQzin2Flq0EOqanQ_pr8CTadAt956hQeQxVtHQ/s1603/Noor%20Al%20Dahhan_pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1603" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvPNRWwJpckM6zuEAjiSOcQPh8cog0eCIVBDDN-AdfuOlNZlvqTeXCzPbpwgRToFk2qtWDSARpJLQCiFp6d5zBlqz9eYqsBRvVewb3TV0Ispx94H8arwGWisJw47uAap0DMoZ6D3E91ioH__19_OkreQzin2Flq0EOqanQ_pr8CTadAt956hQeQxVtHQ/s320/Noor%20Al%20Dahhan_pic.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I’m a developmental cognitive neuroscientist who uses brain imaging to understand the network mechanisms supporting typical and atypical neurocognitive development. I’m also fundamentally interested in exploring how rehabilitation interventions for brain injuries sustained in childhood can harness the brain’s potential for repair, and how these research findings can be translated to both clinical and educational practice in a direct and meaningful way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I received my PhD in Neuroscience from Queen’s University in 2018, after which I completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, and Massachusetts General Hospital. I’m currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children with Dr. Donald Mabbott, and a Research Affiliate at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My research integrates multimodal neuroimaging techniques and sophisticated computational approaches to address a key unanswered question in cancer neuroscience, which is: how does adaptive and maladaptive changes to structural connectivity of brain networks influence network neural communication, and ultimately predict cognition in typically developing children and adolescents and those with cancer related cognitive impairments? My findings showcase that structural connectivity in the brain directly influences neural communication and cognition, and white matter compromise has an indirect adverse impact on cognition via perturbed neural communication in children and youth treated for brain tumors. I’m further investigating how neuroimaging indices can be utilized as novel biomarkers of cognitive impairments for children and youth treated for brain tumors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The interdisciplinary focus of my research, which sits at the intersection of clinical neuroscience, developmental cognitive neuroscience, and computational neuroscience, has explicit clinical and educational translational relevance. My work is ultimately key to developing, informing, and monitoring new approaches to ameliorate cognitive late effects in children and youth treated for cancer and enhancing their quality of life.</div><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-75040036265170375242023-08-24T21:00:00.014-07:002023-08-24T21:00:00.139-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Anirban Das<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Anirban Das, YI from Canada, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGOnUlnDJr8i6TDk1XEPIGR5hdAmdyCuf459ZIgafpb6jD9_sKHl9VxgeLjkehgyaVblkRLEPO-gQkWpA04Za2YDQigOOIhimPITCCwtMTXaQ1HsVlFXn23NCeFjsueUosp4mj4CCDDu-3pN1VbRCIEDQxiu6wD7m5tPhtxxbnadCUYP-_sYwl0NXBeA/s631/Anirban%20Das.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="586" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGOnUlnDJr8i6TDk1XEPIGR5hdAmdyCuf459ZIgafpb6jD9_sKHl9VxgeLjkehgyaVblkRLEPO-gQkWpA04Za2YDQigOOIhimPITCCwtMTXaQ1HsVlFXn23NCeFjsueUosp4mj4CCDDu-3pN1VbRCIEDQxiu6wD7m5tPhtxxbnadCUYP-_sYwl0NXBeA/s320/Anirban%20Das.png" width="297" /></a></div><br /><p>I am a formally-trained paediatric neuro-oncologist and cancer geneticist working as a staff physician at SickKids, and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. My over-arching research focus is to unearth the germline underpinnings of deadly brain tumors in children and young adults and translate these discoveries to improve diagnostics and clinical care for these young patients globally. My current work is specifically focussed on comprehensively deciphering the immuno-biology of CNS cancers that arise from DNA replication-repair deficiency. I co-lead the International RRD Consortium (www.replicationrepair.ca) with Prof. Dr. Uri Tabori and consults on patients globally including from low and low-middle income countries, to enable evidence-based care for these patients. I am also currently involved with multiple international consortia, cancer predisposition committees and immuno-oncology working groups to develop clinical diagnostics, workflows and precision-oncology trials focussing on novel correlative biomarker analyses for these patients and their cancers.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-9570912255303002742023-08-22T21:00:00.002-07:002023-08-22T21:00:00.139-07:00Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Kirsten Thus<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Kirsten Thus, YI from the Netherlands, in their own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUTq7jLy0g9zAzdbp-sJFapljJi-2k9pzBLZTqW5gXUSwnzKRLxMilDNP_hZOzazI-efzJbNT0M9YlRsKze6-pQHCDseDQnKkhmOd8GQpxWMI_QLxC3RHGbgzZ2jrX2tbR_-N6EJnOFtkJHTdI5srwiffWY8X4OQNC49N3aQmt9U9ktMeEkE02mLnzs0/s722/kirsten_thus_zorg_kinderarts_profile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUTq7jLy0g9zAzdbp-sJFapljJi-2k9pzBLZTqW5gXUSwnzKRLxMilDNP_hZOzazI-efzJbNT0M9YlRsKze6-pQHCDseDQnKkhmOd8GQpxWMI_QLxC3RHGbgzZ2jrX2tbR_-N6EJnOFtkJHTdI5srwiffWY8X4OQNC49N3aQmt9U9ktMeEkE02mLnzs0/s320/kirsten_thus_zorg_kinderarts_profile.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I am Kirsten Thus, currently a fellow in pediatric oncology in the Princess Maxima Center in</p><p>Utrecht the Netherlands. During my time as PhD student my research was focused on donor</p><p>selection for stem cell transplantation but at this SIOP meeting I will present the data from</p><p>the intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) prophylaxis trial in acute lymphoblastic leukemia</p><p>patients. In this randomized trial we showed that IVIG prophylaxis leads to a reduction of</p><p>admissions for fever in these patients. Looking forward to meeting you all and discuss these</p><p>data.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-66581534423825122532022-09-22T21:00:00.001-07:002022-09-22T21:00:00.194-07:00Meet the 2022 Young SIOP awardees - Mark Zobeck<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Mark Zobeck, YI from the United States, in his own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EFGgu1EHy9YEezckjT_nDTgWlz3uyicjD3LD7IKEFFyjIwMbxtKXPZAQn6Kx0O9n_umtHPz5StQ6NloVq__XYFRUqLsYMGh97D9tu9UkpqifN2Yt2da9kX70i_bT7BXB6nkhvfKNetvcz-qZjws2J-GxKlhWo0MXt-_cUPD-49LACq6tUDlsPKSJ/s3360/AK7_8118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3360" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EFGgu1EHy9YEezckjT_nDTgWlz3uyicjD3LD7IKEFFyjIwMbxtKXPZAQn6Kx0O9n_umtHPz5StQ6NloVq__XYFRUqLsYMGh97D9tu9UkpqifN2Yt2da9kX70i_bT7BXB6nkhvfKNetvcz-qZjws2J-GxKlhWo0MXt-_cUPD-49LACq6tUDlsPKSJ/s320/AK7_8118.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-align: justify;">I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine and provides clinical care at Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) in Houston, Texas. I serve as the clinical leader of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Team for the TCH Global Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Excellence (HOPE) program, an organization that partners with national governments in seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to deliver pediatric hematology-oncology care. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I lead a team responsible for designing and maintaining an international clinical data management system, developing dashboards and other reports for Global HOPE leadership, and providing analytical and statistical support for projects across the organization.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My primary research focuses on improving healthcare delivery in resource-limited countries using data science and informatics tools. My past projects include forecasting patient volumes for the Global HOPE treatment centers, analyzing the determinants of successful M&E data pipelines and informatics technologies that support them, implementing the free and open-source informatics tools into data collection and quality control workflows, and improving the accuracy of key performance metrics through scripted, reproducible, and automated reporting methods. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">My current projects include a variety of quality improvement initiatives that integrate the M&aE data into rapid-cycle feedback loops, developing tools to analyze referral patterns for patients that come to the treatment centers, and implementing the M&E framework at other pediatric hematology-oncology treatment centers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also conduct clinical epidemiology research as a member of the Epidemiology and Population Health Sciences Program and Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers. I am an active statistics educator for my fellow medical providers and trainees. I have received funding from the National Institutes of Health, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology for my research and education activities.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-73564329584116896322022-09-21T21:00:00.002-07:002022-09-21T21:00:00.208-07:00Meet the 2022 Young SIOP awardees - Martin Fridh<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Martin Fridh, YI from Denmark, in his own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzuE58kZLSqEP15AFv7d8QX_WnAYrfWBU7_HIO_lXVJFJ3OXxQAv18Q88sebX3Synjlr-AiVBXQb4TEsU5LPLq9wX6CYn0DEKTVcmwagtKuf8lqB8dfPxV-04OWI2LEXkK0imzcK4feFuUNDB4YkN8ul_LufO4dASBvQSqW8WKOY57FHqKd4yk9WS/s1801/20210315_151246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1782" data-original-width="1801" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzuE58kZLSqEP15AFv7d8QX_WnAYrfWBU7_HIO_lXVJFJ3OXxQAv18Q88sebX3Synjlr-AiVBXQb4TEsU5LPLq9wX6CYn0DEKTVcmwagtKuf8lqB8dfPxV-04OWI2LEXkK0imzcK4feFuUNDB4YkN8ul_LufO4dASBvQSqW8WKOY57FHqKd4yk9WS/s320/20210315_151246.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;">My research is centered around physical rehabilitation of children with cancer and childhood cancer survivors. I finished my PhD in 2020, entitled: Supervised in-hospital physical activity that includes healthy classmates as ambassadors in children and adolescents with cancer — A RESPECT thesis. The study was a nationwide nonrandomized controlled multimodal intervention study including 178 children with cancer included from diagnosis. The children in the intervention group participated in supervised in-hospital physical activity and received visits from healthy classmates. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The study showed that children with cancer require early initiated physical rehabilitation, as their cardiorespiratory fitness, physical functioning, muscle strength are markedly impaired with 14 days after diagnosis. Moreover, their fitness and physical functioning deteriorate further if they do not receive any physical rehabilitation. These results are the basis for the research field of Pediatric Exercise Oncology in Denmark, where I am establishing a research group anchored in the Childhood Oncology Network Targeting Research, Organization & Life expectancy (CONTROL) supported by Danish Cancer Society (R-257-A14720). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The group consists of four PhD students, working on physical rehabilitation, amelioration of late effects, and health-related behavior in children and adolescents with cancer.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-11932155313881891622022-09-20T21:00:00.001-07:002022-09-20T21:00:00.204-07:00Meet the 2022 Young SIOP awardees - Christina-Evmorfia Kampitsi<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Christina-Evmorfia Kampitsi, YI from Sweden, in her own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcn2QvLiyOB9yxxz4jFGOq3OSFw11JjDzZnWGIPwCoRw9k84HU24G2rLt6s9c8EDnRBkgWg0Razb1EmOqQW4xrcrugiuo638NQOlr4Dz7qVIWF1a9D9liUY3VrX-XgZBkphmkpAukuKT8KqF311OZ4D95DSjYNcLuGosgTq-KbI0f-LD_FNm9cHiu/s1876/cekampitsi_headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1876" data-original-width="1251" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcn2QvLiyOB9yxxz4jFGOq3OSFw11JjDzZnWGIPwCoRw9k84HU24G2rLt6s9c8EDnRBkgWg0Razb1EmOqQW4xrcrugiuo638NQOlr4Dz7qVIWF1a9D9liUY3VrX-XgZBkphmkpAukuKT8KqF311OZ4D95DSjYNcLuGosgTq-KbI0f-LD_FNm9cHiu/s320/cekampitsi_headshot.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;">My name is Eva and I am a doctoral student at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. I received my BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics and my MSc in Clinical Nutrition from Harokopio University of Athens; I also hold a MMedSc with a Major in Public Health Sciences from Karolinska Institutet. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My research focuses on childhood cancer epidemiology. By utilizing the long-standing Swedish health data registers, I strive to elucidate which birth defects could be predisposing towards childhood cancer—and whether they might also affect survival after the cancer diagnosis. Other work focuses on how parental environmental exposures relate to childhood cancer and birth defects. The overall aim—and connecting thread between my projects—is to increase the understanding of childhood cancer etiology and survival. I am deeply honored to have received recognition for this work with the 2021 and 2022 SIOP Young Investigator Award and I am looking forward to the 2022 conference!</p><div><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-37502472464126508752022-09-19T21:00:00.003-07:002022-09-19T21:00:00.232-07:00Meet the 2022 Young SIOP awardees - Nikhil Kumar<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Nikhil Kumar , YI from India, in his own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpo4eNcKcvlqnZyH2FBwIxt-DDMhxJB6TzFkWsbas1KTL6MxfMlV4ylXtFuQjFq7PcfNTK-62izdeLgipjq6QeAtOguL24cWApVW0IsIGn51XhNyKX_JCuJAmMoAID5LkumW-hGnqKJjtKRdBEHA2N5vj60_jWhzAa1XRNZ_qmJ4CfZxzIqz72wBn/s3691/IMG_20200829_183141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3691" data-original-width="2451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpo4eNcKcvlqnZyH2FBwIxt-DDMhxJB6TzFkWsbas1KTL6MxfMlV4ylXtFuQjFq7PcfNTK-62izdeLgipjq6QeAtOguL24cWApVW0IsIGn51XhNyKX_JCuJAmMoAID5LkumW-hGnqKJjtKRdBEHA2N5vj60_jWhzAa1XRNZ_qmJ4CfZxzIqz72wBn/s320/IMG_20200829_183141.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-align: justify;">My name is Nikhil, a life science graduate and researcher. After my Masters of Science in Biochemistry, I worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Ocular Pathology in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India under Prof. Seema Kashyap. We explored the role of tumor microenvironment in Retinoblastoma, the most common pediatric tumor of the eye. This piqued my interest in ocular tumors and immunotherapies and I decided to pursue my PhD thesis on a similar topic. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Currently, I am investigating certain potential biomarkers which may lead to development of better prognostic, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to target metastatic uveal melanoma and provide alternative strategies for early detection of metastasis in uveal melanoma patients.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I'm looking forward to attending the conference and taking in all the knowledge from oncology experts.</p><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-56224264260955350332022-09-18T21:00:00.011-07:002022-09-18T21:00:00.217-07:00Meet the 2022 Young SIOP awardees - Lauriane Lemelle <p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Lauriane Lemelle, YI from France, in her own words.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaM3rb_Foy5g2QrOLxsTub1ROVtHf-4VRUNYunHk-iHktwCbN6ZFxQoSu3HPQMfkPuyVHLF4e866qvMwSCtnf9C4V0gme6Q75CnhLbvlXYzr4KfKbs7s7O1raDQmGJqWWk6f9rQMDcgBkJNy62dcn4YrFeDyqNdn2pnDW3-S0q0gcWUPasgy0UoVA/s1754/photo%20ID.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1239" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuaM3rb_Foy5g2QrOLxsTub1ROVtHf-4VRUNYunHk-iHktwCbN6ZFxQoSu3HPQMfkPuyVHLF4e866qvMwSCtnf9C4V0gme6Q75CnhLbvlXYzr4KfKbs7s7O1raDQmGJqWWk6f9rQMDcgBkJNy62dcn4YrFeDyqNdn2pnDW3-S0q0gcWUPasgy0UoVA/s320/photo%20ID.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p>I am a pediatrician working in the SIREDO Pediatric Oncology Center, at Institut Curie in Paris since November 2017. I am part of the national renal tumor group and neuroblastoma group of the SFCE and I recently joined the European EXPeRT group on very rare tumors.</p><p>Prior to this, I completed a Masters in Genetics specializing in the molecular basis of oncogenesis, including a research internship in Paediatric Oncology Translational Research In the Dr G. Schleiermacher laboratory at Institut Curie.</p><p>Next year, I plan to do lab research in Dr A. Di Giannatale/ Pr F. Locatelli laboratory at Bambino Gesu in Roma.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480535517644279303.post-12501196506678573282022-09-14T21:00:00.001-07:002022-09-14T21:00:00.201-07:00Meet the 2022 Young SIOP awardees - Katelyn Purvis<p>Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!</p><p>Please meet Katelyn Purvis, YI from the United States, in her own words.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHEVMqsKg9qB5to445lGwl4Gb8pwnNL4bdErDs8TGO5dVGv4m5sLlGs5WxStEH-Qwhzr0FZmw7z35cXHM6lI821M5CacXt0cte0u6RI8wf-8iAiwQWrFiOj8vJZbrcZqt2TtbAQv7GSbYO4HD6LaHvGUSp2gfhfWM9YO9Rs5TvhpyEw_xR_4xmlUc/s4541/Cropped%20Headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4541" data-original-width="3032" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHEVMqsKg9qB5to445lGwl4Gb8pwnNL4bdErDs8TGO5dVGv4m5sLlGs5WxStEH-Qwhzr0FZmw7z35cXHM6lI821M5CacXt0cte0u6RI8wf-8iAiwQWrFiOj8vJZbrcZqt2TtbAQv7GSbYO4HD6LaHvGUSp2gfhfWM9YO9Rs5TvhpyEw_xR_4xmlUc/s320/Cropped%20Headshot.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-align: justify;">I am currently a third-year pediatrics resident in Memphis, Tennessee and budding hematologist/oncologist preparing to pursue fellowship. My time in Memphis follows attending Auburn University for my undergraduate studies (War Eagle!) and the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Medicine where I received my medical degree. I've had the absolute pleasure of spending a significant amount of time during my residency working at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital caring for children with various malignancies and hematologic disorders. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Under the direction of Dr. Hiroto Inaba, my primary research has involved studying the outcomes of patients with ETV6-RUNX1 and hyperdiploid B-ALL treated in St. Jude’s Total XV and XVI trials.</p><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784320742969554774noreply@blogger.com0