The following researchers have expressed interest in receiving autopsy tissue donations. To access detailed information on their research needs, please click on Research Summary.
If you are a researcher and would like to be added to this list, please contact Nancy Goodman at nancygoodman@kidsvcancer.org.
Texas Children’s Hospital
| Investigator(s) Dr. Xiao-Nan Li 832-824-4580 (office) 832-824-4544 (lab) xiaonan@bcm.tmc.edu xxli@txccc.org |
Diagnoses Studied atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor diffuse intrinsic pontine medulloblastoma malignant glioma primitive neuroectodermal tumor |
Type of Tissue Needed fresh (preferred) frozen |
Children’s Hospital of Boston
| Investigator(s) Dr. Mark Kieran 617-632-4386 mark_kieran@dfci.harvard.edu |
Diagnoses Studied low-grade gliomas diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas |
Type of Tissue Needed frozen (preferred) paraffin |
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
| Investigator(s) Dr. Peter Phillips 215-590-5188 phillips@email.chop.edu |
Diagnoses Studied all |
Type of Tissue Needed fresh frozen paraffin |
The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
| Investigator(s) Dr. Ian F. Pollack 412-692-5881 (office) 412-692-6580 (lab) ian.pollack@chp.edu |
Diagnoses Studied non-brainstem gliomas brainstem gliomas |
Type of Tissue Needed fresh frozen paraffin |
Children’s National Medical Center
| Investigator(s) Dr. Javad Nazarian 202-476-6022 jnazarian@cnmcresearch.org nazarian.javad@gmail.com |
Diagnoses Studied diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma brainstem glioma |
Type of Tissue Needed frozen (preferred) paraffin |
Duke University Medical Center
| Investigator(s) Dr. Rob Weschsler-Reya 919-613-8754 rw.reya@duke.edu |
Diagnoses Studied medulloblastoma |
Type of Tissue Needed fresh frozen |
Emory Children’s Center
| Investigator(s) Dr. Tobey McDonald 404-727-1447 tobey.macdonald@emory.edu |
Diagnoses Studied diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma |
Type of Tissue Needed |
Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
| Investigator(s) Dr. Ute Bartels 416-813-5249 (office) 416-813-7500 (locating) ute.bartels@sickkids.ca Dr. Cynthia Hawkins cynthia.hawkins@sickkids.ca Dr. Michael Taylor 416-813-7564 (office) 416-568-2964 (cell) mdtaylor@sickkids.ca |
Diagnoses Studied diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma medulloblastoma ependymoma |
Type of Tissue Needed frozen matched normal tissue — primary tissue and 4-5 different metastases if available. |
Johns Hopkins Hospital
| Investigator(s) Dr. Eric Raabe 410-614-5055 eraabe2@jhmi.edu |
Diagnoses Studied diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma glioblastoma medulloblastoma |
Type of Tissue Needed fresh frozen |
National Cancer Institute
| Investigator(s) Dr. Kathy Warren 301-435-4683 warrenk@mail.nih.gov |
Diagnoses Studied diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma malignant glioma |
Type of Tissue Needed paraffin |
NYU Langone Medical Center
| Investigator(s) Dr David Zagzag 212- 263-6449 212- 263 0260 917-346-4414 dz4@nyu.edu |
Diagnoses Studied | Type of Tissue Needed all tissue for banking tissue treated with Avastin for research fresh frozen paraffin |
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
| Investigator(s) Dr. Alberto Broniscer 901-595-4925 alberto.broniscer@stjude.org Dr. Richard Gilbertson 901-595-3913 Richard.gilbertson@stjude.org |
Diagnoses Studied diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma ependymoma |
Type of Tissue Needed frozen paraffin |
Stanford University Medical Center
| Investigator(s) Dr. Michelle Monje 650-736-0885 (office) mmonje@stanford.edu |
Diagnoses Studied diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma |
Type of Tissue Needed fresh frozen paraffin |
University of California – San Francisco
| Investigator(s) Dr. Nalin Gupta 415-353-2383 (academic) 415-353-2342 (clinical) guptan@neurosurg.ucsf.edu |
Diagnoses Studied brainstem glioma ependymoma medulloblastoma |
Type of Tissue Needed frozen paraffin |
University of Iowa Children’s Hospital
| Investigator(s) Dr. M. Sue O’Dorisio 319-356-7873 sue-odorisio@uiowa.edu |
Diagnoses Studied medulloblastoma |
Type of Tissue Needed frozen |