Grants and Publications

In this sagittal section of the cerebellum, a common location for ATRT and medulloblastomas, the red indicates Purkinje neurons; nuclei are in blue.

Dr. Dahmane Awarded NIH Pilot Grant

February 15, 2023

Nadia Dahmane, PhD, associate professor of developmental biology in neurological surgery and a key investigator at the Weill Cornell Medicine Children’s Brain Tumor Project, has been awarded a pilot NIH grant for deciphering the three-dimensional (3D) genome of pediatric brain tumors. In collaboration with Dr. Katherine Pollard of the Gladstone Institute and Dr. Adam Resnick of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Dahmane will be...

Breakthrough Meningioma Imaging Paper Featured on Journal Cover

March 18, 2022

A new multidisciplinary paper by researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine neurosurgery, radiation oncology, and radiology has been selected for the March 2022 cover of the journal Radiology: Imaging Cancer. The paper reports on significant findings that promise improved post-operative care for patients who have undergone brain surgery for a meningioma.

Meningiomas, which are the most common type of brain tumor, are typically treated with surgery. After...

Dr. Souweidane Contributes to Germ Cell Tumor Consensus Statement

November 10, 2021

In an international collaboration to describe effective treatment strategies for intracranial germ cell tumors, Dr. Mark Souweidane and two dozen investigators from Europe and North America have published a new consensus statement to guide decision making. The paper, “Intracranial germ cell tumors in Adolescents and Young Adults: European and North American consensus review, current management and future development,” was published in the November 1, 2021, issue of the journal Neuro-...