Module: 2

Sponsoring Program: BMS
Administrator: Priscilla Pereira

STUDY LIST INFORMATION
Course Number: BMS 270
Course Name: Translational Research in Neuro-Oncology
Units: 3
Grading Option: S/U
Course Director: Joanna Phillips

MORE COURSE INFORMATION
Additional Course Director(s): Joanna Phillips
Other faculty: Hideho Okada, William Weiss, Russ Pieper, Nancy Ann Oberheim Bush, Mitchell S Berger, Joseph F. Costello, Michael Oldham, Janine Lupo
Room Number: MH-2106
Schedule: Mon, Wed, Fri, 2:00p-4:00p
Maximum Class Size: 30
This Minicourse will be offered online. Instructions for ZOOM meetings will be sent by the course director.

Course Description: Faculty experts will discuss the unique molecular and tumor biological characteristics of central nervous system tumors and their specific approach to the study and/or treatment of brain tumors.  The lectures span clinical, preclinical and basic research approaches and will offer unique perspectives on the tremendous progress in the brain tumor field and the opportunities and challenges that arise from it. Topics include: Brain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy, Modeling and Treating Brain Tumors, Tumor Metabolism, Genomics and Epigenomics of Tumor Evolution, Brain Tumor Heterogeneity, Brain Tumor Microenvironment, MR imaging of Glioma, Surgical Neuro-Oncology/Functional Mapping, and Clinical Neuro-Oncology and Clinical Trials.  The first hour of each meeting involves an overview lecture presentation by a faculty member, and the second hour of each meeting involves a “journal club” style presentation of a manuscript related to the faculty member’s lecture.  Manuscripts for journal club presentation will be selected by participating faculty members, and each student/trainee will have one journal club presentation responsibility during the course. Journal club presentations should be student-led and papers will be discussed as a group.