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Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD

Scientific Director of Brain Tumor Research in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University

Dr. Wechsler-Reya received his A.B. from Harvard College and his Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of Pennsylvania.  He did postdoctoral training in Cancer Biology and Developmental Neurobiology at the Wistar Institute and at Stanford University. In 2022, he was recruited to Columbia University, where he serves as H. Houston Merritt Professor of Neurological Sciences and Scientific Director of Brain Tumor Research in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research focuses on the signals that control growth and differentiation in the nervous system, and how these signals are dysregulated in pediatric brain tumors. He serves as co-director of PNOC’s Medulloblastoma Working Group and has worked with PNOC investigators to develop clinical trials for patients with recurrent medulloblastoma, including a trial that uses high-throughput drug screening to inform decisions about therapy.

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