Dr. Haley Newman, an attending physician with the Cancer Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) received the Young Investigator Award from Hyundai Hope on Wheels at a recent ceremony with her peers and patients. She received a $300,000 grant which will aid in vital research for pediatric cancer.
For many pediatric cancers, clinical and genomic-based risk classification has reduced risk of relapse by identifying high-risk patients and allocating intensified therapy, while simultaneously avoiding treatment related mortality and long-term side effects for children with low-risk disease. For T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL), there are no risk classifiers in clinical practice.
“Relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma remains a leading cause of cancer death in children,” said Dr. Newman. “Clinically useful risk prediction models are urgently needed to prevent more children from relapsing and dying of T-ALL and T-LBL. Thanks to this grant, we will be able to conduct more research in this space, aiming to enhance risk prediction modeling and improve outcomes for children with T-ALL and T-LBL.”
The long-term goal of this work is to better understand differences in the biology of T-ALL and T-LBL, and to develop and validate risk prediction models. The research will also promote a novel approach to enhance equity in outcomes by incorporating genetic ancestry into risk prediction modeling.
“I would like to thank Hyundai for their continued support and commitment to pediatric cancer so that CHOP researchers can develop better treatments to improve outcomes and reduce toxicity,” Dr. Newman added.
“Hyundai Hope on Wheels is proud to support top hospitals like Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia by funding research that advances pediatric cancer care,” said John Guastaferro, Executive Director, Hyundai Hope on Wheels. “We appreciate our partners nationwide for their shared dedication to ending childhood cancer.”
To date, Hyundai Hope on Wheels has provided more than $8 million to CHOP’s Cancer Center.
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Dr. Haley Newman, an attending physician with the Cancer Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) received the Young Investigator Award from Hyundai Hope on Wheels at a recent ceremony with her peers and patients. She received a $300,000 grant which will aid in vital research for pediatric cancer.
For many pediatric cancers, clinical and genomic-based risk classification has reduced risk of relapse by identifying high-risk patients and allocating intensified therapy, while simultaneously avoiding treatment related mortality and long-term side effects for children with low-risk disease. For T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL), there are no risk classifiers in clinical practice.
“Relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma remains a leading cause of cancer death in children,” said Dr. Newman. “Clinically useful risk prediction models are urgently needed to prevent more children from relapsing and dying of T-ALL and T-LBL. Thanks to this grant, we will be able to conduct more research in this space, aiming to enhance risk prediction modeling and improve outcomes for children with T-ALL and T-LBL.”
The long-term goal of this work is to better understand differences in the biology of T-ALL and T-LBL, and to develop and validate risk prediction models. The research will also promote a novel approach to enhance equity in outcomes by incorporating genetic ancestry into risk prediction modeling.
“I would like to thank Hyundai for their continued support and commitment to pediatric cancer so that CHOP researchers can develop better treatments to improve outcomes and reduce toxicity,” Dr. Newman added.
“Hyundai Hope on Wheels is proud to support top hospitals like Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia by funding research that advances pediatric cancer care,” said John Guastaferro, Executive Director, Hyundai Hope on Wheels. “We appreciate our partners nationwide for their shared dedication to ending childhood cancer.”
To date, Hyundai Hope on Wheels has provided more than $8 million to CHOP’s Cancer Center.
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