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Rose Lai

Expert on the causes and treatments of brain tumors

Associate Professor and Director of Translational Neuro-Oncology, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Preventive Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC

Contact at: (323) 865-0341 or roselai@usc.edu


Expertise:
  • brain tumor risks
  • impact of cell phone use
  • causes of brain tumors, glioma and glioblastoma
  • viruses and brain tumors
  • genetic causes of brain tumors and glioma
  • brain tumor and glioblastoma vaccines
  • stem cell vaccine therapy
  • treatments for glioblastoma and malignant glioma
  • molecular genetics
  • metastatic diseases
  • the immune system
  • neurological complications of cancer
Additional Information:
  • Ran a clinical practice at Brain Tumor Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Served on steering and planning committee for brain tumor trials staged by major biotech companies
  • Built a program with funding from National Cancer Institute to evaluate interactions of environmental and genetic risk factors in causation of glioma
  • Received Society of Neuro-Oncology's Excellence in Epidemiology Award, and Ontario Scholarship

Foreign Languages:
Chinese (Cantonese)

More:
For more information go to:

http://www.uscnorriscancerhospital.org/doctor/bio/view/396779
http://btc.usc.edu/