Tag: pediatric brain tumors

Li awarded St. Baldrick’s Foundation research grant

Yang Li, PhD, assistant professor of neurosurgery and of genetics, has been awarded a grant from St. Baldrick’s Foundation to study pediatric cancers. The foundation’s mission is to improve research on cancer treatments and quality of life for children after treatment ends. Li was awarded the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar Grant, which provides $234,000 for […]

Thompson named Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Eric Thompson, MD, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery for Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL, has been named Chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and neurosurgeon-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. His tenure begins Aug. 1.  Dr. Thompson succeeds David Limbrick, MD, PhD, who served as […]