Researcher Spotlight: Elisa Mandato, PhD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and the most common hematologic malignancy in the United States. Dr. Mandato’s LRF research project will involve developing…
Researcher Spotlight: Abi Vijenthira, MD University Health Network Lymphoma is the most common blood cancer in Canada, and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has the greatest incidence in older patients compared to all other lymphomas. Older patients are at risk…
Researcher Spotlight: Raphael Eric Steiner, MD University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL), a type of diffuselarge B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), affects predominantly adolescents and young adults and is usually treated with chemo-immune therapy with…
Researcher Spotlight: Brian Hess, MD Medical University of South Carolina A common treatment for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is salvage chemotherapy followed by an autologous stem cell transplant (a transplant of a patient’s own healthy cells).…
Researcher Spotlight: Jason Westin, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Westin’s LRF Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project aims to improve the diagnostic and prognostic tools for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. DLBCL patents who do not respond or…
Researcher Spotlight: Goldi Kozloski, PhD Sylvester Cancer Center Dr. Kozloski is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Sylvester Cancer Center at the University of Miami and a recipient of a 2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant from the Lymphoma Research Foundation…
Researcher Spotlight: Connie Batlevi, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Dr. Batlevi’s Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project seeks to capitalize on the success of two classes of novel targeted therapies that have shown effectiveness in lymphoma…
Researcher Spotlight: Ashley D. Staton, MD Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University Dr. Staton is Chief Hematology and Oncology Fellow at Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University. Her Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project focuses on improving survival of patients…
Researcher Spotlight: Sarah Rutherford, MD Weill Cornell Medicine Dr. Rutherford is Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine. Her Lymphoma Clinical Research Mentoring Program (LCRMP) project seeks to use imaging to tailor treatment plans for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients.…