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David Michael Ashley

Rory David Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Neuro-Oncology
Neurosurgery
DUMC 2600, Durham, NC 27710
203 Research Dr MSRB1, Box 2600, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


McCain/Bayh Glioblastoma Consortium

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2025 - 2029

Innate Antiviral Signals for Cancer Immunotherapy

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2018 - 2028

Resolving Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Recombinant Poliovirus Immunotherapy

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028

The Role of SMARCAL1 Depletion on Increased Immunogenicity in ALT+ Gliomas

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2028

Modulation of STING to enhance the efficacy of treatments for diffuse midline glioma

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Alex's Lemonade Stand · 2024 - 2028

ATRXmutations,innate immune activation and therapeutic vunerabilityin malignant gliomas

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2022 - 2027

Enhancing the efficacy of Radiation Therapy for brainstem glioma by targeting ATM

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2022 - 2027

Targeting DNA replication stress to activate innate inflammation in diffuse midline gliomas with H3K27M mutations

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by Chadtough Defeat DIPG Foundation · 2024 - 2027

6-thio-2'-deoxyguanosine: A Novel Immunogenic Telomerase-Mediated Therapy in Glioblastoma - A Duke and UTSW Collaboration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2021 - 2026

Nervous system control and regulation of the immune system following neurological insults

ResearchEvaluator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2026

Genomic and Spatial Expression Analysis of Oligodendroglioma to Identify Novel Therapeutic and Prognostic Targets

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc. · 2022 - 2026

PRECLINICAL THERAPEUTIC SCREENING FOR NEW THERAPIES FOR GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jewish Communal Fund · 2022 - 2026

PRECLINICAL THERAPEUTIC SCREENING FOR NEW THERAPIES FOR GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Jewish Communal Fund · 2007 - 2026

CONNECT 1903: Larotrectinib for Children with high-grade glioma with NTRK Fusion

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital · 2021 - 2026

Duke Center for Advancement of Child Health (CAtCH).

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2026

CONNECT 1702: A Phase 1b STudy of PTC596 in Children with Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pointine Glioma and High-Grade Glioma

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital · 2021 - 2025

Duke SPORE in Brain Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2025

NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurosurgery

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2009 - 2025

Existing Sample Review for nFerence Collaboration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by nference, Inc. · 2022 - 2024

SJMB12: A Clinical and Molecular Risk-Directed Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Medulloblastoma

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · 2014 - 2024

Experimental Therapy for Brain Tumors

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Identifying brainstem glioma subtypes that can be radiosensitized by ATM inhibition

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation · 2019 - 2023

ATRX Mutations in Determining Immunity Against Glioma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brain Tumor Research Charity · 2021 - 2023

Enhancing the efficacy of radiation therapy for brainstem gliomas

ResearchMentor · Awarded by St. Baldrick's Foundation · 2020 - 2022

A Phase II study of Panobinostat in Paediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Solid Tumours (ATRT)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group · 2021 - 2022

Is Low Tumor Mutational Burden Predictive of Response to Oncolytic Polio Virus Therapy in Recurrent Glioblastoma?

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

Collaborative Network for Neuroooncology Clinical Trials (CONNECT)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · 2020 - 2022

LGG-14C03: A Phase III study comparing two carboplatin containing regimens for children and young adults with previously untreated low grade glioma

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · 2018 - 2021

Poliovirus-Instigated APC Responses Against BRaf(V600E) for Pediatric Brain Tumor Immunotherapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by V Foundation for Cancer Research · 2018 - 2021

Recombinant Attenuated Poliovirus Immunization Vectors Targeting H3.3(K27M) in DIPG

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Michael Mosier Defeat DIPG Foundation · 2018 - 2019

External Relationships


  • Immunogenesis
  • Kestral Inc
  • MAIA Inc
  • The Jackson Laboratory

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