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Kyle Walsh

Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
DUMC Box 3050, Durham, NC 27710
571 Research Drive, MSRB-1, Rm 442, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Developing strategies to identify candidate individuals for early genetic therapies

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

The Duke Preparing Research scholars In bioMEdical sciences (PRIME): Cancer Research Program

ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028

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

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

Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

Elucidating Brain Tumor Biology and Response to Radiotherapy Using Cell-Free-DNA Methylation Signatures

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Genomic and Epigenomic Blood sample Analysis for FIG Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute · 2021 - 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

Characterizing germline and somatic alterations by glioma subtypes and clinical outcome

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Stanford University · 2022 - 2025

Differences in the anti-glioblastoma immune response across racial/ethnic groups

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sontag Foundation · 2023 - 2025

Viral Oncology Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1980 - 2025

Identifying transplacental correlates of protection against congenital CMV transmission

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. · 2021 - 2022

Immune Correlates and Mechanisms of Perinatal Cytomegalovirus Infection and Later lLife ALL Development

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

Serologic and genomic modifiers of beta-amyloid levels in an immuno-compromised cohort of adult Down syndrome patients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021 - 2022

The role of rare and common variants in genetic predisposition to medulloblastoma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sontag Foundation · 2017 - 2021

Genetic Susceptibility to Pediatric Glioma in Individuals and Diverse populations

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Southern California · 2019 - 2021

2020 Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) Program

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alex's Lemonade Stand · 2020 - 2020

My Childhood Cancer: Survey Series

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alex's Lemonade Stand · 2018 - 2020

Genetic Susceptibility to pediatric Osteosarcoma and Interaction with Measures of Childhood Growth

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alex's Lemonade Stand · 2017 - 2018

External Relationships


  • American Brain Tumor Association
  • BP America, Inc
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • The Sontag Foundation

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