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Stephen Thomas Keir

Professor in Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery, Neuro-Oncology
Box 3624 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
231 Baker House, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


McCain/Bayh Glioblastoma Consortium

Clinical TrialProgram Manager · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2025 - 2029

ATRXmutations,innate immune activation and therapeutic vunerabilityin malignant gliomas

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2025 - 2028

PRECLINICAL THERAPEUTIC SCREENING FOR NEW THERAPIES FOR GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Jewish Communal Fund · 2022 - 2028

Evaluation of Temozolomide and NO-Cbl in Nude Mice Bearing Human Brain Tumor Xenografts

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by MooVet Bioscience, LLC · 2026 - 2026

Evaluation of Cannabinoid Therapeutics in Brain Tumor Xenografts

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Diverse Biotech · 2024 - 2025

The role of SMARCAL1 in glioma telomere maintenance.

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2022 - 2025

Oncolytic Viral Therapy in Brain Tumor Setting

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by ImmVira Pharma Co., Ltd. · 2020 - 2022

Patient Avatars for Pediatric Brain Tumors

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ian's Friends Foundation · 2020 - 2021

Evaluation of Panobinostat in Patient Derived Adult IDH1 Mutated Brain Tumor Xenografts

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Midatech Pharma Plc · 2018 - 2020

Assessment of ST101 in Glioblastoma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sapience Therapeutics Inc. · 2018 - 2020

Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium

Clinical TrialCollaborator · Awarded by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · 2014 - 2017

Truncated GLI1 In Glioblastoma

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2014

Regional AGT Depletion of CNS and Leptomeningeal Tumors

ResearchResearch Analyst · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2006

Fellowships, Gifts & Other Supported Research


Evaluation of Ipatasertib in Pediatric HGG · October 2018 - September 2019 PI · Awarded by: F.Hoffman-La Roche LDS
Assessment of ST101 in GBM · August 2018 - February 2020 PI · Awarded by: Sapience Therapeutics Inc
Evaluation of Panobinostat in Patient Derived Adult IDH1 Mutated Brain Tumor Xenografts · May 2018 - May 2019 PI · Awarded by: Midatech Pharma Plc

External Relationships


  • ProteinCure

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