Research Interests
I am actively involved in clinical trials for both pediatric high and low grade brain tumors at Duke. Additionally, I believe that children should have the same chance of cancer cure regardless of where they live. I spend 6 months per year in Tanzania in East Africa, collaborating with clinicians and administrators to develop a pediatric cancer program. Our research focuses on creating interventions to improve cancer outcomes and reducing treatment abandonment in low resource settings.
Selected Grants
Improving access to cancer care for children in Tanzania: Designing a health-systems intervention
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027Multimedia caregiver education program to improve outcomes for children with cancer in low-resource settings
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2025Improving Chemotherapy Safe Handling at Bugando Medical Center
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by Perrysburg Rotary Service Foundation · 2022 - 2024A digital case management system for reducing pediatric cancer treatment abandonment
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021AIDS MALIGNANCY CONSORTIUM
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2019 - 2020Stimulate Research in HIV/AIDS Cancer Research Projects at NCI-designated Cancer Centers
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2019Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Impact of hostel on pediatric cancer treatment abandonment in Tanzania. ·
January 2018
- December 2019
Awarded by: Burkitt's Lymphoma Fund for Africa
Developing Capacity for Burkitt Lymphoma Clinical Research in Tanzania ·
September 2016
- September 2018
Awarded by: NIH
External Relationships
- Bugando Medical Center
- ICCARE
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