Angela Waanders, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
Research Program
- Translational Research in Malignancy (TRIM)
Cancer-Focused Research
I am a pediatric neuro-oncologist with experience in genomics, molecular biology, clinical informatics, and biobanking. My bench based research focus was on molecular characterization of genomic discoveries in pediatric brain tumors. My work directly led to the discovery of an activated novel KIAA1549-BRAF fusion oncogene in the majority of pediatric low-grade gliomas (PLGGs). This genomic abnormality has since been found to be a hallmark of PLGGs