Peiwen Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery
Research Program
Cancer-Focused Research
My research is to study the molecular and biological processes governing the development and metastasis of CNS tumors, including glioblastoma and metastatic brain tumors. Current interests are focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the symbiotic interactions between cancer cells and immune cells (macrophages, microglia, myeloid-derived suppressor cells and T cells) in CNS tumors, and how such heterotypic signaling enables a tumor-promoting ecosystem and informs therapeutic strategies intercepting these co-dependencies.