Research
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Latest papers
Patterns of hypermutation shape tumorigenesis and immunotherapy response in mismatch-repair-deficient glioma.
Nature genetics · 2026
Integrated clinical and molecular landscape of disseminated pediatric low-grade glioma
Neuro-Oncology · 2026
Tumor-derived cell-free DNA detected in cerebrospinal fluid enables minimally invasive profiling of pediatric brain tumors.
The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026 · first author
Latest funding
- $235,500
Imaging-based classification and treatment response prediction of pediatric low-grade gliomas for precision child health
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
12 publications.
Patterns of hypermutation shape tumorigenesis and immunotherapy response in mismatch-repair-deficient glioma.
Fernandez NR, Chang Y, Nunes NM, Dimayacyac JR, Levine A, Ringel A, Negm L, Ercan AB, Hess JM, Ahmad O, Lee C, Stengs L, Bianchi V, Edwards M, Doherty S, Chung J, Nobre L, Bennett J, Dodgshun AJ, Jones DTW, Pfister SM, Villani A, Malkin D, Ramaswamy V, Huang A, Bouffet E, Aronson M, Dirks PB, Shlien A, Getz G, Maruvka YE, Ertl-Wagner B, Hawkins C, Das A, Tabori U
Integrated clinical and molecular landscape of disseminated pediatric low-grade glioma
Levine AB, Bennett J, Patil P, Burns I, Siddaway R, Li C, Haizel-Cobbina J, Rana M, Yuditskiy R, Son A
Tumor-derived cell-free DNA detected in cerebrospinal fluid enables minimally invasive profiling of pediatric brain tumors.
Nobre L, Nakano Y, Burns I, Siddaway R, Zápotocky M, Johnson M, Rana M, Li C, Lyn RK, Yuditskiy R, Ku M, Sheth J, Levine AB, Nesvick CL, Das A, Cacciotti C, Zelcer S, Climans SA, MacDonald M, Negm L, Chung J, Bennett J, Bondoc A, Loukides J, Stengs L, Edwards M, Bouffet E, Ramaswamy V, Liu AP, Huang A, Bartels U, Dirks PB, Tabori U, Hawkins C
Cost-Effectiveness of Dabrafenib Plus Trametinib Versus Standard Chemotherapy in BRAFV600E-Mutant Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma.
Gascon B, Gauvreau C, Yang A, Bennett J, Nobre L, Tabori U, Hawkins C, Tsang D, Pechlivanoglou P, Denburg A
The landscape of primary mismatch repair deficient gliomas in children, adolescents, and young adults: a multi-cohort study.
Negm L, Chung J, Nobre L, Bennett J, Fernandez NR, Nunes NM, Liu ZA, Komosa M, Aronson M, Zhang C, Stengs L, Bianchi V, Edwards M, Doherty S, Ercan AB, Cardenas MF, Macias M, Lueder MR, Ku M, Johnson M, Chang Y, Dimayacyac JR, Kraya AA, Guo Y, Naky S, Keith J, Gao AF, Munoz DG, Nguyen L, Tsang DS, Lim-Fat MJ, Das S, Shlien A, Ramaswamy V, Huang A, Malkin D, Villani A, Ertl-Wagner B, Levine A, Robinson GW, Pollock BH, Spector LG, Sei S, Dirks PB, Getz G, Nichols KE, Resnick AC, Wheeler DA, Das A, Maruvka YE, Hawkins C, Tabori U
A population-based analysis of the molecular landscape of glioma in adolescents and young adults reveals insights into gliomagenesis.
Bennett J, Levine AB, Nobre L, Negm L, Chung J, Fang K, Johnson M, Komosa M, Krumholtz S, Nunes NM, Rana M, Ryall S, Sheth J, Siddaway R, Bale TA, Bouffet E, Cusimano MD, Das S, Detsky J, Dirks P, Karajannis MA, Kongkham P, Giantini-Larsen A, Li BK, Lim-Fat MJ, Lin AL, Mason WP, Miller A, Perry JR, Sahgal A, Sait SF, Tsang DS, Zadeh G, Laperriere N, Nguyen L, Gao A, Keith J, Munoz DG, Tabori U, Hawkins C
Immuno-oncologic profiling of pediatric brain tumors reveals major clinical significance of the tumor immune microenvironment.
Levine AB, Nobre L, Das A, Milos S, Bianchi V, Johnson M, Fernandez NR, Stengs L, Ryall S, Ku M, Rana M, Laxer B, Sheth J, Sbergio SG, Fedoráková I, Ramaswamy V, Bennett J, Siddaway R, Tabori U, Hawkins C
High detection rate of circulating-tumor DNA from cerebrospinal fluid of children with central nervous system germ cell tumors.
Nakano Y, Burns I, Nobre L, Siddaway R, Rana M, Nesvick C, Bondoc A, Ku M, Yuditskiy R, Ku DTL, Shing MMK, Cheng KKF, Ng HK, Das A, Bennett J, Ramaswamy V, Huang A, Malkin D, Ertl-Wagner B, Dirks P, Bouffet E, Bartels U, Tabori U, Hawkins C, Liu APY
Canadian Consensus for Treatment of BRAF V600E Mutated Pediatric and AYA Gliomas
Erker C, Vanan MI, Larouche V, Nobre L, Cacciotti C, Vairy S, Zelcer S, Fleming A, Bouffet E, Jabado N
Beyond hand-crafted features for pretherapeutic molecular status identification of pediatric low-grade gliomas.
Kudus K, Wagner MW, Namdar K, Bennett J, Nobre L, Tabori U, Hawkins C, Ertl-Wagner BB, Khalvati F
Imaging-based classification and treatment response prediction of pediatric low-grade gliomas for precision child health
Principal investigators: Khalvati, Farzad; Ertl-Wagner, Birgit B
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Genetic Marker Prediction; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Medical Image Analysis; Pediatric Cancer Research; Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma; Precision Child Health; Treatment Response Prediction
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Uri Tabori and Cynthia Hawkins: 459 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Eric Bouffet: 405 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Eric Bouffet: 398 shared papers
- Eric Bouffet and Ute Bartels: 287 shared papers
- Vijay Ramaswamy and Eric Bouffet: 252 shared papers
- David Malkin and Adam Shlien: 226 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Vijay Ramaswamy: 209 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Vijay Ramaswamy: 193 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Peter Dirks: 181 shared papers
- Annie Huang and Eric Bouffet: 180 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Annie Huang: 175 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and David Malkin: 169 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and James Rutka: 164 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Peter Dirks: 160 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Ute Bartels: 151 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Ute Bartels: 148 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Adam Shlien: 137 shared papers
- Peter Dirks and Eric Bouffet: 136 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and David Malkin: 134 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Annie Huang: 122 shared papers
- Peter Dirks and James Rutka: 121 shared papers
- Valérie Larouche and Eric Bouffet: 105 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 102 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Adam Shlien: 102 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 102 shared papers
- Eric Bouffet and Lucie Lafay-Cousin: 95 shared papers
- James Rutka and Vijay Ramaswamy: 91 shared papers
- Eric Bouffet and Derek Tsang: 90 shared papers
- Eric Bouffet and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 89 shared papers
- Vijay Ramaswamy and Derek Tsang: 84 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Valérie Larouche: 81 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Valérie Larouche: 79 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Derek Tsang: 77 shared papers
- Arjun Sahgal and Mary Lim-Fat: 43 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Lucie Lafay-Cousin: 42 shared papers
- Valérie Larouche and Lucie Lafay-Cousin: 39 shared papers
- Farzad Khalvati and Birgit Ertl-Wagner: 38 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Craig Erker: 36 shared papers
- Valérie Larouche and Craig Erker: 33 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Craig Erker: 29 shared papers
- Michael Cusimano and Derek Tsang: 28 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Farzad Khalvati: 24 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Farzad Khalvati: 23 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Mary Lim-Fat: 23 shared papers
- Adam Fleming and Eric Bouffet: 22 shared papers
- Michael Cusimano and Peter Dirks: 19 shared papers
- Adam Fleming and Lucie Lafay-Cousin: 18 shared papers
- Adam Fleming and Cynthia Hawkins: 17 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Mary Lim-Fat: 15 shared papers
- Michael Cusimano and James Rutka: 12 shared papers
- Arjun Sahgal and Julia Keith: 12 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Liana Nobre: 11 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Liana Nobre: 10 shared papers
- Michael Cusimano and Arjun Sahgal: 10 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Avram Denburg: 6 shared papers
- David Malkin and Avram Denburg: 6 shared papers
- Vijay Ramaswamy and Liana Nobre: 6 shared papers
- Mary Lim-Fat and Julia Keith: 6 shared papers
- Peter Dirks and Liana Nobre: 5 shared papers
- Eric Bouffet and Liana Nobre: 5 shared papers
- Avram Denburg and Derek Tsang: 5 shared papers
- Birgit Ertl-Wagner and Liana Nobre: 5 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Julia Keith: 4 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Andrew Gao: 3 shared papers
- David Malkin and Liana Nobre: 3 shared papers
- Derek Tsang and Liana Nobre: 3 shared papers
- Derek Tsang and Andrew Gao: 3 shared papers
- Adam Fleming and Liana Nobre: 2 shared papers
- Uri Tabori and Lananh Nguyen: 2 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Andrew Gao: 2 shared papers
- Cynthia Hawkins and Lananh Nguyen: 2 shared papers
- Peter Dirks and Lananh Nguyen: 2 shared papers
- Annie Huang and Liana Nobre: 2 shared papers
- Valérie Larouche and Liana Nobre: 2 shared papers
- Adam Shlien and Liana Nobre: 2 shared papers
- Ute Bartels and Liana Nobre: 2 shared papers
- Mary Lim-Fat and Liana Nobre: 2 shared papers
- Craig Erker and Liana Nobre: 2 shared papers
- Liana Nobre and Julia Keith: 2 shared papers
- Liana Nobre and Lananh Nguyen: 2 shared papers
- Michael Cusimano and Liana Nobre: 1 shared paper
- James Rutka and Liana Nobre: 1 shared paper
- Avram Denburg and Liana Nobre: 1 shared paper
- Arjun Sahgal and Liana Nobre: 1 shared paper
- Farzad Khalvati and Liana Nobre: 1 shared paper
- Lucie Lafay-Cousin and Liana Nobre: 1 shared paper
- Liana Nobre and Andrew Gao: 1 shared paper
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Department of Medical Biophysics
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Surgery
- Pediatrics Dept
- Department of Medical Imaging
- Department of Radiation Oncology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Cynthia Hawkins
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
11 shared papers, latest 2026
Uri Tabori
Department of Medical Biophysics
10 shared papers, latest 2026
Vijay Ramaswamy
Department of Medical Biophysics
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Peter Dirks
Department of Surgery
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Birgit Ertl-Wagner
Department of Medical Imaging
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Eric Bouffet
Department of Paediatrics
5 shared papers, latest 2026
David Malkin
Department of Medical Biophysics
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Derek Tsang
Department of Radiation Oncology
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Julia Keith
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Lananh Nguyen
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Craig Erker
Pediatrics Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Annie Huang
Department of Paediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Valérie Larouche
Centre de stockage oncologique pour enfants et jeunes adultes
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Adam Shlien
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Ute Bartels
Department of Paediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Mary Lim-Fat
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Adam Fleming
Department of Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Andrew Gao
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Cindy Gauvreau
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Avram Denburg
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Michael Cusimano
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Arjun Sahgal
Department of Radiation Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Farzad Khalvati
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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