Updates

2023

Childhood cancer survivor aspires to help children with cancer (FOX26 - May 3, 2023)

2022

Texas Children’s Hospital and Faris Foundation team up to advance childhood cancer research (KPRC 2 - September 9, 2022)

2021

St. Baldrick’s Foundation welcomes pediatric sarcoma expert to its Board of Directors (St. Baldrick's Foundation - January 26, 2021)

Wulff earns research grant (BCM Newslink - May 17, 2019)
Dr. Jade Wulff, clinical postdoctoral fellow in pediatric hematology/oncology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center, has received a St. Baldrick's Foundation Fellow grant for her project, "Targeting integrin-mediated signaling in metastatic Ewing sarcoma." Fellow grants support early career scientists whose research is focused on new cures and treatments for childhood cancers.

Yustein named to cancer task force (BCM Newslink - April 29, 2019)
Dr. Jason Yustein, professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center, is one of the experts participating in the New Agents for Ewing Sarcoma Task Force recently formed by the Children's Oncology Group Bone Tumor Committee. The mission of the task force is to evaluate and prioritize new agents for incorporation into clinical trials for metastatic and relapsed Ewing sarcoma. A manuscript detailing the work of the Task Force was published this week.

Joseph, Hegde receive Immunotherapy Scholar Award from the Faris Foundation (Texas Children's Hospital - April 9, 2019)

Venkatramani named director of Solid Tumor Programs (Texas Children's Hospital - January 7, 2019)

2017

2nd Faris D. Virani International Ewing Sarcoma Conference 2017 (Texas Children's Hospital - November 9, 2017)

Houston researchers to get boost in fight against childhood cancer (Houston Chronicle - July 28, 2017)

Faris D. Virani Ewing Sarcoma Center – Three years since inception (Texas Children's Hospital - March 6, 2017)

2015

Symposium aims to advance Ewing sarcoma research collaborations (Texas Children's Hospital - May 5, 2015)

2014

Ewing Sarcoma Center Q&A (Texas Children's Hospital - September 9, 2014)

Ribbon cutting for the Ewing Sarcoma Center (Texas Children's Hospital - June 20, 2014)

Houston family helps establish Ewing Sarcoma Center at Texas Children’s Hospital (Texas Children's Hospital - April 1, 2014)


 

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