Principal Investigator:
Gary Gallia, M.D., Ph.D.
Department:
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Chordoma research is led by a comprehensive team including Gary Gallia, M.D., director of the Neurosurgery Skull Base Tumor Center. The laboratory focuses on developing new therapies for brain and skull base tumors, and has established the first primary skull base chordoma xenograft mouse model. The team is also exploring high throughput drug screening using the chordoma model, and the molecular pathways responsible for tumor maintenance and growth.
Research Areas: spinal tumors, chordoma, brain tumor