Alexander Hawkins, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor of Surgery
Alexander Hawkins, MD, MPH
- Associate Professor of Surgery
alex.hawkins@vumc.org
Research Program
Research Description
Michael Hopkins, MD
- Associate Professor of Surgery
Michael Hopkins, MD
- Associate Professor of Surgery
ben.hopkins@vumc.org
Research Program
Research Description
Sophoclis Alexopoulos, M.D.
- Chief, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
- Associate Professor of Surgery
Sophoclis Alexopoulos, M.D.
- Chief, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation
- Associate Professor of Surgery
sopho.alexopoulos@vumc.org
Research Program
Research Description
Theresa Sberna, M.P.H.
- Chief Business Officer
- Deputy Director for Strategy and Analytics
Phone
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232
Theresa Sberna, M.P.H.
- Chief Business Officer
- Deputy Director for Strategy and Analytics
(615) 875-8720
theresa.sberna@vumc.org
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232
Research Program
Rebecca J. Selove, Ph.D., M.P.H.
- Research Associate Professor (Tennessee State University)
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Vanderbilt University)
Phone
Tennessee State University
Center for Prevention Research
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
Center for Prevention Research
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
Rebecca J. Selove, Ph.D., M.P.H.
- Research Associate Professor (Tennessee State University)
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Vanderbilt University)
(615) 963-2558
rebecca.selove@vanderbilt.edu
Tennessee State University
Center for Prevention Research
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
Center for Prevention Research
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
Research Program
Claudia Barajas
- Manager, Community Engagement
Phone
VICC Community Outreach and Engagement Office
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232
Claudia Barajas
- Manager, Community Engagement
(615) 875-7560
claudia.p.barajas@vumc.org
VICC Community Outreach and Engagement Office
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232
691 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232
Research Program
Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) will be used in an open label, single agent, multicenter,
study for patients with neuroblastoma in remission. In this study subjects will receive 730
Days of oral difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) at a dose of 750 mg/m2 250 mg/m2 BID (strata 1,
2, 3, and 4) OR 2500 mg/m2 BID (stratum 1B) on each day of study. This study will focus on
the use of DFMO in high risk neuroblastoma patients that are in remission as a strategy to
prevent recurrence.
Meet Our Research Advocates
Why is research advocacy important?
Advocating for cancer research advancement is critical to finding new, and better treatments for cancer patients. In collaboration with bench, translational and clinical researchers, research advocates have the opportunity to:
